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Wang: Costco's break-even margin was around 9.5% during Vizio's launch
“At that time their break even is around nine and a half percent. And they don't want to make money on merchandising anyway. They just want to make money on membership fee, right?”
William Wang Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 46:11 Vizio: William Wang
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Velez: Costco accepted Back to the Roots after seven years of rejections
“Guy, we presented to Costco's lawn and garden department seven years in a row and got turned down every single year. They've just announced they're launching us this coming spring spring, 20, 22, seven years later, same exact merchant as well.”
Alejandro Velez Nov 8, 2021 ▶ 1:17:24 Back to the Roots: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez
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Garza: Siete Foods is in over 16,000 retailers including Costco and Target
“So we're now in A little over 16,000 retailers were in places like Kroger and Costco and Target and Walmart”
Miguel Garza Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 1:12:19 Siete Family Foods: Miguel and Veronica Garza
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Costco can target inventory down to specific individual warehouse locations
“They have an incredible ability to target actually down to the entire, to the exact store. So sometimes you'll see stuff that's, you know, specific only to five Costco's in the entire country.”
Dalbir Singh Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 47:13 Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Food: Sukhi Singh and Dalbir Singh
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