For years, the seafood dishes have been flying out of the kitchen at the Golden Lion Café in Flagler Beach.

That's not new.

But the restaurant's private-label key lime tartar sauce is going left and right, as well. It's also featured on the shelves of several Publix Super Markets across Central Florida.

And that's good news for the people trying to feed the hungry.

Chris Marlow, the second-generation of Marlows to get into the restaurant business, had a wild idea a few years ago. He came into the restaurant to continue what his mother, Carolyn, and his father, Tony, started a long time ago.

"What's when I began starting to push into Publix and trying to get Publix to sell it," Marlow said Monday, referring to the tartar sauce.

Five Publix stores in Flagler County started to stock it.

Not long after, Marlow and his parents took an unexpected turn: They decided to take half of the profits of the tartar sauce sales and give it to the Flagler County Resource Center, which is the second busiest food pantry in the county.

The first check was for $500.

"What Chris is doing is providing monies that we can go out and purchase the items," said Barbara Royere, a volunteer with the Flagler County Resource Center. "If people are in hard times, how can we ask them to give up their money?"

The good news continues for the sauce with the moniker, "Every bottle makes a difference."

Marlow just learned Publix is stocking it in about 400 stores across Central Florida.

He has also teamed up with Second Harvest Food Bank to help spread the donations even further.

Marlow said he has a conviction. The Marlows are convinced they are doing good work in their community.

"It's all kind of guesswork," Marlow said. "I mean, it's right now very entrepreneurial, kind of, just making it up as we go. A lot of trial and error, but what's what makes it so exciting."