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Nece's Needs New Equipment!!!


Dearest Friends
,
Changing the way people taste gluten free has been Nece’s mission from the start. It's time for gluten free to change from tasteless and expensive to affordable and delicious! We are so close to our dream. We are in the process of securing funding to get us out of our home kitchen and into a commercial space so we can provide the entire Monterey area with our delicious goodies! The next step is securing equipment:  from convection ovens, industrial mixers,  and refrigeration down to baking sheets, tables, and spatulas, we will need it all. Help us turn our vision, passion, and action into a Monterey Bay community success story. Let's get together and provide our GF community with what they deserve- the very first NECE'S GLUTEN FREE BAKED GOODS store!

I’ve been working together with my husband and family of taste testers to redefine what it means to be gluten free.  As a busy family on the go, having options that everyone can share and enjoy is a must! Out of that idea, Nece’s Gluten Free Baked Goods was born: a revolutionary concept where there is no need to fear cross contamination nor flavorless versions of gluten-containing counterparts. It is our dream to bring a HOME for the gluten free community here on the Monterey Peninsula. Nece’s is dedicated to bringing products that are delectable, incorporating freshest and best ingredients on the market, with a calling to remain completely free of cross-contamination and compromise.  It is our mission to impact our community through connection with our customers and relationships with local businesses to provide the best gluten free baked goods in the world, right here in Monterey.


Beginning in February 2019, we began serving our best products at local farmers markets directly from our home kitchen! We built a fiercely loyal following and met so many awesome customers and fellow entrepreneurs over more than a year of operating at the markets. In 13 months, Nece's sold over 100,000 cookies, cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, and more out of our small apartment, using just one 20-year-old oven! Then, in March 2020, the first of the COVID shutdowns hit and we were forced to shift our focus to the future of Nece’s. We entered and won the 2020 CSUMB Startup Challenge (Mainstreet Division) in May 2020, infusing some funds into our young business. More importantly, we began to hope for something much bigger. We built necesglutenfree.com to accommodate our growing product list and burgeoning customer base. We began honing a business-to-business wholesale strategy to continue to bring in consistent revenue in the absence of the farmers markets. We want Nece’s products in all the best coffee shops, delicatessens, and marketplaces on the Central Coast, but we cannot produce enough out of our home kitchen to keep up with the demand. We are now turning away business daily, and there are potential customers driving up and down our street looking for our "store!" The next logical step for any food business at our level is to move to a shared kitchen in order to produce more while keeping overhead low. Being a dedicated gluten free company makes that route impossible. We cannot share a kitchen. We have to take our little company and go BIG. For Nece’s to take the next step, we need funds to lease and beautify a commercial space, purchase equipment, and hire employees as soon as possible. We want to serve our local gluten free community, the many GF visitors to the area, and the countless local businesses that could feature Nece’s products. We want our children to know that with a big idea, hard work, and sacrifice, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! God gave us vision and perseverence. We are putting everything we have into this. This is our chance. This is our dream. Your help will make it a reality, and we will be forever grateful.
              With love and blessings,
              Jordan and Sharque Starr

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Donations 

  • Rachel Quiring
    • $200 
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $100 
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $100 
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $100 
    • 3 yrs
  • Tyrone Sally
    • $115 
    • 3 yrs
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Sharque Starr
Organizer
Monterey, CA

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