Rid here: It's late August. Everyone is running away to grab their last minute vacation. Not me. No sir. I'm working. Trying to get anything done is impossible!!
We are still waiting for our co-packer to finalize ingredients and related pricing so Michael A. can do his final calculations to see how much these sauces are going to cost to make--and to see how much (or how little) we will make on them. We are also debating whether to run a 30 case batch (wait til we get orders before spending big bucks--but price per jar to make goes way up) or do we order 100 cases, (so if we get an order, we can fill it immediately, much better unit prices to produce). We don't want to have to wait 2-3 weeks to fill an order should one land on our desk. That's how long it takes for the co packer to prepare for a production run. If a new client wants it NOW, we better be able to respond.
Hopefully we get moving again this week. Nothing is happening and I am EXTREMELY frustrated by the slow pace. What pace? There isn't one. I'm from the advertising business. We live and breathe deadlines. BOOM! Meet it or die.
Ya wanna know how f***ing slow the pace is? They are rebuilding all the roads, installing new sewers and putting in about 5 miles of sidewalks in our neighborhood. They started 3 months after we started talking to co packers. They are just about done. We are still waiting to get something done. ANYTHING! Maybe a good price. Or a nutritional. Or a Mediterranean tomato sauce sample that's not pink. Or..... never mind.
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