1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Eating While Broke. I'm your host, 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Colleen Whitt and today we have special guests Chantey straight 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: out of Content and she is the founder and owner 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: of What a Pickle. What a Pickle. She has inspired 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: millions of women across the world to believe in their dreams, 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: no matter what their circumstances. So can you explain the 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: ingredients and and and kind of give me a gist 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: of what we're doing. So, um, we have a deal pickle. 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: We have some kool Aid, cherry the red kind, some sugar, 10 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: and we have some now and Laters. Yes, so I 11 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: am a sugar junkie, Like I love anything sweet, the sweeter, 12 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: the sweeter, the sweeter. I probably am addicted to sugar, okay, 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: like hig chocolate and sugar. So seeing this dish, it 14 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: looks like a fantasy, but it also looks a little 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: scary because there's pickles. There's pickles on the table. There 16 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: is pickles on the table. So growing up I would 17 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: always eat this dish. Um, I love pickles, And we 18 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: started What a Pickle, So you're gonna experience something that 19 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: I grew up eating and turned into a business. Now, 20 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: when I think about women in pickles. I think of 21 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: the stereotype of women being pregnant and you know, eating 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: pickles or eating ice cream pickles or what have you. 23 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: You're saying that this was like your go to dish 24 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: as a kid, go to dish, never pregnant. Um, of 25 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: course when I did get pregnant, I also ate them. 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: But way before I even thought about being pregnant, I 27 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: was eating pickles. So you went to the candy store 28 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: with your parents and you're like, oh uh, mom, dad, 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: I don't want snickers, but I want a pickle. And 30 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: your parents were I'm sure, like yeah, sure you can pickles. Definitely. Yeah. 31 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: When she my mom, my grandmother, they kept jar of 32 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: pickles in the house because they knew how much I 33 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: like pickles. Yeah. Okay, well we have to before we 34 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: even dive into this interview. We gotta like start the process. 35 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: Tell me what we're doing. I'm gonna stand. Okay, let's do. 36 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: There we go. What a pickle? What a pickle? Onm 37 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: in make what a pickle? Jokes with you? They you 38 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: know what, No, they don't like the shawnte. What's up? 39 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm in one hell of a pickle? No they don't. 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: But that's a good one. Um. So back then, when 41 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: we ate a pickle, we would get this deal pickle 42 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: right here. So if you want to do it with 43 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: my hands, we can mess you today. So don't need 44 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: to worry about it. Okay, So we we gotta pickle. 45 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna put it in the bowl. Okay, Okay, you 46 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: got your your red kool aid, I got my red 47 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,119 Speaker 1: kool Ai open it. Okay, here we go. And then 48 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: we have our sugar. We have our sugar. One a 49 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: little bit more sugar because you know you like a 50 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: lot of Okay, you got all right for it in 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: there were whole packet for the whole pack Oh dang, 52 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: maybe I do need sugar, Okay, all right, No, I'm good. 53 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: You don't have okay, yeah, here we go. So if 54 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: you do want the sweeter, if you think you like 55 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: it sweeter, you can always add more sugar. Um. So, 56 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: this this dish right here is a kind of a 57 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: preference type. So if you want like the sweet but 58 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: that tangy that's gonna touch you right here, you can 59 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: have less sugar. Yeah yeah, yeah, but if you want it, 60 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: you know, uh yeah, Okay, So we mixed the sugar 61 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: and in a little dish, so sugar and cool aid 62 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: and a little dish for all y'all listening. And then 63 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: we got the pickle in the bowl. Yes, so you 64 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: have to bite the pickle first, so you get that 65 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: pickle taste in your mouth first. You like pickles, right, yeah, 66 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: I don't love them to the extent of pickle. That's that. Yeah, 67 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: so um, after that you can either. So back in 68 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: the day I used to do I'm not gonna do 69 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: it right now. I used to literally put a hole 70 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: with my finger. But it's okay. So what we're gonna 71 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: do is just dip the I wanted to do whatever 72 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: you was about to do. Okay, we're gonna do that 73 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: with it now later though, So dip it, dip it. 74 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: Let me see, look at this. Look at that o. 75 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: Yours looks better. It's so wet and it absorbed all 76 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: the sugar. And take a bite. Now you might not 77 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: get as much sugar as you want with this bite, 78 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: but try it. You need a little bit more sugar. 79 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: It's so tardy. This is good. It's extremely tardy. I 80 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: kind of want to keep dipping it because I do 81 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: love the sugar. So yeah, it's like dip sticks, but 82 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: with pickles. I'm over here. Am I supposed to double up? 83 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: Can I double down? That's your You know what? This 84 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,119 Speaker 1: is really good? This is I would have never thought 85 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: to do this. Yeah, you think right now? Women have 86 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: considered this idea. Definitely. You said, I'm going to take another. Right, 87 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: don't eat too much because we're gonna do that now 88 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: later next. It's good, but has that tart? Okay? So 89 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: I'm doing with me. I like mine on the sweeter side, 90 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: like you, right, So I would definitely have more sugar 91 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: with my kool aig. So even if we would have 92 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: used like maybe a quarter of the pack or half 93 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: of the pack, it probably would have been sweeter. So, 94 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: like I said, it's a preference thing. Some people just 95 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: do it with no sugar. Can you imagine that those 96 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: are like the people that eat like straight hot sauce. Yeah, 97 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: definitely exactly. All right, So you want to try it 98 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: with the now I'm excited. Yes. So we have a 99 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: tropical and we have green apple. I want the tropical. 