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Ulukaya offered his factory as collateral to secure supermarket shelf space
“I personally said, if it doesn't sell, I will give you the factory.”
Ulukaya: Chobani offered its factory as collateral to secure ShopRite distribution
“I personally said, if it doesn't sell, I will give you the factory.”
Thomae: ShopRite is one of the hardest retailers to work with
“Come to learn that ShopRite is probably one of the hardest operationally retailers to work with. Like, if you miss their delivery window by, like, five minutes, they'll refuse you, and then you have to reschedule.”
ShopRite deferred Noosa's $100k slotting fees into quarterly billing
“So ShopRite says we're going to, instead of charging you A 100,000 dollars out of the gates. We'll bill it quarterly.”
Ulukaya: Supermarkets charged $30,000 per SKU in listing fees to stock yogurt
“That is the biggest event in the history of Chobani. Now, in order to be able to make it to ShopRite, or that kind of conventional stores, you have to pay, what they call it, listing fee. And every cup, I don't know what it is now, but I think at the time it w…”