Freddie Lee’s Gourmet Sauces

Around the corner from Good Life Growing, on the ground floor of the Greencubator, Deborah James and Freddie James Jr. are moving their business into its new home.

Freddie, 65, and Deborah, 56, are a husband-and-wife team and currently the only employees of their approximately 11-year-old business, Freddie Lee’s Gourmet Sauces.

On Wednesday, Deborah James said, they are bringing in one new employee, but so far the couple have built up the business on their own, supplying 605 stores with their signature sauce.

“Right now I’m the janitor, the filler, the cook, you know, whatever,” Freddie James Jr. said. “We got many hats.”

By next year, they’re hoping to have 45 to 50 people working for them.

Deborah James’ favorite use for the sauce is meatloaf, and Freddie James Jr.’s favorite is spaghetti.

Truly, though, “it’s just an all-purpose sauce,” Freddie James Jr. said. As his wife attests, Freddie is also dedicated to grilling, no matter what the conditions.

“It could be snow up to here,” Deborah James said, and her husband will still be outside grilling.