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Seth Tibbott

20 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 3, 2019 by Seth Tibbott · said 7 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Seth Tibbott's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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2020 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Seth Tibbott, oldest first

Jun 3, 2019 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Tibbott: Livestock takes 15 pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat
“You know, you take 15 pounds of grains and put it in to an animal, and you get maybe eight ounce or a pound of meat. As opposed to if you feed grain directly to people, boom, you know, you've saved so much grain and resources and land and everything”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 7:30 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Jun 3, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott: In-house production drove Tofurky's shift to strong profitability
“It became really profitable because we brought the production of the tofurkey into, in-house.”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 39:00 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Jun 3, 2019
Disclosure
Tibbott borrowed $160,000 from his brother to fund Hood River facility
“And I had to find a new space, and there was an old tortilla factory in Hood River, which is 10 miles from Houston, and we rented out 5000 square feet of this 26,000 square foot building, and I borrowed the 160,000 dollars from Bob.”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 28:16 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Jun 3, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott Received a $25,000 Buyout Offer for His Tempeh Business in 1986
“And actually, in 1986, I had an offer to sell the tempeh business to a local tofu company, and they offered me 25,000 dollars for the business.”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 24:23 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Jun 3, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Applegate Natural Foods Placed a 1,000-Pound Weekly Tempeh Order in 1981
“In 1981, a distributor called Applegate Natural Foods out here in Tigard called up and said, we need you to make us a thousand pounds of tempeh a week.”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 16:59 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Jun 3, 2019
Assertion Supported
Tofurky sold 818 units during its first holiday season in 1995
“I mean, we put self-addressed stamped postcards in every Tofurky that year. We sold 818.”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 33:23 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Jun 3, 2019
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Tibbott did not invent the name Tofurky; King Harvest used it in 1981
“Okay, so I didn't invent the name Tofurkey, right? In 1981, when I was delivering tempeh around Portland, there was a Tofurkey sandwich, T-O-F-U-R-K-E-Y, and it was being made by King Harvest, local sandwich maker here in Portland.”
Seth Tibbott Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 31:48 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott
Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott rented four trees for $25 a month to build a treehouse.
“One of my employees, Amber Yesick, had a, Piece of land right outside Hewsem, and she offered to rent me four trees for 25 dollars a month.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 24:18 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott: Natural food marketing lacked humor before Tofurky's controversial launch
“All of the natural food marketing wasn't very whimsical, or funny, or fun, and this was like fun, but it was also in the early days people kind of took offense to it a little bit, because you were taking on an iconic American meal, and a holiday, and everythin…”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 38:03 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021
Disclosure
Tibbott leased a 5,000-square-foot facility using a $160,000 family loan.
“There was an old tortilla factory in Hood River, which is 10 miles from Houston, and we rented out 5000 square feet of this 26,000 square foot building, and I borrowed the 160,000 dollars from Bob.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 29:12 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott: Forest Grove Co-op Rented Kitchen for $25 a Month
“So I went to the local co-op, Forest Grove, and asked if they would rent me their kitchen at night, and they said, yeah, we can rent it out to you for 25 dollars a month.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 14:59 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
In 1986, a tofu company offered $25,000 to buy Turtle Island Foods.
“And actually, in 1986, I had an offer to sell the tempeh business to a local tofu company, and they offered me 25,000 dollars for the business.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 26:00 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott: Turtle Island Foods grossed about $1,300 monthly in early 1981
“We were grossing, like, 1300 dollars a month at that point”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 19:05 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Tibbott: Tofurky is stocked in over 27,000 stores worldwide
“What we're seeing right now is the mainstream, you know, plant-based foods, and we're in 27,000 plus stores worldwide.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 42:56 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott sold his early batches of tempeh for seven dollars.
“Five pounds of tempeh, you know, would bring in seven dollars.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 13:52 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott put The Washington Post on hold for The New York Times.
“At one point, I had to put the Washington Post on hold to talk to the New York Times.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 39:45 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Tibbott built his first tempeh incubator in a fridge with Christmas lights.
“So I started making tempeh for friends and family, and there were retreat groups that would come out, so they wanted some tempeh, and I got an old refrigerator, and I strung Christmas tree lights up inside.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 12:43 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Applegate Natural Foods ordered 1,000 pounds of tempeh weekly in 1981.
“So in April of 1981, a distributor called Applegate Natural Foods out here in Tigard called up and said, we need you to make us a thousand pounds of tempeh a week.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 18:34 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Tofurky refuses to sell outside equity to maintain independent mission control.
“We haven't sold equity yet. You know, we'd like to keep our equity so that we can keep the mission at the center of our lives, and so that nobody can tell us what we can do or can't do.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 45:23 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Tibbott adopted the name Tofurky from a Portland sandwich maker in 1981.
“Okay, so I didn't invent the name Tofurkey, right? In 1981, when I was delivering tempeh around Portland, there was a Tofurkey sandwich, T-O-F-U-R-K-E-Y, and it was being made by King Harvest, local sandwich maker here in Portland.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 33:27 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
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