It was a time in life so rough, even the TOUGH head to the kitchen for a little comfort. And so it was for Randa.  She found some vanilla ice cream, but that was no match for the mood she was in. Feeling desperate, yet resourceful, she opened a cabinet, saw sugar and cocoa, and felt a glimmer of hope. She mixed and micro-ed, tasted and tweaked, and made a "pretty darn good" sauce. Ever the adventuress she wondered… "What would happen if I added peanut butter?" She quickly found out: PERFECTION! She called it her Panda Potion (because Panda rhythms with Randa), and shared it with only a few lucky friends for the next 20 years.
 

Toward the end of those 20 years, Randa began to sense that her existing career as a kitchen designer was starting to wind down. So she began to ask her Higher Power what her next move should be. She worked, waited, and watched for His direction, and continued to walk the path He had put her on. Then one day, much to her surprise, He put a wonderful bachelor right smack-dab in front of her! Naturally, Randa shared her Panda Potion with her new friend, Mr. Steven Sweet. And when she saw how it really "lit him up!" she knew it was special… and so was he!

That November of 2005, Randa joined the Women's Entrepreneurial Network (WEN) looking for fun and possible opportunities. It was at her very first meeting that she learned about The Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT) and the fully licensed commercial kitchen that was available to rent through the Agricultural Incubator Foundation (AIF). Together these organizations supplied the means and methods needed to create a food company. And it was right there, at that very meeting, the feeling came over her LIKE A WAVE: "I'm taking my sauce to market!"

On February 14, 2006, Steve and Randa formed Sweet Louise, LLC. They wanted to use "Sweet" in their company name because it was sure to be both of their last names at some point. So, while they did not yet become "officially engaged" on that Valentine's Day, they did get "incorporated." The company name was complete as Randa's cat, Louise, walked in just as they were discussing the possibilities.

Randa sold their very first jar June 1, 2006 at the Farmer's Market in Perrysburg, OH and has been in charge of sales and marketing ever since. Actually, she wears "all the hats and the HAIRNET, too!"  Steve helps out when they make a batch of sauce and helps work the shows as well, both occasions on which she couldn’t do it without him. Randa became Mrs. Steven Sweet on May 6, 2007.

In early 2008, two new all-natural sauces were introduced to the product line: Charming Cherry Kiss and Soothing Apple Cinnamon. The original Panda Potion was renamed to the much more descriptive and user-friendly Pampering Chocolate Peanut Butter. Several more sauces are in development and Sweet Louise will continue to create and market products of only the highest quality that are made of only the most natural, healthy and pure ingredients on earth.