Popular Edinburgh hot sauce company give 'bittersweet' update leaving customers gutted

Katie Williams

5 May 2024 at 6:20 am·2-min read

leithal hot aunce — Three hospitality workers came together to make Edinburgh-themed hot sauces -Credit:Leithal

A popular hot sauce company born in Leith during lockdown has issued a 'bittersweet' update to customers.

Leithal Hot Sauce announced they are shutting up shop after three and a half years and customers have been left gutted.

The sauces were a hit after the business launched in 2020 and, to mark the end of the chapter, Leithal Hot Sauce is running a closing down sale with 40 per cent off.

Leithal Hot Sauce in October 2020 after friends Ricky, 32, Will, 30 and Pete, 31, turned a hobby into a thriving business with their string of delicious spicy sauces featuring names like Ocean Terminator and Fear and Lothian.

While the company said it was 'bittersweet', they promised their fans that they won't go out without a bang.

Writing on Instagram, Leithal Hot Sauce said: "After 3.5 years of selling the best hot sauce in Scotland, it’s with a heavy heart that we announce our Grand Closing Down Sale.

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"We’re saying a bittersweet goodbye, but not without a bang!

"Starting from today everything in our store will be up for grabs at unbeatable discounts. This is your chance to snag your favourite sauces at a fraction of the price. From our tangy and mild loco to our mind blowing game over, it’s all waiting for you."

Fans of the sauces flocked to the comments. One said: "Gutted! Always get your sauces at shows."

Another commented: "Oh am sorry to hear this."

"Sorry to hear this...Best of luck in your future...your sauces are excellent," a third wrote.

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