100 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna do green apple, reds, the oranges, 101 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: and the pinks. All right, let's do it. Okay, you 102 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: gotta open that now later Okay. So sometimes depending on 103 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: you know something. Now layers are softer than others. This 104 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: one is pretty hard, so it might be able to 105 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: go straight down that middle. Yep like that. Okay, oh, 106 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: we're about to get it correct in the get it 107 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: in there. That's because I've been I was eating this 108 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: like I was gonna sound like it was thanksgiving them 109 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: all right, So that's that's fine. So basically, when you 110 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: put the now Later in there, you can't bite that top. 111 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: But what you're gonna do is you're gonna like suck 112 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: it a little bit and you're gonna get all our 113 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: listeners are gonna want to watch this episode. We're gonna 114 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: because this this way, you're gonna get the pickle taste 115 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: pusta now Later tastes. So the other way, of course, 116 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: we were biting because of the kool aid was on 117 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: there and it was marinating through. We can't bait this 118 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: big old now Later, so just sucking a little bit. 119 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,239 Speaker 1: M hm. Oh that's a different, that's a whole, that's 120 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: a different, right, Yes, they should sell us as a candy. 121 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: Is this what what a pickle is? So I'm sorry, yeah, yeah, 122 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: mm hmm. This is Drake handy. Yes, this is bomb. 123 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: So after after you know, you keep doing that a 124 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: little bit, then you can start biting around the pickle 125 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: and then because the don't know is in there and 126 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: I could curse. This is freaking incredible. Who ever thought 127 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: you guys, You guys gotta do this, okay, go? Yeah? Yeah, 128 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: So you know, as you do it, you just keep 129 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: pushing it down in there. Eventually the now latter is 130 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: gonna get smaller. Yeah. I was just about to say, 131 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna get smaller and softer where you'll be able 132 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: to bite the now later and bite the pickle a 133 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: little bit at the same time. You're doing a little 134 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: bit too. My second went down their own pipe. I 135 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: was sucking that pickles so m hmm. I sucked it 136 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: so hard. I'm sorry. It was so good. I was 137 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: trying to suck and push at the same time. So 138 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: if you want to do a little bit more, you know, 139 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: if you had you can you can get a little 140 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: bit up in the game. Yeah, so you can, you know, 141 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: get a little bit of your sugar cool leg and 142 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: put on there as well, and then it taste what 143 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: that's going y'all. Honestly, I love this. This is I 144 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: gotta be careful with my sucking right now, so let 145 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: me get get a good get a little drink. This 146 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: is incredible. And you did this as a kid almost 147 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: every day, almost every day literally before I went to school, 148 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: a store across the street from me. I would go 149 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: over there get a get a pickle. And back then 150 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: they had the kool aid. It was in the pack 151 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: and it already had the sugar with it, so it 152 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: was already sweet because you know, like my mom, if 153 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: I used to try to sneak some sugar, you know, 154 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: back then, Mom like I need all my sugar. So 155 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: I used to give me a little zip black bag, 156 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: put me a little bit of sugar in there. The 157 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: kool aid. That's always been like a cool, reasonable price 158 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: with that sugar. So I used to just put a 159 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: little bit, you know, and just sneak on out the house. 160 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: I wasn't about sixth grade, so probably what whatever, how 161 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: are your parents a triumph? Actually? No, And it's it's 162 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 1: weird because so as I got older and I started 163 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: what a pickle, I found out this is a Southern tradition, 164 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: so it's really popular down south. But like I said, 165 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: my mom is from Texas. My husband and mom is 166 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: from Mississippi, but I didn't get it from my mom. 167 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: It was just something that I used to do. So 168 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: I would love to ask when was the last time 169 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: you ate this dish? I know that you're you're besides, 170 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: you know I always eat it while you are example 171 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: of someone that loves their product always. This is this 172 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: is now. If you guys see on the table we 173 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: have water pickle, her the actual she's the founder owner 174 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: of what a Pickle? And can I see one of 175 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: your containers as this is another red one tropical punch. 176 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: I'm definitely keeping that one. Um. So you say from 177 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: six years old you've been doing water pickle. Now it's 178 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: so it's it's a business. This is a full time business. 179 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: This is what you do and you enjoy eating this. 180 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: Where did it go from? This is the snack that 181 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: I eat on a regular so you know what, I 182 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: think my homies would like to buy some of this. 183 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: So it was crazy because me and my husband we 184 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: were just talking about like starting a business. I really 185 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: really wanted to start a business. I had no idea 186 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: what type of business. I went to school and got 187 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: a degree in business, but I always thought I was 188 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: gonna have like a daycare or something like that. But 189 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: we were just talking and I'm like, I want to 190 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: be at like one of these events, you know, selling something. 191 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: But what's missing out here? So we started talking and 192 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: came up with pickles. I posted on I made one, 193 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: like I said, so if you can see, like the 194 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: product that we make now is already marinated, so you 195 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: you you don't have to slice, and it's slice so 196 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: you don't have to go through this process of getting 197 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: the sugar, getting the kool aids, putting it on top, 198 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: so it's already done for you. So I made something 199 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: like that. I posted it on my Instagram, my personal instagram, 200 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: and people were like, where you get that pigle from? 201 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: Like I made it, so that just gave me the motivation. 