Without some advertising and placement in nutrition centers, I don't see the bar succeeding. People need to be educated about the advantage over the profusion of other bars on the market. The packaging itself won't be enough to make most people give it a try, and shareholder purchases alone won't keep it going for long.
If I had no prior knowledge of the product and walked up to a rack of protein bars and saw one claiming it could build muscle and dramatically boost stem cell production, my immediate reaction would be to say BS! NO ****** WAY!
I'd probably pick one up and read it to see how they could make such an outrageous and unbelievable claim. Supplements are unregulated and well known for making false and unsubstantiated health claims, and this would seem to be nothing more than a preposterous marketing scheme. I thought the same thing when I first read about Stem Intense.
I am somewhat familiar with some of the benefits of algae products and have used a few. However, I've never noticed any effect from them - they just seemed to be a waste of money. But the same holds true for multivitamins, antioxidants, omega oil pills etc. - I've noticed no benefit from them either.
I go through about two dozen protein bars a year and since I'm already aware of Stem, I would give one bar a try (depending on price). It would have to have quite a noticeable effect for me to feel it was worth buying more. And it better taste good - I've found most protein bars are awful!
I doubt the chill removal will be completed this year, they still have to deal with the DTC and their delays and repeated requests for more information (at least that's what Bozo told us was going on, might have been more lies). Remember, Nick supposedly had the personal cell phone number for the DTC guy, and he still didn't accomplish anything.
Personally, I thought that Justin sounded professional, articulate, and like he has some sort of an actual plan going forward. All of those characteristics were undeniably missing from the last pinhead.