Weekly Update - October 8th

Week ending on October 8, 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

• The legacy sauces that we did NOT have an existing label have been listed.

  • There were a couple of instances where we had an AAPE number, but no information on what sauce it was supposed to be put on. Those people have been contacted.

• We have received several orders for custom hot sauces.

  • Several labels have been made and will be sent to United at the beginning of the week.

  • We will continue to create these as they come in.

• 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.

    • The sale ends October 31st, 2023.

• Altered the hot sauce collection to be clearer on quantity.

  • Each listing now has "per 3-pack" written below the pricing.

  

  Hot sauce pricing clarification.
• Continued research and testing for Wholesale pricing options.

• 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.

  • New Custom Hot Sauce listings.

    • Several labels have been made and will be sent to United at the beginning of the week.

    • We will continue to create these as they come in.

Challenges

• Hot Sauce

  • How to pay royalties?

    • Group rev share/royalties.

      • How to allocate?

      • How to claim?

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