Mark Andrus

9 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 27, 2019 by Stacy Madison · said 67 times in 3 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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May 27, 2019
Disclosure
Stacy Madison: Female names on snack brands sell better than male names
“We chose it because we thought that a female name on a snack food brand would sell more than a male name.”
Stacy Madison May 27, 2019 ▶ 25:47 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison
May 27, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Madison: Mark had $100k student debt and she had no savings when starting out
“Going into this, I mean, you gotta also keep in mind the reality of the fact that he's got a 100,000 dollars in student loans, I don't have a penny to my name.”
Stacy Madison May 27, 2019 ▶ 14:17 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison
Aug 9, 2021
Assertion Supported
Stacy's Pita Chips automated pita slicing using a modified Campbell's carrot cutter
“What we ended up buying was a machine that used to cut carrots for Campbell's soup. So, you know how they cut those tiny little squares? Well, what he did is he took those blades and spaced them further apart, and when he first spaced these blades, and all of …”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 36:00 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
Aug 9, 2021
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Madison: Initial Boston food cart cost about $5,000
“We decided to buy a food cart, because we couldn't afford anything else. I think it was 5000 dollars”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 13:30 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
Aug 9, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Co-founders Stacy Madison and Mark Andrus split the company 50/50 during divorce
“We went to court together, and we went before the judge, and we said, we want to get a divorce, and we're splitting this fifty-fifty, and we really had no assets. Everything we had was the company, and we agreed, we built this together, and we were splitting t…”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 40:21 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
Aug 9, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Madison and Andrus Ran Honolulu Food Venture Called Condo Cuisine
“Mark was a total foodie, and we marketed to our building and the surrounding buildings that if anybody else wanted us to cook them dinner, that we would do that too, and we called it condo cuisine.”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 10:58 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
Aug 9, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mark Andrus had $100,000 in student debt when starting Stacy's Pita Chips
“Going into this, I mean, you gotta also keep in mind the reality of the fact that he's got a 100,000 dollars in student loans, I don't have a penny to my name.”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 13:13 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
Aug 9, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Health Department Shut Down Madison's Early Honolulu Food Venture
“We were cooking in our apartment and got very quickly shut down.”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 11:28 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
Aug 9, 2021
Disclosure
Stacy's Pita Chips used a female name explicitly to sell more snacks
“We chose it because we thought that a female name on a snack food brand would sell more than a male name.”
Stacy Madison Aug 9, 2021 ▶ 24:47 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
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