Our Story
HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED
Mae’s Legacy began behind prison walls.
After years of eating the same meals, Maurice Flournoy began mixing the condiments available to him to create something different. What started as a way to make an ordinary meal taste better became something the people around him couldn’t stop talking about.
One of the first people to taste it was Playboy, who encouraged Maurice to sell it. Later, Daniel “Kountry” Dill tasted the sauce and offered to pay $10 for a bottle.
That was the moment Maurice began to realize this could become something bigger.
THEN CAME THE NAME
Maurice wanted the sauce to mean something.
He thought about his grandmother, Mary Green, whose childhood name was Mae. After praying about what to call what he had created, the words came together:
Mae’s Legacy.
The name was more than branding. It represented family, faith, perseverance, and the woman whose legacy Maurice wanted to honor.
THE FAMILY CARRIED THE VISION FORWARD
What Maurice created behind prison walls became a family mission.
His family took the vision into the free world—developing the brand, producing sauce, creating labels, building the website, attending events, filling bottles, packaging orders, and introducing Mae’s Legacy to new customers.
What began with one man experimenting with a bottle of sauce became something an entire family was building together.
AND THEN... MAE'S LEGACY WENT VIRAL
After several breakthroughs, the Mae’s Legacy family decided to try something new: TikTok.
Using footage from an event at Southern Fresh Farms in Fort Myers, the girls began posting videos of Mae’s Legacy.
Then everything changed.
Within the first few videos, the views climbed into the hundreds of thousands — and eventually into the millions.
Within approximately 48 hours, Mae’s Legacy was reaching people far beyond Southwest Florida.
Then the orders started coming.
6,400+ orders.
Not bottles.
Orders — many containing multiple bottles.
Mae’s Legacy had officially gone viral.
COVERED IN SAUCE
Going viral looked exciting online.
Behind the scenes, it looked very different.
The family suddenly had to become accountants, customer-service representatives, operations managers, packaging specialists, manufacturers, and shippers — all while continuing everyday life.
Bottles were being filled one by one.
Orders had to be processed.
Labels had to be applied.
Packages had to be shipped.
Customer emails poured in.
And the family kept going.
Every bottle was still being made with care, consistency, and love.
THE LEGACY CONTINUES
What began as a way to make prison meals taste better became something much bigger.
From one bottle, to family support, to thousands of orders and millions of views, Mae’s Legacy has continued to grow through faith, perseverance, and the people who believed in the vision.
But the heart of the story has never changed.
Mae’s Legacy is still about family.
Still about perseverance.
Still about creating something meaningful from what you have.
And still about leaving something behind for the next generation.
Mae’s Legacy — More Than Just a Sauce.
The story is still being written.