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Companies come and go in the hot and spicy foods business, usually without a whole lot of fanfare. Unless you are of the businesses that relies solely on sales of your products as their main livelihood, a large percentage of those who are manufacturers, distributors, or just plain ol’ make-it-yourself producers have primary jobs that support them above what they get from their hot sauce and/or spicy foods business. A couple of notables, to us at least, have seemed to drop off the map in the last year or so. Perhaps anyone who knows what has happened to them could give a shout-out about them:

Loco Luna – Brian Moon and his brand of Loco Luna hot sauces made a big splash when they hit the market a few years ago. Brian was also active with the blogs, but he’s not been visible anywhere online in months. His website has had nothing new there in at least 2 years as well. Brian’s one heck of a nice guy and Linda wears here Loco Luna t-shirt with pride, so what became of Loco Luna?

Scotty B’s Hot Sauces – Scott Bailie and his line of Scotty B’s hot sauces (of which there are at least seven) were also a prominent fixture at a few of the industry shows, but this Idaho-based company also seems to have no one manning the ship either. Scotty’s website also has had no changes in eons, and his MySpace page elicits no answers to where he’s been either. We assume the sauces are still available, but whether or not the company still exists is in doubt.

Nando’s – We know that Nando’s, as a company, still exists. Despite a large international presence, especially in the UK and South Africa, Nando’s hasn’t made a whole lot of headway getting their chain of chicken eateries into the the U.S. market. This may be a reason why their growth has not been as exponential here. All we know is that their Nando’s blog is either no longer there, or comes up with a strange “permission needed” screen when we try to visit, which was never there before.

People do care about these products, and the people who make them, so please say something if you know what’s become of them. Thanks!

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