Zing Tsjeng
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5,900 appearances
22 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard yesterday
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So Tao comes back, she returns to management, although it's worth noting the company characterised this as speculation and wouldn't comment on it.
Which makes me think it must have been organised.
I mean, someone's doing that, right?
I mean, they don't all simultaneously decide, oh, I'm going to get a sweatshirt with a jar of chilli sauce on it.
Exactly.
It's all about authenticity.
If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Yeah.
Anyway, you know, I suppose the question is, why did it go viral?
I mean, I suppose the question, if we knew why anything goes viral, then we'd all be doing it, right?
Because it's the secret to success.
Yeah.
Anyway, the social media buzz on sites like TikTok, Instagram and others meant the company's overseas revenue started shooting up.
It rose 30% in 2023.
Today, Lao Gan Ma produces 3 million bottles every day and uses 45,000 tonnes of chilli peppers a year.
And there's plenty of room to go because by 2028, the global chilli sauce market is estimated to grow to $6.5 billion.
We should do a good bad billionaire branded chilli sauce and surreptitiously do some product placement, which we're so kindly doing for Lao Gan Ma, not that she needs the money.
It's true, she really doesn't need the money.
Well, that is an absolutely extraordinary story.
As I say, rags to riches almost doesn't capture it.
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