Weekly Update - August 13

Week ending on August 13, 2023.

Carry over from last week

• N/A

Completed this week

• Finished Chocolate Chip Trio pack special for National Chocolate Chip Cookie day on August 4.

• Successfully solidified an agreement with Apocalyptic Apes, LLC.

• Hot Sauce support form was completed. https://apocalyptic.shop/pages/hot-sauce-support

  • Form for ALL hot sauce issues including minting problems, and not receiving orders, among others.

• Women's shirt has been discontinued by the supplier.

  • Replaced with a similar item.

• Back-to-school bundle

  • 1 of each - Chocolate Chip Bites, Peanut Butter Bites, and Chocolate Chip Cookie

  • starting Saturday, August 12, and running for at least 2 weeks

• Continued constructive dialogue with United Sauces to resume order dispatch.

  • Will solicit community input for informed decisions.

• Nurtured discussions with major retail distributors under NDA, yielding promising developments. Pursuing opportunities diligently.

• Exploring alternate packaging options for Bites and Cookies in retail contexts. Comprehensive analysis of materials, production, costs, and logistics.

• Considering deferral of energy drink manufacturer pursuit in favor of core business focus. Open to collaboration if full resources are engaged.

• Engaged premier confections manufacturer for potential expansion of Apocalyptic Rations offerings. The initial response was positive and is now in the discovery phase.

• Unveiled unified apocalyptic.shop as the official AAPES merchandise and CPG hub in collaboration with Apocalyptic Apes, LLC.

• Created this update page. https://updates.apocalyptic.shop/

To do

• Hot Sauce

  • Custom AAPES hot sauces - aiming for an August 18 release

    • replaces minting process

  • AAPES hot sauce from United Sauces - aiming for an August 18 release

Challenges

• Hot Sauce

  • Custom AAPES hot sauces

    • How to prove ownership of AAPE?

    • How to pay royalties?

      • Affiliate links.

        • How to prove ownership in the future?

      • Group royalties.

        • How to claim?

  • AAPES hot sauce from United Sauces

    • Waiting for a list of all minted sauces

Other updates

• Part of the ThrillKicker team out the second half of the month. Orders will continue to ship but there may be fewer updates.