Kristen Schwab

And of course, the tariffs, which will hopefully start getting the refunds here soon.

Yeah, let's start with tariffs.

Have you applied for that refund yet?

So we're in the process of doing that through...

So that would cover everything pretty much from April onward, though we do have some entries that came in from Mexico when there was like that 25% tariff for a few days in late March that are unfortunately not within that window.

When you get that money, do you know what you're going to do with it?

What does that mean?

How do you make the math work on your end?

I mean, it definitely means that our margin is tighter, which...

is hard on bananas that are already a very tight margin item.

You know, you're talking about bananas being a low margin fruit

Are you thinking about expanding into other products?

Yeah, so bananas are our bread and butter.

It's what my family has always done.

We ventured into papayas in 2024, and that's been really great.

We're hoping to have organic coconuts in the mix in the coming month or so.

So that's pretty exciting.

You run a family business.

How do you feel about its future?

How do you feel about it now versus a year ago or as you look into the year ahead?