Sauce Magazine has the largest distribution of any monthly publication in the St. Louis metro area (70,000 issues/month). In a city full of food, art and music lovers, this locally-based, tab-formatted, culinary-lifestyle magazine fills a niche like no other local publication and is free in over 900 locations in and around the St. Louis area.
Sauce Magazine is the perfect place to inform readers about your unique operation/products and we invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to gain exposure to our demographic of savvy consumers. Sauce Magazine continues to grow with an estimated readership of 210,000.
Issues come out on the first of the month.
PRINT AD RATES AND SIZES
Quantities of each ad size are limitied. Reserve your space today. See full color rates below.
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| 2011 Full Color Print Rates | 1 mo | 3 mo | 6 mo | 9 mo | 12 mo |
| Full Page (10 x 10.9) | $2520 | $2470 | $2395 | $2295 | $2220 |
| 3/4 Page V (7.45 x 10.9) | $2205 | $2100 | $1880 | $1810 | $1750 |
| 1/2 Page V (4.9 x 10.9) 1/2 Page H (10 x 5.35) |
$1680 |
$1585 |
$1450 |
$1410 |
$1390 |
| 1/3 Page V (4.9 x 7.2) 1/3 Page H (10 x 3.5) |
$1365 |
$1275 |
$1220 |
$1195 | $1115 |
| 1/4 Page V
(4.9 x 5.35) 1/4 Page H (2.35 x 10.9) |
$865 |
$825 |
$765 |
$730 | $715 |
| 1/6 Page H (4.9 x 3.5) 1/6 Page V (2.35 x 7.2) |
$665 |
$620 |
$595 |
$575 | $555 |
| 1/8 Page V
(2.35 x 5.35) 1/8 Page H (4.9 x 2.575) |
$555 |
$525 |
$500 |
$480 | $470 |
| 1/12 Page V
(2.35 x 3.5) 1/12 Page H (4.9 x 1.85) |
$360 |
$345 |
$325 |
$310 | $300 |
| 1/16 Page (2.35 x 2.575) | $290 | $280 | $275 | $265 | $255 |

AD SPECS
- DEADLINE: Camera-ready ads are due no later than the 10th of the month and creative ads, copy and artwork are due no later than the 5th of the month prior to publication date.
- PREPARE: All print ads must be high quality printouts or electronic files created in Photoshop or Illustrator. No Quark, Word, Corel or Publisher files accepted. Ads must be 200 DPI & CMYK.
- SAVE: Save files in .tif, .eps, or .pdf format.
- SEND: Email files to: ads@saucemagazine.com

or send a CD by mail to:
Sauce Magazine
1820 Chouteau Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103
phone: 314.772.8004
fax: 314.241.8004
*Please include a hard copy of your ad if mailing
- DOUBLE CHECK: Please be sure that all ads are sized exactly without bleeds and with a border.
Hard copy ads provided will run as is. Sauce will not be responsible for poor ad reproduction. Extra charges apply to all reworked ads. Sauce production starts at $45.
QUICK CHECKLIST
- File is a .tif, .eps, or .pdf
- File is 200 dpi
- File is in CMYK mode and contains no spot colors or RGB colors
- File has no bleeds and contains a border
ADVERTISING POLICIES & CANCELLATIONS
- Prepayment is required for first time advertisers.
- Accounts are billed monthly and due on receipt. 1.5% late fee and/or additional penalties will apply to past due accounts.
- The entire cost of a special section ad will be billed to clients who do not cancel their ads in writing by the 5th day of the month prior to publication date.
- Sauce reserves the right to refuse any advertising deemed inappropriate by management.
- Sauce Magazine in-house design $45
- Cancellation of open ads and insertion orders: Written notification to publisher no later than the 5th day of the month prior to publication date.
- Cancellation of multiple issue ads: Written notification to publisher must be received no later than 2 months prior to publication date.
