About Us

Who We Are:

We are Greg and Penny Patterson the owners of SpicesInc.com and we sell quality spices, seasonings, chiles and herbs to retail consumers and wholesale clients. We have been married for 1,012 years (well really it has just a bit more than a quarter century) and we have two grown children. We live in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania, but have made many stops all over the country (this is the 26th place that we lived) before landing in the Northeastern US.

We love to cook and eat and strive to eat healthy, most of the time, and we are always looking for new and better ways of preparing and adding flavor to foods.

Greg: I have always been obsessive about staying lean and fit and eating healthy whole foods. Being in my forties and having been an avid workout nut for most of my adult life, I needed something to focus on when my obsession with playing basketball ended. The knees just could not take that pounding anymore.

As time went on I found that the need to compete remained strong but there was no longer a scoreboard so I started competing with myself. Gain more muscle and lose fat. Up the weights, decrease the amounts of days lifting weights per week, try different cardio routines, etc.

It was when I started paying meticulous attention to exactly what I was consuming, how much, the timing of meals, how frequently I ate throughout the day and experimenting with different types of foods that I found the most amazing changes start taking place.

The incorporation of flavorful spices and seasonings has made a huge difference in the way we eat.

Penny: I have obsessions too, mine are more about getting fit and being healthy, making smarter food choices and figuring out how to get past plateaus. I am not or have I ever been an athlete. I do not compete with myself or anyone else. I want to look good, feel good and be as healthy as I can be. Food, exercise, stress, frustration and happiness all are a part of the process for me. I strive to be happy from the inside out. I consider myself a work in progress.

I have an emotional attachment to cooking and food. As a mother, it has been my job to feed and nourish our family. But for me food is also social, comforting and satisfying. How can one not be comforted by red velvet, dark chocolate or melted cheese. Families and friends come together around food – cooking and eating, for me, is an event.

How food tastes is very important. I love the experience of cooking and eating, therefore, spices and seasonings are very important to me. The combination of flavors are what really make a meal come together.

What We Do: We knew we wanted to create a family business, which could provide a product or service to a customer base while creating jobs for others as well as ourselves. The question then became What? What service or product do we sell? We knew that a challenge for us was being able to buy quality spices and herbs from our local grocer. The choice became clear to us and SpicesInc.com was born back in 2008.

After more than 10 years in restaurants and then another 10 years in catalog and Internet sales, Greg has extensive background in Marketing and Operations, has been instrumental in providing the vision for SpicesInc.com.

Penny has her background in computers, web design and most recently in Human Resources, which provide many of the necessary functions that make this business run.

Our daughter, Glenna Michelle is an Operations Supervisor and our son Rob is a semi-professional photographer who shoots all the product images for the site. This company is for them as well as for us.

How It Works: Partners in marriage, in parenting, in life and in business.

While Greg is about teaspoons and scales, Penny is more about pinches and palm-fulls. Greg will educate you and Penny will tell you how she feels about it. We balance the other while we continue to learn and we hope that you can learn a little from us too.

We are proud and excited to have the opportunity to come to work every day while trying to build something great, great for our customers, great for those that work for us and great for our community. To grow this business and provide jobs, not only for us, but others is the greatest personal achievement we could ask for. And we are going to have some fun along the way – that is super cool too!

If there is anything that we can do for you, if there is a spice, herb or seasoning that you are looking for or if you just want to talk spices… give us a call or drop us an email.

We will link to products on that site as appropriate when posting recipes or lifestyle information. We are passionate about what we do and hope that you can find help and information through the sharing of ideas on this site.

Information on this site is provided for informational purposes and is not meant to substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or dietitian. Information and statements are based on our personal research and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.