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Huy Phong Foods. They make the real Sriracha sauce (with the rooster on the bottle), but the founder never copyrighted the name Sriracha, so anybody can call their sauce Sriracha. Also, he refuses to use dried chilis, opting instead for fresh peppers from local farms, so his community gets the money, and he has refused to raise the price since the eighties.
He’s quoted as saying something to the effect of, “I don’t want to get rich. I just want to make sure that people who want hot sauce can get hot sauce.” He’s been offered partnerships by investors but has refused every time because nobody has the same goal as him. The dude just wants to spread a love of hot sauce and really doesn’t care if it makes him a billionaire.
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