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Sramana Mitra: What is the logistics of packaging this? What format are you shipping this in? Mike Salguero: It’s basically pre-portioned. If you get a 10-ounce Ribeye, you’re going to get it in a frozen package. Right before Kickstarter, we realized that people didn’t just want beef. They wanted chicken and pork as well. We

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Bootstrapping a Perishable Meat Business To Significant Scale: ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero (Part 3)

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