By Nicole Hvidsten
From Star Tribune
Minneapolis—It takes a certain amount of pluck to start a business, and Sara Doherty and Britt Jungerberg have it.
Best friends since high school, the two have always enjoyed hosting parties and experimenting with recipes together. Their pickle dip—a mix of white beans, cream cheese, herbs, spices and pickles—was always in high demand.
“We had been making a simple version of the pickle dip at our get-togethers and everybody raved about it and requested it every time,” Doherty says. “So we decided to start a business.”
In 2017, after tasting parties and recipe tweaking, they started selling Darling Pickle Dip at local farmers markets. A trademark hiccup led to a name change, and they landed on Plucky Pickle Dip….