1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Don't every day a week ago up the breakfast club. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 2: You'll finished for y'all done. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: It's the world most dangerous morning to show to breakfast club. 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: Charlamagne to god NV and jets on here. But Laura 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Lero says, here, our guy Charlie Mac pulled up right. 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: You know Charlie Mac, he keeps, he keeps something going on. 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: And Charlie Max that he wanted to bring us some chocolate. 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 3: We talked to us. Charlie Max, what is this great 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 3: premium chocolate, fine chocolate? Got my man sheet here? Sheet 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 3: is the CEO. What's up? She of BNAR Chocolate family, 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 3: very historical family called the Calabu family. Okay, talk to him, 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 3: talk to him. She Yeah, we came from Canada. 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 2: We're about to launch our our products here here in 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: the United States. 15 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 3: Uh. 16 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: We do fine chocolates. We bought a company meet another 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 2: person back in two thousand and eighteen. But it's a 18 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 2: fifth generation chocolate here. His family has been doing chocolate 19 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: since nineteen eleven. Everything that we do is organic, natural, 20 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: premium products, premium ingredients. We do a lot of community 21 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: work out and back in Canada in terms of not 22 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: just like you know, being a company that is profit driven, 23 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: but we also focus on a lot of you know, 24 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: giving back to the community and making and making sure 25 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 2: that we're being impactful and what we do as a 26 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: as a cultural in our organization, like second third generation, 27 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 2: this is fifth generation. So yeah, yeah, So our guy 28 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: here is Bernard Calibo. He's a he's a so. So 29 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 2: the brand here is so we're launching a new brands 30 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: we do. It's called it's gonna be called Bernard. Just 31 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 2: like you know, we're you know, building off his legacy. 32 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: But you know, so we we bought an existing company 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: with him. He's been doing chocolates for forty years himself. 34 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 2: He's in Canada. But but like I said, he's a 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 2: craftsman and everything that we do is uh premium. 36 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 3: How did you connect with Charlie Meck Charlie, I want 37 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 3: to get into. 38 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: Chocolate, Charlie. 39 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: You know what, I'm gonna be honest with you. I 40 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 3: always like I hear about I've always been a candy guy, 41 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 3: but I'm not a lot. I'm not always like chocolate. 42 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 3: And then sugar, you know again, diabetes is big enough. 43 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 3: So for me when he told me it was no 44 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 3: like refined sugar, and I was like wow, and then 45 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 3: he talked about the community aspect of it. So for me, 46 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 3: that hit my heart, you know what I mean, I 47 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 3: kind of pulled the mardstring, like, okay, so we got 48 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 3: a healthy dessert. Yes, I'm saying, if you will, premium 49 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 3: dessert because when you taste it right like that that 50 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 3: you haven't tried it yet. But the gummy, the gummy 51 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: and chocolate gummy, it's a really rich kind of I. 52 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,399 Speaker 1: Don't even like gummies and I've been tyrannies. 53 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 3: You want, now you want? Like So for me, I 54 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 3: think the thing that really hit me was the community aspect. 55 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 3: Anything that's going to kind of give back, and that's 56 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: the thing he came to me with. At first, I 57 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 3: was like, okay, let's talk about it. And then like 58 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 3: I said, the sugar, we don't know in the community 59 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: because we use sugar and salt so much, it's like 60 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 3: it's killing on community. So for me, it was like, no, 61 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: there's no sugar, there's no there's no sugar. 62 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: Correct, Yeah, well no, no, no processed sugar. 63 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 3: We don't use processed sugar. Healthy options. And then there's 64 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 3: so many benefits in terms of people having cancer and 65 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: things like that. In terms of what we're provided. So 66 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 3: it's not just I'm saying we give you chocolate, it's 67 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: benefits from the infused situation and so. 68 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: And the reasons I guess, I guess with Charlie the 69 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 2: nice thing. So it was it was through someone from 70 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 2: from will Smith's temk. A friend of mine introduced me 71 00:02:59,000 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: to Charlie. 72 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: Couple of years ago. 73 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, we've we've you know, been connected now for a 74 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 2: couple of years. But you know, now he's part of 75 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: our team and even our management team. Like we're we're 76 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: out there trying to you know, connect with people, different 77 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: people and you know, from different spaces. So as we 78 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: you know, do things in the United States, both with 79 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: our two companies, like the Infused Company and the regular 80 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 2: Chocolate company, that we're connecting with the right people and 81 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: we're finding ways to like being like I said, be impactful, 82 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: like you know, working with marginalized communities, inner city youth. 83 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 2: I did, like before I bought this company, I worked 84 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: for the Prime Minister of Canada for three years as 85 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: his main advisor for my province, which was Alberta. And so, 86 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: but I have have had different businesses in my whole life. 87 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: This is one that we bought eight years ago. I 88 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 2: left that job when I bought this company just because 89 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: it was a thing. But I guess when when whatever 90 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: we do, like we're trying to do, you know, you know, 91 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: I feel like even in the United States, like we're 92 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: doing we're doing cannabis, but I feel like, you know, 93 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: the you know, economic empowerment, trying to work with communities 94 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: that don't get the opportunities others do, others do, and 95 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: starts try to be and so we don't have like 96 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: all the answers on how we're gonna do it. So 97 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: we came with Charlie and even that was part of 98 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: the reason. We wanted to meet with someone like yourself 99 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: and talk about ways that we could you know, be 100 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: involved and actually be impactful, not just say, hey, we 101 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 2: do this just because it sounds good for marketing purposes, 102 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: but actually focus on the impact and let the the 103 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 2: you know, the money and the revenue will drive and 104 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: itself and will come and you know, everyone can can 105 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: make some profit. But I feel like there's there's more 106 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 2: to to to business and to to doing things in 107 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: life than that. 108 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 3: And it's not cannabis. In is because Loauren then had 109 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: about eight ab thems. 