Big Spoon Sauce Co.’s Occidental owners are expressing “utter surprise” at the lawsuit from another small food brand.

When Lani Chan and Nathan Bender of Sebastopol’s Big Spoon Sauce Co. filed for a trademark for the term “Big Spoon Sauce Co. Chili Crisp” in March 2023, it was supposed to be an exciting moment that ...

More below. PS: As I was sending this newsletter, we published an interesting story on a trademark dispute between Big Spoon Roasters, a nut butter company in Hillsborough, and Big Spoon Sauce Co ...