John Ferolito

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2025 by Don Vultaggio · said 52 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Sep 1, 2025 bullish
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AriZona recently earned its co-founder's entire buyout amount in one year
“Absolutely. You know, what we earned last year was what to get bought out for, you know.”
Don Vultaggio Sep 1, 2025 ▶ 50:42 Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
Sep 1, 2025 negative
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Teamsters repeatedly threatened AriZona founders during early beer distribution days
“Yeah, we were threatened a lot, you know, we were threatened by the Teamsters about, you know, you can't do that, you know, that's not allowed, you know, because the Schaefer delivery guy, we were delivering Schaefer.”
Don Vultaggio Sep 1, 2025 ▶ 9:49 Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
Sep 1, 2025
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AriZona co-founders sometimes went over a year without speaking to each other
“There were times when I didn't speak to him for over a year.”
Don Vultaggio Sep 1, 2025 ▶ 44:03 Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
Sep 1, 2025
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Founders initially abandoned iced tea plan fearing they couldn't outcompete Snapple
“On the way home, we stop at seven-eleven. And we buy some Snapple to look at on the way back to Brooklyn, and we kind of talk ourselves out of the tea business, because we said, how are we going to get somebody to buy us over Snapple? How are we going to get t…”
Don Vultaggio Sep 1, 2025 ▶ 24:16 Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
Sep 1, 2025
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Founders sold thousands of cases of malt liquor on packaging alone
“And we went to a trade show, John and I, and we sold thousands of cases of it without even having a product yet. It was just the package.”
Don Vultaggio Sep 1, 2025 ▶ 18:38 Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple
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