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S I M P L E S T E P S T O C R E A T I N G Y O U R O W N B R A N D .

Y O U RL O G OH E R E

Hot Concepts can help you bring new business to the table. We are here to offer you a variety of products such as, hot sauce, barbeque sauce, wing sauce, salsas, marinades, spicy and wasabi nuts, cocktail mixes, coffee, syrups and much more. Developing your own brand takes a few simple steps, starting by gathering your logo and company information to develop a custom design label to fit for you and (or) your company. Our goal is to show off your business with our hot concept, private label packaging.

Our clients use private label products for many different avenue’s, such as:Advertising SpecialtiesStore BrandsRestaurantsTrade ShowsConventionsExpositionsReunionsWeddingsSchool FundraisersMusic PromotionsHolidays

SELECTING

YOUR PRODUCT

We offer a variety of products for you to choose from such as our top sellers:

Louisiana Style Hot Sauce - Cayenne Pepper BaseThe Cayenne measures between 30,000 and 50,000 Scoville Units, placing at 8 on the heat scale. The Cayenne is best known as the crushed red pepper on the counters of pizza restaurants. It is a key ingredient in seafood boils, Cajun cuisine and Asian stir fry dishes.

Southwest Style Hot Sauce - Jalapeño Pepper BaseThe Jalapeño measures between 2,500 and 5,000 Scoville Units, placing at 5 on the heat scale. It is by far the most famous and recognizable of all peppers. The moderate heat makes the Jalapeño perfect for pickling, salsas and of course topped on nachos. Jalapeño peppers are certainly essential in Tex Mex cuisines and pepper eating contests.

Caribbean Style Hot Sauce - Habanero Pepper BaseThe Habanero measures between 200,000 and 300,000 Scoville Units, placing at 10 on top of the heat scale. It is without question the hottest of the chile peppers. Although its usage dates back to 6500 B.C., it has just recently come to fame in the U.S. market.

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W H AT ’ S N E X T ?C U S T O M I Z E Y O U R P A C K A G I N G

TOP SELLING SAUCES!

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VARIETY?

GOURMET!

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Hot sauce is just the beginning. Develop your custom gourmet line with more exciting products that will kick your old promotional pieces to the curb. Hot Concepts gives you more of a selection to choose from. Take a closer look below.• PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM CASE ORDER ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS.

PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR SALES ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE ON MINIMUMS AND PRICING.

Gourmet Barbecue Sauces & Ketchup Our barbecue sauces and Ketchup are heated with our Habanero peppers and fresh ingredients that deliver heat and great flavor. • Habanero Barbecue Sauce Offered: 18 oz. • Perked Up Barbecue Sauce Offered: 14 oz. Flask • Spicy Habanero Ketchup Offered: 14 oz. Flask • 13 oz.

Gourmet Hot SaucesUsing the highest quality of ingredients, our gourmet hot sauces blend fresh carrots, garlic, onions, lime juice, Habanero peppers, Jalapeño peppers, Scotch Bonnet peppers, Chipotle peppers, Mangoes and much much more. Offered: 5 oz & 2 oz.( only in a select few).• Gourmet Hot Pepper Sauce • Gourmet Extra Hot Pepper Sauce• Gournet XXXtra Hot Pepper Sauce • Gourmet XXXX Reserve Hot Pepper Sauce• Gourmet Garlic Sauce • Gourmet Chipotle Pepper Sauce• Goumet Jalapeño Pepper Sauce • Gourmet Steak Sauce• Gourmet Mango Sauce • Gourmet Hot Mustard Sauce• Gourmet Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce • Gourmet Fire Roasted Garlic Sauce• Gourmet Red Savina Pepper Sauce • Gourmet Taco Sauce

Wasabi Assorted Nuts • Hot Spicy NutsWasabi Nuts make snacking intense. The bold and explosive flavor is a great addition to entertaining.• Wasabi Bombs • Wasabi Peas• Wasabi Cashews • Wasabi Almonds• Wasabi Peanuts • Extreme Hot Nuts

THINKING BEYOND HOT SAUCE. TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL! Gourmet Fiery & Exotic MarinadesOur marinades are inspired with bold and spicy flavors to exotic and authentic ingredients of many cultures. FIERY MARINADES / HOT SAUCES • Offered: 9 oz. Flask • Jerk Jamaican Style Marinade • Chipotle Mexican Style Marinade• Scotch Bonnet Island Heat Marinade • Mango Sweet Island Heat Marinade• Habanero Traditional Caribbean Marinade • Tequila Ginger Lime Marinade• Bourbon Rosemary Chipotle Marinade • Dark Rum Coconut Pineapple Marinade EXOTIC MARINADES • Offered: 9 oz. Flask• Mango Curry Marinade • Mango Chipotle Marinade• Mango Coconut Marinade • Apricot Chipotle Marinade• Lemon Ginger Marinade • Coconut Ginger Marinade

Gourmet SalsasOur salsas are delicious and guilt free. The fresh ingredients are fused together with heat and bold flavor. • Gourmet Mild Salsa • Gourmet Hot Salsa

Cocktail MixesOur Sugar Free SPLENDA® Brand Cocktail Mixes are delicious with every sip. Our wide selection will accomadate all your entertaining needs.

