Daniela Velasquez de Leon

our customs brokers, we are qualified to do the phase one refunds.

It's going to help with the cost increases this year.

I guess with what's happening in the Middle East, there's been increases in fuel costs from both Ecuador and Mexico.

And so far, we've been absorbing that because, I mean, we understand that it's very hard for our customers as it is to try and maintain fuel.

food prices at a good spot.

So we definitely don't want to be contributing to the inflation that people are seeing in their groceries.

So that's definitely what we have planned for right now.

So we're just getting creative on where it is that we can get a little bit leaner so that we're able to absorb those costs.

And I think ultimately in the long run, what's better for our customers and our partners is better for us in the long run as well.

It's how we got started in the organic industry.

We're trying to focus on more of a tropical organic offering, trying to see what makes the most sense logistically, what's available locally in our growing regions already.

Especially when you're leading it because what you want more than anything is for it to succeed because you feel responsible for the well-being of all of the people that work for the business.

You know, it's not just the employees.

It's all of their families.

It's my own family, right?

My family relies on the success of this business, right?

At the same time, these experiences have taught me how resilient we are.

And I see what my parents have gone through throughout the decades.

And I realize that we are.

We are really nimble.