These are the people, places, and stories behind the products on our shelves—and the reasons each one feels like a real bit of Carolina.
A Bit of Carolina Scentsations is an exclusive candle collection inspired by the places, seasons, and memories people associate with North Carolina. From Dogwood and Blue Ridge to Beach Escape and Tobacco Barn, each scent offers a different way to bring a little Carolina home.
Read MoreFlip Flop Sauce began at community cookouts, where Carl Pringle’s homemade sauce kept getting the same question: “What is this called?” Sweet up front and spicy on the back, it is made right here in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Read MoreChad’s Carolina Corn began when self-proclaimed popcorn addict Chad Huskey turned a kitchen idea into a gourmet brand. Made in small batches in Greensboro, this all-natural North Carolina popcorn is personal, intentional, and delicious.
Read MoreMemaw’s Country Kitchen keeps the kinds of Southern recipes families pass down for generations. Distributed from Raleigh, its cookies taste like somewhere specific—and every purchase also helps support a North Carolina food bank.
Read MoreShiners’ Stash began after Chef Swen Altis’s hunting buddies kept telling him his homemade jerky was something special. In 2016, he listened—and launched a North Carolina brand known for bold jerky and meat sticks crafted in North Wilkesboro.
Read MoreChesebro’s Confections has been making candy in North Carolina since 1910. Using copper pots, open flame, and hands-on methods, the Thomasville company continues a candy-making tradition built on craft and zero shortcuts.
Read MoreBald Head Coffee began after Steve and Pam Lewis moved to Southport, fell in love with the Carolina coast, and started selling coffee at local farmers markets. Today, its signature and seasonal blends are roasted in North Carolina.
Read MoreCape Fear Pirate Candy began when Tara and Travis started making candied jalapeños at home just to have something to do together. Their neighbors got hooked, the product line grew, and an award-winning North Carolina food brand followed.
Read MoreCarolina Kettle Chips began with a promise: make boldly Carolina flavors and help fight hunger with every bag sold. From Outer Banks Sea Salt to East Carolina BBQ and Bee Sting Honey Sriracha, these chips taste like the state—and care for it, too.
Read MoreReid’s Fine Foods began as Arthur Reid’s Charlotte market in 1928. Nearly a century later, its Cocktail Crackers are still made with the same commitment to simple ingredients and exceptionally good flavor.
Read MoreCackalacky began with homemade sauce in a Chapel Hill kitchen and grew into a proudly Carolina collection of sauces, pepper sauces, seasoned nuts, and snacks. Its Cheerwine Sweet Sauce brings two unmistakable North Carolina brands together—but that is only one way Cackalacky brings the flavor.
Read MorePoppy Hand-Crafted Popcorn began in an Asheville kitchen when founder Ginger Frank needed work that could bend around her life. Customers started crossing town for the Salted Caramel—and eventually came from across the country.
Read MoreChapel Hill Toffee began with a family recipe perfected in Karen Graves’s home kitchen. Since becoming a business in 2006, it has grown into a North Carolina favorite—and one of A Bit of Carolina’s bestselling foods from the very beginning.
Read MoreFaith Farms has become part of the way we help people share a real taste of North Carolina.
Its jams, butters, ciders, pickles, salsas, and sauces work beautifully in North Carolina food gifts because they offer more than a Carolina label. They give the person opening the box something distinctly Carolina to taste.
Read MoreButterfields Candy Buds have been disappearing from Carolina candy jars since 1924. Still made in Rocky Mount using pure cane sugar and the company’s original copper kettles, each batch carries more than a century of North Carolina sweetness.
Read MoreMikayla (Mikki) Blakey adds charm, wit, and a lot of whimsy to A Bit of Carolina with earrings, keychains, scrunchies and more.
Read MoreHand-sewn items from Glitter & Glue are a favorite of ABC Customers because of the wide variety of useful items in constantly updated prints that reflect personalities and interests of nearly anyone you’re shopping for.
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