Christina Tosi Refuses Finance Advice to Use Cheaper Butter
Christina Tosi · Live Episode! Milk Bar: Christina Tosi · Oct 14, 2019 · at 48:03
Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi explains her commitment to premium ingredients despite financial margin pressure.
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“I am not changing our fancy, very expensive butter that the team that does the financial analysis of food causes, like, please, please, a cheaper butter, and it's like, no, this is what it's built on.”
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