Charlies Soap

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Made in the USA Biodegradable Soaps, Made in the USA Green Bath Cleaners, American Made Green Kitchen Cleaners, American Made Green Laundry Soaps, Made in the USA Green Surface Cleaners, Made in America Hard Water Treatments, Made in America Laundry Powders, Made in the USA Laundry Pre Spays, American Made Liquid Laundry Soaps, American Made Natural Laundry Detergents, Made in the USA Soap Boosters , Made in America Soaps, and Made in the USA Stain Pre Treatments.

Charlie Sutherland Sr. rarely did anything without a purpose in mind. But even he couldn't foresee what would come to pass when he stood in front of our North First Avenue building all those many years ago. In the photo at right, as he stares at the old Mayodan, N.C., fireman's dance hall that he had plans to turn into an oil manufacturing facility, you can just about see his wheels turning. And turn they did. From 1976 until his passing in 1994, Charlie Sr. left his mark on this company: a legacy of dedication to excellence with a personal touch.

Charlie JrCharlie Sutherland Jr.
Charlie Sr. is most certainly the Charlie of Charlie's Soap, but his son, Charlie Jr., actually created first the oils and then the cleaner that would come to be known as Charlie's Soap. While you may not be able to see the wheels turning in this photo (some prefer to think of it as a screw loose), you cannot deny the gumption of a man who, on his wife Jane's birthday in 1983, quit his day job and took over the small company that had little chance for success.

Through scrimping and saving, a little blood and a whole lot of luck, people were finding out about us and starting to ask where they could pick up some of Charlie's soap. It had grown beyond an industrial cleaner for machines and textile quality control, people were taking it home and using for literally everything from false teeth to diesel engines.

By 2002, Charlie Jr.'s boys joined the cause and started the long-overdue process of officially branding the product as Charlie's Soap. They took their grandparents' ideals, their father's guts, their own dreams and experiences and turned a small-town shop into a world-class business with product sold to 50 states and 50 countries. So, we must be doing something right!

If our grandparents could see what we've become, I'd like to think they would be proud. H.C. Amick Sr. (grandfather on our mother's side and financial guru) would certainly remind us of his motto, With patience and perseverance, you will prevail. Charlie Sr. would probably shout his infamous rhetorical question, What difference does it make?!

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What does Made in USA mean?
There is no law requiring most products to be labeled Made In USA, or have any other disclosure about the amount of U.S. content. However, for job creation purposes (see our Big Secret tab), if you have a choice between an imported product and one with no country of origin on its label, choose the product without a country of origin over the imported one. This is true because the product without the country origin on its label has at least some American labor in its content and the imported one most likely does not.

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