Chad Seamon, owner of Chuck's Salsa, speaks to a customer at the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show. Seamon's business is based in Baden. Credit: Felicia Mycyk
By Larissa Dudkiewicz
A Baden business owner is among the 9 acres of exhibitors participating in this weekend's Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show.
A Baden business owner is among the 9 acres of exhibitors participating in this weekend's Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show.
Chad Seamon, a 1994 Ambridge graduate, is the owner of Chuck's Salsa, a Baden company that sells mild, medium and hot salsa made from natural, gluten-free ingredients.
Seamon started dabbling with his own concoctions because he didn't find other salsa to be tasty.
"I used to drive to Rogers, Ohio every weekend and buy it, then I just started doing recipes," Seamon said.
Seamon said he came up with a "really good" recipe and started adding peaches to the mix. Others also enjoyed his salsa so much that people wanted to know the recipe. He decided to try and sell his product instead and it became a family affair.
Seamon used his brother's hair salon, Craig Allen Salon in Sewickley, to test a batch of the product on customers.
"People loved it. They kept buying it," he said.
Seamon started dabbling with his own concoctions because he didn't find other salsa to be tasty.
"I used to drive to Rogers, Ohio every weekend and buy it, then I just started doing recipes," Seamon said.
Seamon said he came up with a "really good" recipe and started adding peaches to the mix. Others also enjoyed his salsa so much that people wanted to know the recipe. He decided to try and sell his product instead and it became a family affair.
Seamon used his brother's hair salon, Craig Allen Salon in Sewickley, to test a batch of the product on customers.
"People loved it. They kept buying it," he said.
His mother, Debi, used to be a food broker and wanted to help him distribute to stores. Seamon found companies to produce the salsa at a commercial level and is now available in 40 stores throughout the region, including Do It Best Home Center in Ambridge.
Operating for three years, the business has sold thousands of jars and now Seamon said he recently signed on with a national distributor. He hopes to see his salsa on store shelves across the United States this year.
"The salsa business is the most competitive business in the supermarket," Seamon said. "Only 5 percent make it and they make it long-term, so if I'm still around after five years, I'll be one of the five that makes it."
The Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show displays home goods for those looking to renovate, build, landscape or decorate a space, along with specialty items such as foods and pet products.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
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Operating for three years, the business has sold thousands of jars and now Seamon said he recently signed on with a national distributor. He hopes to see his salsa on store shelves across the United States this year.
"The salsa business is the most competitive business in the supermarket," Seamon said. "Only 5 percent make it and they make it long-term, so if I'm still around after five years, I'll be one of the five that makes it."
The Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show displays home goods for those looking to renovate, build, landscape or decorate a space, along with specialty items such as foods and pet products.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
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Chad Seamon, owner of Chuck's Salsa in Baden.
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