Arran Stephens

Co-Founder and Board Member, Nature's Path Organic Foods · 1 appearance on the record.

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In 1985, Stephens co-founded Nature's Path Organic Foods with his wife Ratana Stephens, growing it into North America’s largest independent certified organic breakfast and snack food company. A longtime pioneer of organic agriculture and vegetarian food in Canada, he previously founded The Golden Lotus restaurant and has authored books including The Moth & the Flame.

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2 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 8 not checkable as stated how the 11 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

11 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 11 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, and 8 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Arran argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Arran Stephens helped develop the official USDA organic rule
“I was involved in the development of the USDA organic rule when I served on the Organic Trade Association.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 42:28 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens

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Everything Arran Stephens said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nature's Path faked its factory launch using competitors' cornflakes
“We did not turn the factory on. We invited everybody there, and we went out and bought the big, giant competitors' cornflakes, and we sprinkled them on the conveyor belt.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 47:47 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Partly supported
Grocery Council of Canada threatened to boycott Nature's Path over non-GMO labels
“When we said contains no GMOs, We were approached by the Grocery Council of Canada and said, we're going to boycott you unless you take this off your bags.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 56:21 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arran Stephens: Lifestream reached about $12 million in annual sales
“No, it was about twelve million.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 26:51 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arran Stephens sold his $12M business Lifestream for under $2 million
“No, no, we sold it for less than two million.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 31:08 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Supported
Arran Stephens helped develop the official USDA organic rule
“I was involved in the development of the USDA organic rule when I served on the Organic Trade Association.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 42:28 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nature's Path recovered its full broken equipment cost via legal settlement
“Well, actually, we threatened to sue him, and rather than face a lawsuit, he came up and settled out of court and reimbursed us the entire cost of the equipment.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 50:13 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nature's Path averaged one buyout approach per week from major firms
“We were getting an average of one a week.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 1:11:02 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Supported
Stephens: There Were No Vegetarian Restaurants in Canada in 1967
“I thought that when I go back to Canada, I would like to start a vegetarian restaurant because me being a vegetarian, and there was no place for vegetarians to eat at that time.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 5:56 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arran Stephens started the Golden Lotus with a $1,500 loan
“I borrowed 1500 dollars, and I found the assets of a failed restaurant about 10 blocks away. I bought those assets for 500 dollars.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 9:12 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arran and Ratana Stephens married through an arrangement before dating
“Yeah, we actually ended up getting married without dating Without living together, but it felt perfectly fine. It felt this was the way it really was meant to be. We got married and fell in love in that order.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 14:57 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arran Stephens: Lifestream doubled revenue yearly for several consecutive years
“And that business, it doubled every year for several years in a row.”
Arran Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 22:59 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens

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Statements about Arran Stephens, by other people (1)

Disclosure
Ratana Stephens demanded Nature's Path take zero outside partners
“That he will not have another partner. It will be family business. We will be the partners, and he will not interfere what I will be doing.”
Ratana Stephens May 23, 2022 ▶ 52:17 Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens May 23, 2022 29m
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