April 2000: Some Like it Hot.

Dressed in a golf shirt and baseball cap and driving a forklift through the aromas of vinegar and herbs in an open warehouse, Tim Ashman hardly looks the rold of president of a successful company in the forever-mushrooming gourmet world.

But the look is misleading.

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April 14, 2004: Homegrown: Virginia foods often start in family kitchen.

Four Years Ago, armed with a favorite family recipe with a secret ingredient, Tim Ashman entered the best new product competition at the Savor Virginia Food and Beverage Expo in Richmond.

He brought home the top prize for his Virginia Gentleman 90 Proof Chipotle Hot Sauce.

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May 12, 2008: Pierce overcame doubt to boost sauce-making.

For more than three decades, J.C. Pierce Jr. and his family made the sauce used for meals at the Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que Restaurant near Williamsburg. But now it is produced by a Virginia Beach company (Ashman Manufacturing Co.) - and bottles of the original and honey sauce are available in more than 150 grocery stores in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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August 17, 2007: Doc Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que Sauces now available in stores.

The taste of a famous local barbecue restaurant off East Rochambeau Drive is becoming available by the bottle at groceries in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.

Two Pierce's Pitt Bar-BQue sauces went on sale last week at about 19 Harris Teeter stores, J.C. Pierce said Thursday. He said that about 28 Ukrop's stores also were starting to carry the products this week, among other distribution deals set up or in the works.

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August 18, 2007: Pierce's goes retail with famed sauce.

YORK - For more than 35 years, people have come from miles around to get a taste of Pierce's Pitt Bar-B· Que. Now that navor is as close as the grocery store.

Available in two flavors, original and honey, ;'Doc" Pierce's Bar-B-Que Sauce is already available at nearly 20 Harris Teeter stores. Tim Ashman. of Ashman Manufacturing Co. in Vrrginia Beach, said that it wiD be on the shelves at about 28 Ukrop's stores by Saturday moming.

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August 2007: Ashman Manufacturing and Distributing Company teams with Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que to bring its famous 'Doc' Pierce's Bar-B-Que Sauce to the retail market for the first time.

Ashman Manufacturing and Distributing Company proudly announces it will be representing “Doc” Pierce’s Bar-B-Que Sauces as it enters the retail market in specialty stores, natural food stores and upscale grocery stores. The partnership with Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que is a natural fit as Ashman has always marketed Virginia’s Finest products to many of the region’s top retailers, including Harris Teeter, and key accounts such as Ukrop’s Supermarkets, Wegman’s, Whole Foods, Balducci’s, The Fresh Market, Stop N Shop (Boston, NY) as well as many independents all over the country.

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TIM ASHMAN wasn't looking for inspiration as he thumbed through his photo albums. He just wanted to see some pictures of his family through the years.

"There's just something about the old days that seems so much more simple," says Ashman, who grew up in Virginia Beach.

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April 2007: Ashman Manufacturing Introduces The Classic American Line of Sauces.

Ashman Manufacturing and Distributing would like to announce the introduction of its newest sauce and marinade line Classic American. The Classic American Line is available in six flavors: Game Ticket Wing Sauce, Hula Girl BBQ Sauce, Honey Jerk Marinade, Monkey Lounge BBQ Sauce, Orient Express Sauce and Sarsaparilla BBQ Sauce. They are attractively packed in 16oz mason jars with unique illustrations for each flavor giving you the feel of driving down memory lane.

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March 2000: Virginia Gentelman Bourbon Chipotle Hot Sauce Named Best New Product at Virginia Food & Beverage Expo.

And the winner is . . . . Judges have chose Virginia Gentleman 90 Proof Bourbon chipotle Hot Sauce as the best new product at the 8th annual Virginia Food and Beverage Expo, hel March 22 in Richmond. The sauce is produced by Ashman Manufacturing Company of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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