In 2011 Dorothy Henke made her first ever batch of Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels, by hand, in her own home kitchen, with spices culled from a run to Sam’s Club. And by the time 2019 drew its curtains closed, these Dot’s pretzels had become sixth on the list of the country’s highest-selling pretzels, according to Nielsen market data.

Not bad for pretzels that only achieved national distribution within the last six months, and that mainly through hardware stores.
 

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