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title: "Buff City Soap Brings Plant-Based Products to New Hartford"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a85e0c2d-1a98-4a43-a455-5d39ed0441c7
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20211012_buff_city_soap_brings_plantbased_products_to_new_hartford.html
category: "Retail"
industry: "Retail"
published: 2021-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:13:02.361Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1551836022-deb4988cc6c0?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Buff City Soap Brings Plant-Based Products to New Hartford

**TL;DR:** Buff City Soap, a retail franchise, has opened its first location in New Hartford, New York, offering plant-based soap and body products. The store will provide an interactive retail experience, with products handmade daily by local community members.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-10-12. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20211012_buff_city_soap_brings_plantbased_products_to_new_hartford.html).*

## Story

To celebrate the opening, the first 50 people who visit the new store in New Hartford on Thursday, Oct. 14 - Sunday, Oct. 17 for the VIP Event will get free soap for a year.

“We are proud of the fact that our products are handmade daily by members of the local community,” said operating partner Mike Dingman. “We aim to impress our customers with a true interactive retail experience and cannot wait to open our doors.”

Founded in 2013, Buff City Soap has created a high-quality alternative to commercial soap products full of harsh chemicals, detergents, animal fats, and sulfates. By giving customers the chance to see the whole making process live in each Soap Makery, Buff City Soap is disrupting the consumer goods industry by focusing on transparency of ingredients and process.

Each Buff City Soap store offers more than 30 unique and customizable scents across dozens of handcrafted soap products; including its famous soap bars, bath bombs, foaming hand soap, and even laundry soap. The brand’s products are crafted by local artisans at the in-store Makeries, which allow guests to customize the scent and ingredients used in the process to create a unique scent profile.

The New Hartford store hours will be Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For the VIP Weekend only, the store will be open from Thursday - Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- new location (topic)
- retail expansion (topic)
- plant-based products (topic)
- New Hartford (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20211012_buff_city_soap_brings_plantbased_products_to_new_hartford.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a85e0c2d-1a98-4a43-a455-5d39ed0441c7).