Wondering if anyone would be interested in getting hard to find spices by mail order shipped within the country. I have a Dominican friend in the spice business now and I looking for ways for her to expand her product line and client base. Right now she packs and sells the little packs you see in small colmados, but it's a lot of work since she vends directly to the shops who often want credit.
For example, I brought down a sealed pack of American style breakfast sausage seasoning, enough for 25 pounds of pork, the same sold to supermarkets in the US for store made sausage. She could repack it into 25 small bags then sell for 30-45(?) pesos each, or five bags for five pounds for say 100-150pesos each. I can source any spice to ship to her in any volume, restaurant grind pepper, seasoning for Italian Sausage(Hot or Mild), Curries, Chili Powder... anything. I have online sources for bulk spices, a lot fresher than what's here, and much cheaper than retail in small bottles.
What spices are especially hard/impossible to find? My list would include OldBay, Montreal Steak Seasoning and >good< Chili Powder to start with, but I really don't know what's hard to find anymore. I think there's a market in expat businesses as well, for example Celery Salt for Caesar's.
For example, I brought down a sealed pack of American style breakfast sausage seasoning, enough for 25 pounds of pork, the same sold to supermarkets in the US for store made sausage. She could repack it into 25 small bags then sell for 30-45(?) pesos each, or five bags for five pounds for say 100-150pesos each. I can source any spice to ship to her in any volume, restaurant grind pepper, seasoning for Italian Sausage(Hot or Mild), Curries, Chili Powder... anything. I have online sources for bulk spices, a lot fresher than what's here, and much cheaper than retail in small bottles.
What spices are especially hard/impossible to find? My list would include OldBay, Montreal Steak Seasoning and >good< Chili Powder to start with, but I really don't know what's hard to find anymore. I think there's a market in expat businesses as well, for example Celery Salt for Caesar's.