Magic Spoon - Current

Ciara Lydon: Hey, Chris.

Chris LaFay: Good afternoon. You've been up to anything out of the ordinary the last couple months?

Ciara Lydon: Not really. We've. It's been a busy start to the year at work. Yeah. How about yourself?

Chris LaFay: Very nice. What have we been up to? So my wife and I went to Memphis last week, so that was. We have some family on the outskirts of Memphis, and so we got to go visit them. We're gonna go visit Arizona with some family. Friends as well next week as well, too. So got a little bit of. A little bit of travel at the beginning of the year, which is. Which is nice because it's typically a busy. A busy season. So having dedicated breaks where, you know, you're getting out of the routine and doing something different is totally much appreciated. Needless.

Ciara Lydon: I just booked. So next week, our team is going to shop talk in Vegas.

Chris LaFay: Nice.

Ciara Lydon: And then I'm gonna go skiing in Utah for a couple days. And then in April, I booked a trip to the Caribbean because I was just like, I need a break from work. I need to get out the hell out away from this New York City weather, unplug and.

Chris LaFay: And detox from the craziness that. That is life. So very nice. I do have a completely random question for you. Do you happen to know anybody over at a company called 88 Acres?

Ciara Lydon: I don't.

Chris LaFay: Okay, somebody. We don't get a lot of cold. Cold outreach on our website, and somebody from 88 acres has a Shopify site. Their brand just looks like it's in alignment with the type of stuff that y' all do. So I have a feeling that somebody that we're probably interconnected with, that I'm just not as aware of. Pass over. I talked to Acadia. Acadia said they don't know who they were. So I figured at least ask, because if you did make a recommendation, I at least wanted to say thank you.

Ciara Lydon: So I'll ask our team because it does seem, like, connected, like you're saying.

Chris LaFay: And I realize that doesn't mean that, you know, all the people in that kind of, you know, CPG space within that niche of, like, protein and healthier eating type of stuff, but you do typically go in similar circles in general, so, yes. The joys. How have things been the last couple of months?

Ciara Lydon: Things are good. Like I was saying, things are super busy. We launched pastries on D2C at the beginning of the month. That was a really, really long project. And now we're thinking ahead to additional product lines that we're launching on the website that may not be line priced with the rest of our catalog and that will create potentially some interesting dev work around our custom bundle configuration and what we do there. So kind of just keeping things moving right now and then hope hoping to tee off that project with your team sometime end of month, sometime in April kind of.

Chris LaFay: That sounds good. Have you talked to Don and Andrew about that yet I assume?

Ciara Lydon: Yes, but a little like very lightly. I'll probably mention it again today but just trying to get through some stuff while we can before I open the next

Chris LaFay: Wonderful. Has the flow of everything felt good from the beginning of this year. Process, structure, the whole nine yards.

Ciara Lydon: I also have been asking Don and team a little bit more frequently if we're like chatting about something if they can own the ticket creation and that's just been really helpful to help take a little bit of time off of my plate and make sure that things are continuing to move with you guys and then I'm not the blocker. So that's been great.

Chris LaFay: Fantastic. Wonderful new stuff. We talked about communication. Given that things have been moving quickly. Has all the quality stuff been as as per usual as well too?

Ciara Lydon: Yes, we are. Same as always.

Chris LaFay: Yeah, love it. That all sounds fantastic. That's honestly all I really wanted to check in with today. I know we do this every couple months. Thank you for carving out the time every couple months for this. I appreciate it. I like to catch small problems when they're small and not when they become large. So lovely.

Ciara Lydon: Thank you Chris.

Chris LaFay: I hope you have a wonderful rest of the afternoon and I'll let you chat with the team here in a few minutes.

Ciara Lydon: You too.

Chris LaFay: Take care.

Ciara Lydon: Bye.