At Penzeys Spices, our customers, and so many of our employees, are Cooks-and the main thing we knowabout Cooks is that they care.
However, my manager made it clear that knowing something about the product line (i.e., how to use company products and various spices) was not necessary.
The spice trade's been going strong 10,000 plus years, and with the growth in demand we've seen these past few months, we don't see that ending anytime soon.
Penzeys Spices is a retailer of spices in the U.S. It operates 70 retail outlets in 29 states nationwide as well as mail order and onlin
assemble a variety of gift boxes, that will be sent to customers or to our stores around the country.
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