202 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: They're like, okay, this is missing, you know. So then 203 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: we started the business. Now I'm curious do people just 204 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: drink the juice? You can drink the juice, So I 205 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: kind of want to try one right now, but yeah, 206 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: you might want want to try. I want to. We're 207 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 1: gonna sample the product before the end. I want to 208 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: see if I can refill my cup with this. I 209 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: have a question, have you have you guys have the 210 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: one where you could like do it like dip sticks 211 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: where you can have the sugar so um, they already 212 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: they only come like that. But we do have something 213 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: where we have like a it's called our what a mix, 214 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: so you can choose different flavors. It comes in the 215 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: container and we we put the now lators on top. 216 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: We put the we crushed up jolly ranchers on top 217 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: because I was gonna get into that. So not just 218 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: now layers can go in the middle of this, A 219 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: jolly rapter can go in the middle, a peppermint stick 220 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: can go in the middle, and it'll give you a 221 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: totally different taste and they're all good. So definitely we 222 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: have it like that where you know you can still 223 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: get that the o G kind of taste. Well, they 224 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: all still taste like you know, like how we're eating 225 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: right here, but you can get the now lators on 226 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: top and the sour belts on top and belt you're 227 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: like every like if you have kids, do I feel 228 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: like your kids must room they love pickles? Oh yeah, yeah, 229 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: always has a candy. But the crazy part is I'm 230 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: not really a sweet eater, like when it comes to 231 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: snacks and stuff, but this was always my go to snack. 232 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: So you're with your husband. You're like, honey, boo, I 233 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: want to start a business. And he's like, well, baby, 234 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 1: you've been eating pickles a lot. Maybe there's other people 235 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: like so, where does it go from before you get 236 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: to Instagram and post the idea? Um? I made well yeah, 237 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: Like like you said, we were having the conversation and 238 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, what about pickles? You know? I was like, 239 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm about to make me a pickle, you know, and 240 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: so and he was like we were just talking. I'm like, 241 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: I think we can start a pickle business. So I 242 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: came up with all these names with my with my 243 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: name like Shanta pickles. And he's like, no, we were 244 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: If we're gonna start this, we're about to take it somewhere. 245 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: So we don't want pickles. So he came up with 246 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: what a pickle? So um From that day for the 247 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: the the event that I wanted to do initially, the 248 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: first ever event from seeing people out there and stuff, 249 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: which was Tasted Soul is the first ever event that 250 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 1: we did. And how do you guys do awesome? You 251 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: got awesome? Did you guys sell out? Because we'll stakes 252 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: the soul is kind of overwhelming. So man, and you 253 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: tried to prepare and then you're like, we're still done 254 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: in about three hours. So the thing is, I had 255 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: no idea how to prepare for it because all I 256 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: know is when I went out there, I would see 257 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: thousands of people. So I'm like, I don't know how 258 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: much to prepare. So I over prepared. But I'm like, 259 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: I'd rather over prepared then sell out, because I mean, 260 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: you know, like selling out, you're missing some money because 261 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: it's some more people that want to come and get 262 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: some bigs. So I'm like, I'd rather have more than 263 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: enough than not enough. So I overprepared. I did not 264 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: sell out, but we were giving samples out. We were 265 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: giving all our business cards and from then we still 266 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: have people that come to our store now that got 267 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: one from the Tast of Soul. So where's your store located. 268 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: It's in North Long Beach on sixty seventh Long Beach, 269 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: Blevar And you know how I discovered you guys. You 270 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: guys are also in uplift us marketing. We are, yes, 271 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: so we do wholesale. We're offlift us marketplace. We're in 272 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: a throoit of a few other locations as well, and 273 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: we're franchising now, franchising experience. Oh my goodness, it's an experience, 274 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: um that I wasn't looking. I didn't know how you know, 275 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: everything was gonna go. But it's definitely a little bit overwhelming. Um, 276 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: but we're getting through it, you know. So the process 277 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: is it's a long process because it's a lot of 278 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: legal stuff that we have to go through. But once 279 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: we're done with that part, which we are now done 280 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: with that part, Um, I just can't wait to see 281 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: other just every state, every different cities. Like it's a 282 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: lot of people right there. It's a lot of people 283 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: right there. So and like it started from this. So 284 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: looking at your journey to like having what a Pickle, 285 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: what would you say was like some of the hardest 286 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: obstacles you have to overcome. Well, I think makes um 287 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: more than I have a family, So I have two kids. 288 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: I started what a Pickle when my daughter was nine 289 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: months old. She's six. Now, that's very ambitious. I just 290 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: had an eight month old, so you know, hard it started, Yeah, 291 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: started started. And the crazier part is she was kind 292 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: of our inspiration too, because she loved these pickles. So 293 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: when I first made mine, I did it the old 294 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: school way with just putting it on top, you know, 295 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: biden it. And she kept asking for it, kept asking 296 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: for it, and I'm like, you can't have all this sweet. 