A dorm-room crockpot became a national natural-care business by making soap look irresistible and its supply chain matter. Now Pacha is testing a harder proposition: whether a mission-led manufacturer can retire yesterday's story, fix the products customers gripe about and earn a younger shopper without losing the people who got it here.
Buff City Soap turned fresh production into retail theater - then used scent, franchising and laundry care to push a handmade idea beyond the bath.