What started as a homemade condiment for community cookouts has transformed into a nationally recognized barbecue sauce brand, proving that sometimes the best business ideas come from the simplest moments.
Carl Pringle never set out to build a barbecue sauce empire. Raised with a deep appreciation for family cookouts, Pringle simply wanted to create a signature sauce for the community gatherings he had been hosting in Fayetteville for years. The result was Flip Flop Sauce, a product that has now landed on supermarket shelves across the region and earned national television attention.
The sauce’s unusual name has an equally unusual origin story. When someone at one of his cookouts asked what the sauce was called, Pringle looked down at his feet and made a spontaneous decision…