An Iowa-based hot sauce company is suing one of its manufacturers, alleging it turned out bottled products that bubbled, fermented and exploded.
Lola’s Fine Sauces of West Des Moines is suing EcoIdeas Innovation Inc. of Canada, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, alleging it has incurred $700,000 in damages due to Ecoldeas’ breach of contract.
In court filings, Lola’s says that for the past 10 years, it has produced a variety of hot sauces and salsas using fresh and unique ingredients. In the process, the company says, it has grown from a farmer’s market stand to a large company that sells its products throughout the nation at retailers such as Target, Walmart and other grocery stores and supermarkets…