Cheese snack makes the FoodStarter cut
QB’s. He one day hoped to be distributing the snacks fulltime.
He was looking into diversifying into different flavours, including garlic and chilli, or sour cream and chives.
Manson said the response had been amazing everywhere, with local businesses being incredibly supportive.
Pic and Lou Picot of Pic’s Peanut Butter had been major supporters.
Currently, Manson uses Picot’s food innovation centre the Food Factory to cook the snacks.
The Junction, Māpua Fruit and Vege, Sweet not Sugar, Fresh Choice Richmond, Benge and Co Green Grocers and other local food suppliers had ordered stock.
State Cinemas Nelson and Motueka were now supplying QB’s in their snack bars.
Manson said he was hoping to get the snacks into all the theatres in the country.
‘‘The local people have been really supportive. We’ve been blown away.’’