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And then we also looked at our operations and said, "We have a footprint across the US that can produce and distribute millions of meals every week, fresh meals to 400 cities and towns at incredibly affordable prices given the way we have cost optimized our footprint and our program." And our customer base grew probably.

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Thanks to Joe Silverman, New York Computer Help ! #3) After managing a distribution center where I sold vinyl to record stores (my first client was Asheville’s own Harvest Records), renting the farmhouse was about becoming self-sufficient. Karibu Markets began after a trip I took to Kenya in early 2014.

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So I think the most interesting aspect of this article is how just mind-blowing that distribution is. I explained it to Washington State, because that was ground zero of the United States at the time until it was New York. We saw that in New York, for example, very connected to Italy and a lot of cases very early on.