110 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: There's no cannabis in this so no wet we h 111 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: you're not even just one. 112 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: Would have stuck. 113 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, So so we we brought this over from Cannadis. 114 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 3: We don't. 115 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: We don't because of the federal legalization rules. We don't 116 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: bring them over the border like that. But but we 117 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: we do make them in New York. We have a 118 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 2: facility in Warwick where we make cannabis edibles and we're 119 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 2: gonna be launching next month under so this Our chocolatear's 120 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: name is Bernard Calibo. The regular chocolate's going to be 121 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 2: called Bernard, and then the cannabis edibles will be called Bernie. 122 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: It's more of a playful It will be a play 123 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 2: a playful brand and impactful brand. So we look for 124 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 2: to that next month, to launching that. 125 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: You want to try to press I want to try 126 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: to chocolate Charlie Charli about to have his own chocolate factory. 127 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, you know, about diversifying, we have to 128 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 3: do that right absolutely, And at this stage of the life, 129 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 3: I'm saying, we got to understand that everybody's not gonna 130 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 3: be well jay Z, right, so we gotta look at 131 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 3: business and a different degree and we got to perform same. 132 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: Think about us, A lot of things are kept from us, 133 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: you know, in terms of business, but there's a lot 134 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 3: of different opportunities. So for me seeing a person like yourself, 135 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 3: like Lauren, like myself to do something in the space 136 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 3: of chocolate, like something that we used every day all day, right, 137 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 3: but we never thought about ownership and never thought about 138 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 3: again from the space of Okay, you make money, but 139 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: then when you make the money, do you give back? 140 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: For me? Every time I'm saying, whatever is I do 141 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 3: in life, what's to give back? That's just what it 142 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 3: is for me, you know what I mean. If I 143 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 3: don't see a road back to giving back to my community, 144 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 3: then I really don't want to do that because it 145 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 3: doesn't matter to me that you're able to go ahead 146 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 3: and in the mask you know, great wealth and okay, 147 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 3: so now what are you doing with it? That's real, 148 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. So and again we're gonna 149 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 3: do it. I'm talking about in terms of uh financial 150 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 3: but then at the same time helping people out just 151 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 3: going through anxiety, like you said, in terms of sleeping, right, 152 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 3: So when she she says it stabilizes them, you know, 153 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: what I mean. So he finds ways for him and 154 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 3: a lot of creative people. I'm saying they're dealing with 155 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 3: things anxiety and things like this is a situation where 156 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 3: it's still I don't go I don't go through it 157 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 3: per se, but I work in a space where a 158 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: lot of creatives and so to me, I'm like, it's 159 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 3: another way for us to kind of help them out 160 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 3: them And it says we're gonna go talk with a 161 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 3: couple of people. So we came together. It's kind of 162 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 3: bare gifts and and interact with people and see what 163 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 3: you think about them. Thank you? 164 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: You know what I mean. 165 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: I'm trying to sell it, but more so like what 166 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: do you think about it? Honestly, it's good. 167 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: I don't do gummy bears, but these milk chocolate cover 168 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: gummy bears, I would eat these. I would actually buy these. 169 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: And I love chocolate covered pretzels to pass. 170 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: It's my favorite. 171 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 2: Is so good? 172 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: Okay, well you got another background, so well are we 173 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 3: gonna give you a whole camera? So what you do? 174 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 3: You bring a sample in? Because you don't know because 175 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 3: I look down the lobby and I'm like, okay, so 176 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 3: is this community out here with the books and things 177 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 3: like that, or is it like I'm saying, you could 178 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: kind of like, is it job books out there? Because 179 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 3: a lot of times people come here. I'm sure they 180 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 3: bring you a lot of stuff and you come here 181 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 3: you be like, wow, okay, over there is that these 182 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 3: gummies won't be sitting here, you know, it won't be 183 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 3: sitting there for Eddie. Yes, Grabb, well we got some 184 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 3: for Eddie too. But I'm just saying a lot of 185 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 3: some people are bring you products and they've been sitting 186 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 3: over the corner. You're like, okay, hear the last time, Cane. 187 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 3: So I don't want that, you know, one of some 188 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: I'm saying that people will Actually I'm saying this is 189 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 3: what I would actually utilize. I would pay she said, 190 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 3: I will pay for it if you haven't tried it yet. 191 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 3: But no, we want to bring some in the community 192 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: in the space that utilize it but helps people out 193 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 3: as well. 194 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: Is it in grocery stores or online or well so. 195 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: In Canada, work across Canada. Here, we're going to be 196 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 2: doing it online through Amazon, so we'll be We'll be 197 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 2: launching our regular chocolates in the United States in about 198 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 2: about four months and the cannabis will be available and 199 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: dispensers across New York State. 200 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 3: So they can't go order this now. 201 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: You could from our Canadian site. You could, we could 202 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: from the Arcadian site. But we'll be doing it, you know, 203 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: with with with you know, just all the challenges and 204 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: shipping across the border, with with the tariffs and everything, 205 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 2: so where where you know. In about three months will 206 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 2: be the regular chocolates will be fully operative in the 207 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 2: United States. 208 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: We thank you for bringing us. Appreciate you chocolate. Appreciate you. 209 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 3: I appreciate you, appreciate it. Thank you man. 210 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 2: Every day a week ago. 211 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: Pack your ass up the breakfast club. 212 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: You're finish that. 213 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 3: Y'all done.