297 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: So I put it in the refrigerator and as it's 298 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: setting there, I forgot it the next day. And then 299 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: I went back to it the next day and it 300 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: was in a bag and it had accumulated juice and 301 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: it had set in that juice. So that's how started. Yeah, 302 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: I see that it changed cousin. So that's how that 303 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: that part of it started because I was trying to 304 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: hide it from her. So and then did you you 305 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: obviously you sampled and you said that's red. Bout must 306 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: still eat it? Oh yeah, No, definitely, because I know 307 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 1: that it can turn red. Like if you look at 308 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: George right now in the middle is probably a little 309 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: bit red. So and that's just from sitting you know, 310 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: a few minutes or whatever. So definitely. So did the 311 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: nine months old love the red pickles? Love them, still 312 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: love them to this day. She caused every day like, um, 313 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: can't bring me a pickle. She's six. Wow, So she's 314 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: from nine months to six years old. You've had this business. 315 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: What a crazy journey. Yeah, we actually opened our first 316 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: our location on her fifth birthday, so we had her 317 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: birthday party and our grand opening at the same time. 318 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: So she thinks she's just you know, the Picko Princess 319 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: was entrepreneurship everything you imagined or was there like some Yeah, 320 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: I didn't know this part of the job. I didn't 321 00:17:55,480 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 1: know any part of it because I've always worked from 322 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 1: since I was fourteen years old, so I you know, 323 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 1: I was always kind of a hustler. Back in school. 324 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: I used to sell I used to put um the 325 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,479 Speaker 1: sour belts in the bag and sell them at school 326 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: a dollar. Hey, you know so and then at a 327 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: point we were selling pickles. We were selling you know, 328 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: so you were selling pickles in school at school at 329 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: schools and buying it, buying it but not not and 330 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: like we would put um like a little baggy with 331 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of sugar, a little bit of cool 332 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: laid in there, and you know, you get you get both. 333 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: You just you know, poor in there. But yeah, but 334 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: entrepreneurship is it's a lot. Yeah, it's really. I think 335 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: that when you become an entrepreneur, you know, I don't 336 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: have to work as much. I'm gonna be my own boss. 337 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 1: It's seven. It's totally different from me working my nine 338 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: my nine five. When I clock out and I go home, 339 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: I ain't gotta think about it no more regularly. Definitely, 340 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: when you're an entrepreneur, I always tell people, like when 341 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: you own a business, I always assume for every business 342 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: I open, I don't really make my first checks a 343 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: year three. Yeah, because you're you know, you're reinvesting, and 344 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: then you're fixing problems or challenges. I'd say, right. And 345 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: then every time your customer gives you data I called 346 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: data or like feedback. Why isn't it like this, You're like, 347 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: that's brilliant, you know. Yeah, like with us with coming 348 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: up with new flavors. We have over twenty one flavors. Now, yes, 349 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: I saw, what are these other flavors? So we have 350 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: green apple and a spicy mango, spicy mango. How do 351 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: you make it spicy? It's a it's a secret. I 352 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: don't want you to tell us. But spicy mango. I 353 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: love mango, and that's the spicy mango. The one you 354 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: have was green apple. Wow, So green apple, tropical Punch 355 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: and spicy mango are top sellers. I feel like if 356 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: there's a is going on right now, like if I 357 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: went to that circus, like I would totally buy this. 358 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: If I went to a carnival like this would be 359 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,719 Speaker 1: it's like to go friendly. You can even probably if 360 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 1: you're you know, you're just on the go, you're like, 361 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: just throw a couple in the bag and let's go. 362 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, And it lasts a while and it doesn't 363 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: need to be cold. It does not. Some people like 364 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: them cold, but some people don't, so we sell them 365 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: like this, So it's your preference to go put it 366 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: in a refrigerator. Some people put in the freezer. They 367 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 1: like them, like, yes, yes, but so with that, now 368 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: we make a slushy and we put pickles on top 369 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 1: of our slushy at the store. Really yes, really, so 370 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: when people walk into your store, like, what does that 371 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: experience like? Baby like, especially if you're like a pickle fanatic, 372 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,479 Speaker 1: it's like pickle him. Yeah, the girl from a Jersey 373 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: shore I forgot snooky. Wasn't she like a big pickle? 374 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: She probably she would love it. Yes, So we have 375 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: like a wall of pickles, that's what we call it. 376 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: So it's all of our jaws are so different color pickles. 377 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: So you just see all the pickles right there. Then 378 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: you see like all the pouches. So you when you 379 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: walk in there, you know you're in a pickle store 380 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: because you smell pickles. So yeah, they you know, it's 381 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: a it's experienced, definitely. It's long beach and we shipped 382 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: nation wide, ship nation wide. Yes, So growing up, Like, 383 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 1: tell me a little bit more about your upbringing in 384 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: your background. So growing up, like you said, I'm straight 385 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: out of Compton. Um. It was me, my mom and 386 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: my two siblings. Um. And we grew up like living 387 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: in the back of my grandma house. Um and you know, 388 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: in the house behind her. Yeah. So but my mom 389 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: she was like she never allowed us to see her struggle. 