Weekly Update - October 1st

Week ending on October 1, 2023.

Carry over from last week

Hot Sauce

• Wholesale pricing for AAPES with existing businesses.

• Get legacy sauces listed.

• Others were "minted" or purchased, but never listed.

Completed this week

• Legacy AAPES Hot Sauces that we had existing labels for have been relisted. This cleared over 50% of the issues listed in the hot sauce support form.

  • The legacy sauces that we do NOT have an existing label have been started and will be listed soon.

• We have received several orders for custom hot sauces and will be working on these alongside the legacy sauces.

• Had several Zoom calls with community members to discuss wholesale pricing.

  • We will be offering the same wholesale pricing, but will not be able to offer free shipping.

  • We are working on a solution to offer wholesale pricing.

    • Option 1: A discount code.

    • Option 2: A portal for wholesale ordering.

• The Fall Cookies & Bites bundle has been listed.

  • 3 bags in the bundle. One of each flavor: 1 Chocolate Chip Chimp Chomp Cookie, 1 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Chimp Bites, and 1 Peanut Butter Chimp Bites.

• Bites & Cookies sale has gone live.

  • 20% off ALL bites & cookies including the bundle with a minimum purchase of $45. Discount is automatically applied when the minimum is reached.

    • Discount does not combine with other offers or discounts.

    • Valid only for bites & cookies.

    • Valid in the US only.

• Ran a giveaway in collaboration with Fity for a 3 pack of Nessy Hot Sauce. The winner was contacted and shipped the hot sauce.

• Continued alternative packaging and product configuration testing for major retailers.

  • Research and testing for environmentally friendly packaging options.

• The good news is that we continue to receive communication from the retail distributor who has advised us that they are in discussions with three new stores. Some well-known. Due to NDAs, we cannot disclose much more but we are very excited to see this escalating.

• More small stuff and business development and discovery phone calls.

To do

• Hot Sauce

  • Wholesale pricing for AAPES with existing businesses.

    • The agreement between United Sauces and Apocalyptic Apes LLC allowed wholesale pricing on quantities as small as 1 bottle.

    • We are working on figuring out the minimum order quantities (MOQ) for wholesale pricing, but may not be able to meet the previous agreement quantities and/or pricing.

  • Others were "minted" or purchased, but never listed.

    • These are a little bit more complicated and a new label and listing on the shop will need to be created.

    • We will be starting on these very soon.

Challenges

• Hot Sauce

  • How to pay royalties?

    • Group rev share/royalties.

      • How to allocate?

      • How to claim?

Other updates

• Part of the ThrillKicker team was out at the end of the week.