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Kirban: Vita Coco partnered with ex-employees of Zico's distributor

“The beauty about them is they were a bunch of guys that had left the distributor where Zico was sold. So not only were they a much smaller distributor, but they also had it out for that distributor and for Zico.”

Michael Kirban Aug 3, 2020 ▶ 44:37 Vita Coco: Michael Kirban

Assertion Supported

Kirban: Zico launched simultaneously in 2004 with nearly identical blue packaging

“He said, yeah, it's called Zico, and he showed it to me. He had a sample there, and he's like, this is the, it's almost the same thing. It's also blue, you know, it's same packaging.”

Michael Kirban Aug 3, 2020 ▶ 37:14 Vita Coco: Michael Kirban

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