390 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: But you know how like you kind of like pick 391 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: up on things, like she would get us what we needed, 392 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: but she would go to the thrift store and buy 393 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: her work clothes, you know. So it but I saw that, 394 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: even though she wasn't saying it, like we saw that. So, 395 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: like I said, I knew I probably can get things 396 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: from her, but I didn't want to kind of bother 397 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: her with him. So that's when I started, you know, 398 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: selling the candy, and you know making my own money 399 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: or start going to work at fourteen. You know, it's 400 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: because I'm like, I just kind of want to lift 401 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: the burden from her a little bit. So now it 402 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 1: was discussion. It was just it was never a discussion. Yeah, 403 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: so um you know. Just and then with my brother, 404 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: he was he's five years older, and I saw him, 405 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: you know, doing the same thing with you know, just 406 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: trying to make it on his not on his own, 407 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: but just trying to lift the burden from my mom, 408 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: you know. So um yeah, and now it's like my 409 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: mom is gonna be taken care of, like for sure, 410 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: for sure we're on the way of mom. Here you go. 411 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: Are you hearing up when I talking about my mom? 412 00:22:53,400 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: I here? But no, definitely so um yeah. She just 413 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: and then like she tells everybody she is so proud 414 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: of us, like so so proud. If you're go on 415 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: her Facebook or whatever, why is today crying? Then I 416 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: don't want to start anything. I'm sorry, I feel like coming. No, 417 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: but like she she tells everybody, Um, when I say, 418 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: she will come and get samples and give to people, 419 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 1: like she let everybody know my daughter got this business. 420 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 1: Y'all need to go over to here. Y'all need to 421 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: support her. Y'all got to try it like she she 422 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: does that, she does that, she's so proud. Wow, that's incredible. 423 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: I think as a child, you're always like I don't know, 424 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: especially if your parents report you, Like I can't wait 425 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: till I blow up and I buy my mam a 426 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: house in a car. I'm still working on that. Mama, 427 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: Mama car picked me. She's like, you made it. I'm like, well, 428 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: what is it? It was like a black escalate, but 429 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: like I said, my name on it. She was like, 430 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: you made it. You've a right there. Like okay, I 431 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: want to be there. But I think as a kid, 432 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: you're like I want to say thank you to know, definitely, 433 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: especially when a parent is like really discreet about it, 434 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: and it's like it's not a it's an unspoken spoken 435 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, like I said, she never actually spoke 436 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: that to us. She never ever. We we always had, 437 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: you know, what we needed. She always cooked the meal 438 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: for us and stuff like that. But I can see it, 439 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 1: especially as you get older, so it's like, okay, I'm 440 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: not gonna ask her for too much. That's how I 441 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: was like, like all the kids of school, like if 442 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: you don't have nikes in Jordan's, they're like make fun 443 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: of h but yeah, they make fun of you, but 444 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: you knew, like if you went cold shopping with your parents, 445 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: like they give you like whatever it was, but like 446 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: you don't say anything. You don't like you see how 447 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: you see the nikes in the Jordan's that I save 448 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: you from both Like it's okay, those payless sneakers over there, 449 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: I got some shoes on my feet, right, Yeah, but 450 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 1: I get that emotional like experience where it's like you 451 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: get what your parents took going through. You know they're 452 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: trying your best, but it's cool that it also inspired 453 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: you to go out there and get your own money. Definitely, Yeah, 454 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: especially like I said, as I got older, you know, um, 455 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: because you have you ever had any failed businesses? This 456 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: was my first business. It's your first day surpass the 457 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: first year. Yeah, oh no, definitely definitely. But when I 458 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: say I was hustling, I would meet people where every 459 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: day were you didn't have a day job or anything 460 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: while you're doing us not when not No, not when 461 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: I first started, Um, I was actually out on disability 462 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: because it just had but yeah exactly so um and 463 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: like I said back then that the pouches were five 464 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: dollars each, But I don't care if I had to drive. 465 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: I'm coming to meet you. You whether if you're buying 466 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: a five dollar pouch or or started this, you're like 467 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: almost selling them out of your car slash events. Oh yeah, 468 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: oh yeah, definitely yeah yeah, So it didn't just happened. 469 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: This was six years ago. So now six years sport 470 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: we have a food truck and in a location. But no, 471 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: back then it was I was popping up every single 472 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: weekend and whoever was would you show up to yeah, 473 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,959 Speaker 1: say like football game? Yes? And what's your husband doing? 474 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 1: Want all this? Man, this is going on. He's like 475 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: supporting you and back definitely supporting now he was right 476 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: there is he working to kind of buy you time 477 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: to your businesses fully off the ground when we when 478 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: we first started, definitely he was. And now you're both 479 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: now we're both full time in congratulate, Yes, congratulations, And 480 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: you guys get along because I had sisters on this show, 481 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: and I don't understand where all these people that get 482 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: along perfectly fine or from. Oh no, it has not 483 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: always been. I'm not even gonna lie to you, because 484 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 1: it's been nice where it's like I ain't cooking, I 485 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: didn't clean it, but guess what I'm palking. I'm packing, 486 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,719 Speaker 1: packing these pouches. I'm flavoring these pickles, and you know, 487 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: like I was doing that. So then as time went on, 488 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: it was like, Okay, let's let's see how we can 489 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 1: do this. Okay, I need you to label these pouches 490 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: so then I can go in there and fry some 491 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: chicken real quick, and then I can come back to that. 492 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: Then you're gonna seal these pouches while I go in 493 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 1: here and get the baby together. So it's like we 494 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: have to just kind of like you know, work it out. 495 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: But at first it was like we was bumping heads. 