Today's creator featured on the show is Jan Hogrewe, the founder of Just Jan's.

Just Jan's is a gourmet food line - specializing in fruit spreads and an award-winning hot sauce. They combine passion, care and high-quality ingredients to craft foods that take you home.

Jan Hogrewe initially started Just Jan’s out of her kitchen while working full time in the entertainment industry, Warner Brothers among the few. Making fig spread was a hobby and outlet at a difficult time in her life. She had no idea it would become a business.

If we look back even further, in a lot of ways Just Jan’s started when she was growing up. Her mom was a bit of an entertainer but not much of a baker, so whenever she hosted parties she asked Jan to bake. That was her first exposure to baking and having people enjoy her food. They had fruit trees in their backyard and those fruits that she grew up around became some of the first Just Jan’s flavors.

It was when she met a stranger who happened to be in the food business that tasted her fig spread and asked the question that changed her life: “I like your jam better than what’s on the market. Would you ever consider doing this for a living?”

This sparked the creative juices she hadn't felt in years and she said "yes". She hired him to consult and went on a fact-finding journey asking people in the industry a million and one questions, started working on other fruit flavors, bringing her creations to friends, giving her daughters pb&j's with her latest recipe for feedback and so on.

It was about 8 months into Jan's research that she met the buyer of non-perishables for a major nationwide chain that said when she was ready, she would launch her products in 300 stores. GAME CHANGER! It took Jan's about a year to find a co-packer who could make her recipes just like hers and when she did - she kept her promise and Just Jan's was on the shelves.

Simultaneously it went into a couple of friends establishments and the Queen Mary's Tea Room. 18 months in and Jan was asked to make Williams Sonoma's curds for them. The Just Jan's name has a spot on their label and Jan was honored to call them a partner. Jan has been creating for them ever since. About 2 years in her friend (and taste tester) Kris decided he'd like to join her on this journey and they have been working together ever since. They are coming up on their 8 year anniversary from the initial launch date in May.

Check out the Just Jan's website and get yourself some wonder, gourmet spreads, and hot sauces.

www.justjans.com

Social Media Links found here.

https://www.facebook.com/justjansspreads 

https://www.instagram.com/justjansspreads

https://www.pinterest.com/justjansspreads

twitter@justjansspreads 

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