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Today we’d like to introduce you to Judy Egge.

Judy, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I worked in the grocery store food industry selling national brands calling on stores & buyers… I was a top performer & even won a trip to Superbowl XX for being one of the top producers in the industry. I had a great job with a good salary & benefits… That came to an end & became very depressed.


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By Ivanhoe Newswire
News 14 Carolina

Chandler, Ariz. -- Passion, a desire to succeed, and a really good recipe -- that is all it took for Judy Egge to create her own business three years ago.

Egge concocts her own relish in her home, where she also packages gift bags, plans marketing schemes and works the phones.

Her love of relish started with a rare find at a roadside stand.

"There was just some family out selling these bottled products," she said.


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Wanna turn your ordinary hot dog into something special? Try this fresh, gourmet relish, and you'll be spoiled for life when it comes to ordinary supermarket brands. But, make sure your pocket book can handle it, because gourmet relish is going to cost a lot more. But, you are paying for an all-natural recipe that won't contain high fructose syrup, preservatives, or any other artificial ingredients. And, this relish will not only go great with your hot dogs, but will also compliment crackers with brie or cream cheese, salads and salad dressings, sandwiches, seafood, and more.

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By Emily Seftel
The Arizona Republic

When Chandler resident Judy Egge (owner, Sunshine Specialty Foods) ran out of her favorite vegetable relish, she found herself in a pickle. She called the Canadian company that made the relish to ask if it would ship her some. It wouldn't.

So she put her canning and food knowledge together to see whether she could create something similar.

"I just started playing in the kitchen with red peppers and jalapeños," she said. "It started out as a hobby."


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By Stephanie Paterik
The Arizona Republic

Whoever said necessity is the mother of invention may not have had relish in mind.

Judy Egge did.

The Chandler woman got hooked on a unique relish recipe that used zucchini, onions and peppers instead of pickles. The problem? It was sold by a group of Mennonites at a roadside stand two hours outside of Toronto, and they refused to ship it.

"For 10 years, I'd visit my sister and we would drive two hours to get this relish," said Egge, a spunky 44-year-old mother of two. "I used it in everything."


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Relish as just a topping for hot dogs is a thing of the past! The Sunshine Specialty Foods Company offers a distinct set of relish that have both a sweet and spicy taste.

Relish This! Gourmet Relish is a very special recipe that has both a salsa and vegetable spread appeal. Taking a blend of zucchini, onions, red & green peppers, vinegar & spices, these relish mixes are great accompaniments for egg dishes, burgers, veggies and just about ANY food out there!


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The Food Networks Show Food Finds aired the show Arizona just in time to entice specialty food buyers minds for the upcoming Winter Fancy Food Show. The show aired Thursday, January 13th, early in the afternoon.


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By Michelle Swafford
Tribune

Small-business owners are breaking into the specialty-food market with their products at local gift shops and AJ's Fine Foods stores. But they say it requires persistence and a lot of groundwork to let people know about their goods.

Chandler resident Judy Egge (owner, Sunshine Specialty Foods) launched Relish This! sweet and tangy and sweet and spicy relishes in October. She was a food broker and handled food promotions for major grocery chains for 20 years, but then became jobless and needed income and opportunities.


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By Elan Head
Wrangler News

Judy Egge makes a mean relish. How else to put it? Egge's vegetable relishes are sweet, tangy and spicy in various pitch-perfect combinations--instant classics when paired with deviled eggs, tuna salad or even plain cream cheese.

They make an instant thousand island dressing and crab rolls worthy of any country club. And they may be the best thing for hot dogs since buns.

If Egge were your sister or your aunt, you would beg, wheedle and whine for a bottle of her homemade, old-fashioned, perfectly versatile condiment.


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