Trader Joe's paying early allowed Stacy's to avoid taking outside equity
Stacy Madison · Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison · May 27, 2019 · at 44:45
Stacy Madison, founder of Stacy's Pita Chips, discusses scaling retail distribution into major national accounts and how customer payment terms impacted their financing.
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“Trader Joe's was an amazing company to do business with. They paid On time or early. And because of that, we were able to not take on equity.”
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