Ben Bailey

Founder and Owner, Rogue Chocolate · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ben Bailey founded Salem, Oregon-based Chomp Chocolate in 2021 to produce ethical, bean-to-bar vegan milk chocolate alternatives without dairy. After surging cocoa prices forced the closure of Chomp’s factory in 2025, he launched Rogue Chocolate, a small-batch craft chocolate venture based in downtown Salem.

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Disclosure
Ben Bailey invested $700,000 of his personal funds into Chomp Chocolate
“So I put 700,000 dollars in is everything I had and that got us open.”
Ben Bailey Dec 26, 2024 ▶ 9:55 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Marc Lore
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Chomp Chocolate hit $750K in year two and paces for $1M
“We did 400,000 dollars the first year we opened. And then 750,000 last year. And this year we're set to do a million dollars and 70% of that's coming from e-commerce, so.”
Ben Bailey Dec 26, 2024 ▶ 10:50 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Marc Lore
Disclosure
Chomp Chocolate rejected 2,000 retail stores due to cash flow constraints
“We've also had to say no to like a lot of big stores like over 2000 stores in the last year, because, you know, I can't, I have the factory and the production equipment, and technically we could produce more chocolate, but funding another crew and then the pur…”
Ben Bailey Dec 26, 2024 ▶ 14:20 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Marc Lore

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Marc Lore Dec 26, 2024 6m
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