@ Beverageguy12 Beveragegy12, you seem to be a disgruntled former employee – your account posts started when the company made some personnel changes and you don’t post about anything except Tinley. You say I’m a paid poster yet I confirm this is absolutely not the case and in fact I mostly post on other boards. I don’t get paid by them at all – I’m just an interested shareholder and speak with all the companies I invest in. I just cold called Jeff one day and he called me back, which is why I have a dialogue with him. This responsiveness to investors is more than I can say for most CEOs.
You clearly don’t know anything recent about the company, or even seem to know how to launch beverages. From what I understand:
1) The majority of the company’s sales and orders to date - including Bally’s - were from B2B connections made at the festivals.
2) TMS’s mandate is to focus on chains while the festivals provide outreach to independent stores (don’t forget most interaction at festivals is with other vendors, not just attendees)
3) The festivals to date provided consumer feedback on what drives their purchase decisions, which may be reflected in future versions of the packaging.
4) This direct consumer interaction is a normal and necessary step in proper product development – small companies don’t waste money on focus groups. If you truly are a beverage guy, you would know this.
ALL of us know this is month 8 of a start up. If you look at Loft's website, as I have, they formed in 2014 and only now going to market etc etc.
So let me ask you straight up like we did with Yannis Banx when he left the company - are you a disgruntled former employee/consultant of the company or using a burner stockhouse account related to one?