{"id":91493,"date":"2018-10-18T09:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=91493"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T19:02:08","slug":"ucf-alums-odang-hummus-lands-walmart-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-alums-odang-hummus-lands-walmart-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Alum\u2019s O\u2019Dang Hummus Lands Walmart Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

After inking a nationwide distribution deal, UCF alumnus and president\/founder of O\u2019Dang Hummus Jesse Wolfe \u201915 is at the front of Walmart\u2019s latest marketing campaign. The world\u2019s largest retailer signed a 2,552-store agreement to carry Wolfe\u2019s line of hummus-based salad dressings and prominently featured O\u2019Dang Hummus at a regional product showcase Wednesday in Orlando.<\/p>\n

The partnership, which spawned from Wolfe\u2019s participation in the retailer\u2019s \u201cMade in the USA\u201d pitch competition, marks the 25th grocery chain to put O\u2019Dang Hummus products on its shelves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you start a business, you dream of being sold in a retailer as incredible as Walmart,\u201d says Wolfe, who graduated with a management<\/a> degree. \u201cI thought this was 10, 15 years down the road, but this company just turned four years old, and we\u2019re in thousands of Walmart locations across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walmart featured O\u2019Dang at its showcase event alongside Spice World Inc., another Orlando-based company, Deliciosas and Titan Products of Puerto Rico. The company\u2019s \u201cMade in the USA\u201d initiative highlights Walmart\u2019s commitment to purchase an additional $250 billion in products made, sourced or grown in the United States by 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesse\u2019s story is just as amazing as his salad dressing and speaks to what can be achieved when we support our local businesses,\u201d says Adriana Pereira-Reyes, senior director of community relations at Walmart. \u201cWe are so proud to be investing in American-made products and are happy to be a part of Jesse\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n