Marani Brands Inc. (MRIB)

[Matthew Berg]

Reindl... Kudos to you for your honesty and the courage to confirm some pretty bad news for MRIB. I'm sure you called as did I for confirmation. Actually they told me Burbank was not showing stock anymore but I know they had just gotten new stock because there was definitely a reorder in their system so maybe that was just a correction to inventory that wasn't logged when I called.

The other stores have been empty for well over a month, maybe longer, with no reorders on record. Alhambra said the SKU I gave them didn't even show up. My bet would be that MRIB themselves are buying from the Burbank store in a last ditch effort of keeping an association with Costco in their arsenal of hype. Margrit is all about keeping up appearances and exaggerating them to no end as something they're not.

But no one is managing the account. Total Wine as well. That was Dan's job. Margrit knows nothing about running the business. Dan was probably pretty good at it after ten years at LaVecke. Got Costco trial without a dime in marketing/ad support. Not the juggernaut he was made out to be initially but a decent admin and product management guy. That removed I doubt the account is being serviced.