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Turtle Island Foods

7 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 29, 2021 by Seth Tibbott · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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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
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
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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
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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
Assertion Supported
Tibbott: Turtle Island sold 818 Tofurky roasts in 1995
“I mean, we put self-addressed stamp postcards in every Tofurky that year. We sold 818.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 35:01 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Nov 29, 2021 neutral
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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 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: Tofurky has sold about 6.5 million roasts since mid-1990s
“Since its debut in the mid-nineteen nineties, the company has sold about six and a half million Tofurkey roasts.”
Guy Raz Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 47:33 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
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