Original & Sugar Free • Offered: 32 fl. oz. • Margarita Mix (Sugar Free or Original) • Cosmopolitan Mix (Sugar Free or Original)• Strawberry Margarita Mix (Sugar Free or Original) • Lemon Drop Mix (Sugar Free Only)• Mojito Mix (Sugar Free or Original) • Raspberry Margarita Mix (Sugar Free Only)

Water / Fresh spring water • 12 fl.oz. Spring Water

Coffee 12 oz or 1 lb. Drip Grind or Whole Bean• Medium Roast Coffee • Dark Roast Coffee• Flavored Coffee (Inquire about Flavors offered)

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STEPS TOBUILDING YOUR BUILDING YOURB NUI

UNIQUEBRAND.

WHAT IS THE 1ST STEP?Developing your custom design can be lots of fun and here is how we start. Our design deparment will take your logo and (or) artwork, company or personal information and create a design that fits your needs. We encourage you to provide us with as much as information as possible, for example; website, address, contact and fax numbers, slogans, pictures, existing brochures, etc.We will then develop a design for you to review. If any adjustments need to be made, please submit those changes via email. Next, you will email us an approval moving forward with the order. We will then send artwork to press and get ready for shipping.

SUBMIT LOGO TO DESIGN DEPARMENTWhat files should you send? (High Resolution 300dpi & above: jpegs, .pdf, .eps and .tif files are preferred.) *Any files of your logo and (or) artwork copied from the internet are usually saved at a very poor resolution and are not preferred.

Can you include slogans and company information on the label?Yes, most certainly! Any slogans, short receipes, company information you can provide is helpful to our design department in developing your brand.

WHAT’S NEXT?Our design department will then submit an emailed proof to you to review. Please review your customed design label(s) and if everything is a go, we are ready to print and ship!!! Simple and Easy!!!

TURNAROUND TIMEMany of our customers have deadlines and it is very important we honor those deadlines. The most critical time is from the time the order is placed to when it ships. It is very crucial to you, the customer, and to us as the designers to get your design completed, approved and shipped as soon as possible. Once you recieve the artwork, you must pay very close attention to everything on the label. Then return any corrections or send approval back to us as soon as possible. It takes 7 to 10 business days from the date that your design is approved to get in your hands.

CUSTOM DESIGN PRICINGFor all NEW customers only, there is a one time design fee per label design of $198.00. This includes developing your design from scratch, a custom build of your brand. If you are looking to expand that brand to other products and want to develop a similar design, each additional product added is a $50.00 design fee per product. There is a lot of time we put into developing your packaging and we are sticklers in producing only professional results.

CAN YOUR COMPANY DEVELOP THE DESIGN? Yes, most certainly! What you need to do is select what product(s) you want to order and our design deparment will submit the templates to you. The setup fee for your company designing the label is $50.00. This is a one time fee. All reorders have no art fee charge, unless there is signifcant change to the label design.

KEY NOTES & REGULATIONS TO DEVELOPING YOUR DESIGN:Some key notes to remember when designing your brand packaging, always state what product it is, for example, if you would like to name your product, (”Tony’s Blistering Sauce”), under the product name you will need to state per FDA regulations, the name of the sauce or product, (for ex: Habanero Pepper Sauce). If you would notice the diagram below and example on the placement of the graphics, take particular notice on where the logo is placed and where the company information is located. When your label is applied the product, the focal point is the center of the label. So, we carry the logo and (or) artwork to the center leaving the left and right sides of the label dedicated to the nutritional panel, ingredient decks and company information.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FDA REGULATIONS:All products must state the following:

• Product of Country Origin: for example, (PRODUCT OF USA)

• Distributed by Hot Concepts a division of Figueroa Brothers

and (or) Exclusively produce for (ABC, Inc.) Distributed by...etc

• Net Wt. provided (8pt type size and above) in center of label

• Ingredients declarations

• Nutritional panel

• Allergen statements (if any)

• Refrigeration (if necessary, depending on product)

EXCITING.FLAVORFUL.