496 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: I think it's interesting and even on this show, I 497 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: see so much different roles that the men play, and 498 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: I really value that, and I value the men that 499 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: appreciate their wives that are like, yeah, well I was 500 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: creating the product, she was labeling her. In this case, 501 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: you know, this is your baby and he's coming on 502 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: to support and most men aren't willing to even kind 503 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: to do that, but he totally stepped up and he, 504 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: I guess, learned how to fry chicken every once. In 505 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: a while. Now yeah, so now it's we're like I said, 506 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: six years later because then the first couple of years 507 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 1: was like you know, but um yeah, so now he 508 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: helps he we both work at the store. Um, we 509 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: both work on our the food truck. Um. So we 510 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: just we just have to put it together because we 511 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: know now like this is it? Like you know now 512 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: I know since George Floyd, I feel like black owned 513 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 1: businesses have gotten an influx of support about damn. Time 514 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: sucks that that's what it took to happen. And it 515 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: sucks that it took the end of the world to 516 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: actually acknowledge it, you know, for lack of better word, happened. 517 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: Um was it hard? I'm sure you had to get 518 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: some type of funding, But was it hard to get 519 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: that funding? I'm getting pre George Floyd? So actually I 520 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: have never got any funding ever ever, Oh my gosh. Ever, 521 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: so how do you deal with the cash phone all that? 522 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: So basically when we we hustle, we hustle and saved 523 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: and invested, and we hust so and we say it 524 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: and we reinvested. We're still hustling and saving and reinvesting 525 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: right now. So like doing this franchise now, it's not cheat, 526 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: you know. So it's like we has anyone come along 527 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: and said, oh well, you could just borrow and skip 528 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: steps two and three, or you guys aren't comfortable taking that, 529 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: Like I actually I haven't even put it out there 530 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: or tried to get anything, and it probably would be 531 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: easier to you know, skipping those steps to do it. 532 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I don't like own people. 533 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm one of those people. I pay my 534 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: bills before they're doing. So it's just like, you know, 535 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: if I now push come to shove and it's like, okay, 536 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: I need this, if we get to that point, then 537 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: you know, I can probably do those necessary steps. But 538 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: God has been blessing where we've been able to just 539 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: do it and reinvest. And yeah, so if someone wants 540 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: to franchise, like when is it? When are they able 541 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: to franchise if they wanted to do now right right now? 542 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: So we have some cities and the works right now, 543 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: some states and it works right now. Um so right 544 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: now they're able to crazy now is it one of 545 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: those things? And you don't have to answer this question, 546 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure anyone that wants to get into 547 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: the water Pickle franchise is going to be asking these questions, 548 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: but like, is it one of those things where like 549 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: I know it's seven eleven, you don't fully own it. 550 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: It's like you do splits or is there like a 551 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 1: heavy capital up front and then a split Like I don't. 552 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: So there's a franchise fee that you pay up front 553 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: and then after that we get a royalty so every month, 554 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: but you fully own it. But you still have to 555 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: you know, by by um having these flavors. Yeah, all 556 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: the guidelines so um so, just so that all the 557 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: franchises can look the same, can offer the same. I 558 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: don't want you to go to Atlanta and or to 559 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: you know, Mississippi and it's we have different things. Now, 560 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: is there like a McDonald's just like a water pick 561 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: McDonald's University. Is there like a water Pickle universe? There 562 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: we have We're gonna we have a thick book and 563 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: then we offer all the training everything from A to Z. 564 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: Yeah that now for marketing purposes, have you ever thought 565 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: about reaching out to the girl from Jersey Shore to 566 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: like say, hey, um, I'm starting to do that now, 567 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: but I haven't really. Um So a lot of people 568 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: now are kind of like reaching out to me like 569 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: and are tagging people like, no, y'all need to try 570 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: what a pickle? I feel like, yeah, definitely, yeah, you 571 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: know so um so yeah. But like I think to 572 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: even you know, to get it out there even more. 573 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: Doing things like that will definitely probably you know, work, 574 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: but I just haven't really had the time, you know, 575 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: to sit looking on Instagram or you know, trying to 576 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: figure out how to get it to these people. So 577 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: that's the only reason. Now, how has COVID nightteen in facted? 578 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: So we actually opened our store during COVID. People have 579 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: money during people had money during Hovid, but they couldn't 580 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: go to stores. So with hours it wasn't a sit 581 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: it's not a sit down restaurant, so it was a takeout. 