Marani Brands Inc. (MRIB)

[Matthew Berg]

How is it very clear to everybody that Costco ordered more for 4/5 stores let alone a big order? It doesn't make sense. Costco shuts down half the stores because Marani is not selling and then orders more for the remaining stores? Why in the world would they do that? How is it one could assume Marani sells at a better rate at any of the given remaining locations versus those eliminated? What's so different? I'm sure it's about the same at each location. The only thing clear to me is that Costco had too many locations in too small an area and consolidated Marani to free up valuable shelf space for better selling product in the stores eliminated.

And a big order? How big could any order be with only 4/5 stores? MRIB sold less than $19,000 gross in six months with 14 locations. What's four or five locations other than a contraction and decrease in sales? It's not like anything has changed. MRIB isn't marketing or advertising. No co-op programs. Most likely no account management whatsoever. Again a situation where nothing has changed but better results are expected. It's just not logical to expect such.

It's no different than Brazil. If MRIB cant sell $20K of vodka in the U.S. how is it they're going to sell $100 million in Brazil? It's such a ridiculous and unsupportable premise because it's an identical situation. No cash, no employees, no marketing or advertising, etc. I have yet to hear any response to this and how anyone expects MRIB to sell anywhere let alone in a foreign country.