Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Guy Raz

👤 Speaker
2312 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And how many stores were you, I mean, how many stores are you able to get into just going store by store on your own and doing your own deliveries?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Wow, so 25 stores.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Okay, so and at this point, I think you were, you're ready to go to UNFI, and they became your distributor, right?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

This is like, like around 2006, I guess.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And you're now getting into stores all over like Colorado and Texas and New Mexico.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

So at this point, like how much were you doing in sales?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Were you were you breaking a million?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Right, so you were really tiny, small.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

It just comes to you like that.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Well, it makes sense, right?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

You're one of these like goo gels or something.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

When we come back in just a moment, Justin quickly discovers why nobody is putting peanut butter in a squeeze pack and then decides to do it anyway.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Stay with us.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

I'm Guy Raz and you're listening to How I Built This.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Hey, welcome back to How I Built This.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

I'm Guy Raz.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

So it's 2007, and Justin has just come up with what he thinks is a brilliant idea.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Put peanut butter in a little squeeze pack so people can eat it on the go.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

They're not going to be able to help you.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Why?