582 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: So we were able to still be open yet, but 583 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: you wanted to pay the retail fee for that, like 584 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: the store feef, because that's an extra overhead versus like 585 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: just kind of I hate to say about singing out 586 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: your house. So actually we had our store prior to COVID, right, 587 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: so we were still you know, doing all the construction 588 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. So we we actually we're doing 589 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: was doing that once COVID hit, but we still open 590 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,959 Speaker 1: in November, so it was still during like you know, 591 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: a prime time of COVID um. But it was kind 592 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: of hard because, like I said, I had no idea 593 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: about the permits I needed, and it was hard working 594 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: with the city. Now that was how that was hard 595 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: during COVID because there because there wasn't open, so it 596 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: was like we have to email, we have to wait. Um. 597 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,719 Speaker 1: So then it was like, uh, the contractor pull up 598 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: the floor. Now we're waiting a couple of weeks because 599 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: nobody is contacting us back to finish it. So it 600 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: just you know, it just delayed the process of the city. 601 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: Was that involved in a retail like that? Oh yeah 602 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: they are are because ours considered a limited restaurant. So 603 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: I have to put a kitchen in there. I have 604 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: to put a kitchen. Yes, do you need to kitchen? 605 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: We have to, yeah, because we're slicing, we're flavoring and everything. 606 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: So it's not like you know, we had to have 607 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: So when I got the building, it was just an 608 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: office space, so I had to dig a floor, I 609 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: have to do plumbing. I had a big investment and 610 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: yourself funded off your own business. Yes, let me just 611 00:33:52,320 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: say that that's a big milestone. That's a really big 612 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: milestone I have. Most of my business is the biggest 613 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: problem is cash. Cash what was my worst nightmare. I'm 614 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 1: so used to cash f I have a fat ass 615 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:15,959 Speaker 1: savings account, savings because I'm trying to get like, yeah, 616 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: I have to and I can't even do the roth 617 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: I raise or anything because my cash fall was so 618 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: ridiculously horrible that I'm like, yeah, I'm not gonna pay 619 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,280 Speaker 1: to unlock my money. Yeah, definitely, I have no retirement 620 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: funds that savings account. But there's no interesting you know, 621 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: cash was so bad, but you're able to build a business. 622 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 1: Like there's one thing when you have a business, you know, 623 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 1: running out of your garage and you're like, okay, we're 624 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: making it. But then you go, okay, I'm gonna get 625 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: a food truck. Okay, that's the next level scary, and 626 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: you're like, I'm gonna fund this off. Say the income 627 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 1: that I made selling it out of Events are out 628 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: the trunk of my car, Meeting up with people are 629 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: off Instagram. Right then you go, you know what, let 630 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: me just add one more layer of hell to it, 631 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: and let's just um, I know, we got these two 632 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: babies and we're trying chicken in the kitchen every other night. 633 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 1: But we're going over the store. Like, at what part 634 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: where you like, am I getting a little There was 635 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: no part of me that was like I'm a little scared. No, 636 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: definitely I was scared, but I think it was more 637 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: or less like I'm really stepping out and I'm about 638 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 1: to do this. Only so with the store, it was 639 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,919 Speaker 1: like I knew how I was doing with dropping off 640 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,919 Speaker 1: down the street, around the corner, meeting here, meeting there. 641 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 1: So I was like, if I have a central location 642 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,479 Speaker 1: for all these people to come, I know the cash 643 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: flow is gonna come even even more, you know. So 644 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 1: it was more or less like I needed to do that, 645 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: you know. So I was like, okay, I didn't save, 646 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,360 Speaker 1: let me do this. So then it was like, okay, 647 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,439 Speaker 1: now on the food truck. You know, in my mind 648 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: just be going now I want a food truck. And 649 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: are you like, Okay, if we hit this goal, we 650 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 1: can get the food truck. Is that how you're like? 651 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: I want to know your mind process, Like what are 652 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 1: you thinking when you're like, honey, I know business is 653 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 1: doing great, and our problem mind was looking good, but 654 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking just let's read in one more time, like, 655 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: what what is your thought? My husband he'd just be 656 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: like okay, okay. But at the same time, it's like 657 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,439 Speaker 1: I'm like, look because he's more he's not really he's 658 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 1: involved with the business, but I do like all the business, 659 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,280 Speaker 1: the money everything. So he like, he seen me selling, 660 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: but he don't know how much money we gotta saved. 661 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: He don't know how much, you know. So it was 662 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: like the CEO, yeah, yeah, yeah, everything. So I'm like 663 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,319 Speaker 1: little perfect person for this franchise building. So I was like, look, 664 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: we saved this much. I want to get this building 665 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 1: already called, already got to prove and I want to 666 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: do it. So we did that. Okay, we have to 667 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 1: build in a year before we even open, so you know, 668 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: the first couple of months free, fine, but after that, 669 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: you know we're paying and it's not even open. You're 670 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: negotiating your least terms if you didn't hire a consultant 671 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: or anything. Wow, And then before you start your business. 672 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: I'm just solely impressed by the fact that you a 673 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: nine month old because I struggle with that and you 674 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: decide I'm gonna start a business. But before that, like 675 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:11,439 Speaker 1: what is your background work wise? Like I was doing 676 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: logistics so nothing with food, nothing, you know, I just 677 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: like trucking. So you're trucking. Yeah, so I was getting 678 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:24,320 Speaker 1: things like clear for from customs to come. Yeah from that. Yeah, 679 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: you're you're a boss. So now I get why you 680 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: inspire so many women. Now how do these women know 681 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:35,960 Speaker 1: your story? Though? So? Um? Just from interviews um or 682 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,760 Speaker 1: like when people come in, they the number one question 683 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,719 Speaker 1: is why and how what made you start this business? 