Entrepreneur Wins By A Nose
Wayne Perry was having some success convincing people to pump hot pepper spray up their noses to relieve sinus congestion and chronic headaches.
But his big break came in a meeting six months ago with the man who decides what health and beauty care products go on the shelves at Price Chopper supermarkets.
After hearing Perry’s sales pitch, Dave Mongillo, a category manager at Golub Corp., parent of Price Chopper, remembers asking some co-workers with sinus problems to try the nasal spray. Their seal of approval helped get Sinus Buster into a few stores on a trial basis. Today, the product is in about 70 of the chain’s supermarkets.
Price Chopper is the single largest seller of Sinus Buster, which is made from natural ingredients including sea salt, eucalyptus oil, distilled water and capsicum, a type of hot pepper. When sprayed into the nose, the pepper’s active ingredient–capsaicin–soothes inflammation in the sinus cavity without causing “rebound” headaches that are common with over-the-counter medication, Perry said.
Perry, 41, a former self-defense instructor, came up with the idea for Sinus Buster 10 years ago during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey television show.
As part of a publicity stunt, Perry got blasted in the face with pepper spray. Moments before, he came down with severe headaches, a condition Perry has suffered for years. After getting hit with the pepper spray, he realized his headache was relieved.
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annalaura brown on August 25th, 2007 8:26 pm
it is really good stuff. I have tried it.
Margie Frankel on August 31st, 2007 6:52 am
Sinol Nasal Spray is a better product and available at CVS and many other stores.
Trent on January 8th, 2008 10:18 pm
Sinol isn’t even close. Way to weak. Sinus Buster is the real deal!!
Steve. O on February 5th, 2008 3:54 pm
Couldn’t find Sinol at CVS but did find Sinus Buster on the CVS website. Worked great.. 5 Star product.
Mark on March 14th, 2008 11:19 am
I bought Sinol at Rite Aid.
Laura on April 16th, 2008 1:21 pm
I have tried them both and liked Sinus Buster better. It really took bad headaches away.
Billo on April 17th, 2008 8:50 am
I tried sinol and it made me sick. I am allergic to chemicals and i believe that’s the reaction i got from sinol so it’s probably not as natural as they claim. I’ll stick with SINUS BUSTER. It works great and it doesn’t make me sick like sinol.
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