{"id":7989,"date":"2023-04-18T14:34:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2023-04-18T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:34:08","slug":"business-spotlight-meet-lesley-riley-her-business-has-locked-in-several-major-retail-deals%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=7989","title":{"rendered":"Business Spotlight: Meet Lesley Riley, Her Business Has Locked in Several Major Retail Deals\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Raise your hand if you love good food!  But raise them even higher if you have ever experienced a good southern-style gourmet biscuit made by Lesley Riley! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you didn&#8217;t know that National Food Month is celebrated every April! So let us share with you about this amazing black-owned business that has secured not only one but several major retail deals! Yes, you heard that right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we shine the light on Lesley Riley!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2.png 600w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-549x288.png 549w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-470x247.png 470w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-233x122.png 233w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-230x121.png 230w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-360x189.png 360w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-100x53.png 100w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-400x210.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lesley Riley, Mama Biscuit AKA &#8220;the biscuit darling&#8221;\u2013the heart and soul behind the unique biscuits America\u2019s come to love.&nbsp;Mama&#8217;s Biscuits is a black-owned, women-led brand offering America\u2019s first gourmet biscuits. &nbsp;The only all-natural,&nbsp;clean-label,&nbsp;ready-to-eat biscuit made with real dairy and real butter that&#8217;s sold in national retailers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hailing from Mercersburg, PA, her passion for cooking and baking has deep roots, tracing back to her beloved grandmother. After years of watching her faithfully, joyfully, and skillfully feeding her whole family each week, it was only a matter of time before she began cooking and baking her own creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to adult life, as a former restaurateur, many of her friends and family had reaped the benefits of her culinary skill and were now heartily encouraging her to audition for Master Chef. While she didn\u2019t make the cut, she was far from done with her journey. She returned determined to craft the perfect biscuit, and\u00a0on October 8th\u00a0of 2014, she went to the kitchen to make it happen. Eight days later, her first gourmet heart-shaped biscuit was born, and she\u2019s never looked back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0In May 2015, she officially launched her online store, and now, you can find these delectably unique biscuits in many stores around the U.S. as well. From her original buttermilk biscuits to flavors like Banana&#8217;s Foster w\/Salted Caramel,\u00a0 Chicken Pot Pie, Spiced Mango, and Kahlua Stuffed Brie, Mama\u2019s Biscuits has changed the biscuit game for good. Riley rewrote her story and rebranded her business in 2019\u00a0which garnered national attention for retailers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mama&#039;s Biscuits Culinary Incubator\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/719228970?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When she\u2019s not busy whipping up an unheard-of biscuit flavor, she\u2019s busy giving back to the community in various ways. 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