684 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: You know? So and then that leads into you know, 685 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: different things. So you know, I kind of tell my 686 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: story and they just be like wow, you know, never 687 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 1: nobody ever would think off pickles, you know. So it's 688 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,239 Speaker 1: like I'm like and I tell everybody, I don't care 689 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,839 Speaker 1: what it is. If it's your passion, then you better 690 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: do it. Like and you can do it now. Your 691 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 1: baby was nine months. I just became a mom. So 692 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm still fascinating by this. Now I have a twin 693 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 1: and her kid is like in daycare and you know, 694 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:16,319 Speaker 1: you know, they have the support me my husband not 695 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: so much. So I'm trying to I'm trying to gauge 696 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: how superhero level you are or we like, you know, Chrystian, 697 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,440 Speaker 1: I can't stop you. Did you have a little bit 698 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,719 Speaker 1: of babysitting out for in the beginning? No, um, so 699 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 1: it's your business grew. Oh yeah, definitely. I'm like, okay, 700 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: I gotta find a daycare. I gotta put her in something. 701 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 1: And it was kind of like, okay, you're talking a 702 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,239 Speaker 1: little baby. Yeah, that's definitely down down. Let me just 703 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 1: sell this people. And that's exactly how it was. So 704 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, so after you know, business picked up, 705 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, i gotta put her in a daycare. 706 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,759 Speaker 1: But I'll only do it like half a day. I'm like, 707 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,759 Speaker 1: because he was so used to being with me, I'm like, okay, 708 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: I'm putting there half a day and try to do 709 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,520 Speaker 1: all that I can within that half a day. I 710 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 1: wanted to know it was like you were selling pickles 711 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: at one point with her in the back seat. That's 712 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 1: all I want to know. She was in the back seat. Definitely. 713 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:09,040 Speaker 1: I have I have ed events, I have videos of 714 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: her like pickos, get your pickus here. I love it. 715 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: I love it. I think I totally see why women 716 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,280 Speaker 1: see you as such an inspiration to be a mom, 717 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 1: opening a business and surviving a pandemic and scaling a 718 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: business with no funding. That's incredible. I know so many 719 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,399 Speaker 1: companies and for lack of better word, like I say, 720 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: like white companies that can't do what you're able to do. 721 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,640 Speaker 1: And I hate to say it like that, but like, 722 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,880 Speaker 1: I don't know that many companies that have made it 723 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,319 Speaker 1: to the level that you have without funding and you're not, 724 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,200 Speaker 1: you know, And I feel like in the black community, 725 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,320 Speaker 1: I come across more entrepreneurs that do it self funding 726 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: and just so empowering. I think we don't have like 727 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: the necessary resources to know where to go get this 728 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,759 Speaker 1: fun in or how to start the process of getting it. 729 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: So you know, we're like, well, we do know how 730 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,879 Speaker 1: to do is tussle and say or if you really 731 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,239 Speaker 1: want to, you can say. But some people they can't 732 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: even say. But I'm more of a I'm gonna say 733 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,359 Speaker 1: because I want to get this. I want to buy 734 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 1: a cash like my food truck. I don't have a 735 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,480 Speaker 1: payment I have I have two trucks. I have a 736 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 1: smaller truck and I have a food truck. Both of 737 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,399 Speaker 1: them no no note, both of them wrapped, both of them. 738 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,920 Speaker 1: Like investors listening to this what a pickle? How can 739 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 1: we how can we invest in water pickle? You know? Well, 740 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:41,520 Speaker 1: now you're gonna have to franchise. Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. Well, um, 741 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,800 Speaker 1: I know I sucked the heck out of my pickles, 742 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,840 Speaker 1: so uh. In the rating scale, now that I'm raising 743 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,480 Speaker 1: the dishes, I would rate this, I would say a 744 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: ten and I'm a raiding. I'm gonna tell you what 745 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 1: I'm raiding it a tenant and what I'm basing it 746 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,880 Speaker 1: off of I'm basing it off of it. It's not 747 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 1: necessarily a full meal, but it is like a fun, 748 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,480 Speaker 1: awesome snack, and I would raid it a tent also 749 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 1: because technically, if you can't make this at home, you 750 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:15,400 Speaker 1: can buy it, so um, that's what makes this this 751 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: pretty amazing. So now I know where to get my 752 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:22,280 Speaker 1: water pickles. They're sweet if you're a sweeter sweet person, 753 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,880 Speaker 1: and if you just want to randomly stop by the 754 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,840 Speaker 1: store and pick up a packet. Now, ladies, can you 755 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: get away with starbus not start Star Wars? Can you 756 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,480 Speaker 1: do Star Wars with this? You? I don't think so. 757 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:37,359 Speaker 1: I think it'd melt in there because the texture. Yeah yeah, yeah, 758 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,360 Speaker 1: but jolly rancher, you know, it's hard. You get my 759 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: mind turned up what you can do with a pickle, 760 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,000 Speaker 1: But honestly, it's a pleasure to have water pickle in 761 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:50,359 Speaker 1: the building, Shante, and it was a pleasure to experience this, 762 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: and I'm so thankful that what you contribute to the community. 763 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,880 Speaker 1: And thanks for taking time out your day. Thanks for 764 00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:02,319 Speaker 1: having me boy, and for everyone, Please, if you are 765 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:08,359 Speaker 1: curious how it tastes, go can you buy this online 766 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 1: dm her and pick your flavor. She has flavors of 767 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 1: water pickle, and honestly, like this is you got, at 768 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,680 Speaker 1: least try it once and obviously you'll probably be hooked, 769 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,360 Speaker 1: but at least try it once and come join the 770 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: experience with us. But thank you, thank you, thank you. 771 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 1: Definitely try out the dish at home. Let me know 772 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,640 Speaker 1: what you think and tell me if my rating was 773 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 1: on points out of ten and I'm gonna finish my 774 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: dish and I ain't choking in front of y'all. 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