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Life is absurd. Lean into it.
1.2 Trillion...that's a lot of Jordan's...
Patti Labelle's Sweet Potato Pie selling $2.3 million underscores the power of Black Dollars
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kingdizzy01
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sounds like walmart pocketing most of the profit. afterall, it IS walmart
Walmart Sold an Insane Number of Patti LaBelle’s Sweet Potato Pies Last Weekend
Field Marshall Bradley
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I'm gonna fukk a pie up on cheat day ,for my cheat meal thoughtoo much sugar and carbs for me
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From what I understand, she had a run of them in 2014 as well. Each store ONLY had a dozen or so to sell because its fairly modest sales andthe fact that its so cheap
to make. If I could get a box I could look up the manufacturer.
If you google the pies, you learn two things: The viral video caused it to be the top-viewed food item on Walmart.com, and them shyts are sold out EVERYWHERE.
I would cop myself but the shyts gone in the 5 locations near me
The upside is they rushing to put more on shelves. I wonder if they are Walmart exclusive, or its possible to order them from a wholesaler (assuming that wholesaler isn't walmart).
It's dope that they getting shine this year. Once again, over 640,000 pies were sold.
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From what I understand, she had a run of them in 2014 as well. Each store ONLY had a dozen or so to sell because its fairly modest sales andthe fact that its so cheap
to make. If I could get a box I could look up the manufacturer.
If you google the pies, you learn two things: The viral video caused it to be the top-viewed food item on Walmart.com, and them shyts are sold out EVERYWHERE.
I would cop myself but the shyts gone in the 5 locations near me
The upside is they rushing to put more on shelves. I wonder if they are Walmart exclusive, or its possible to order them from a wholesaler (assuming that wholesaler isn't walmart).
It's dope that they getting shine this year. Once again, over 640,000 pies were sold.
I see she has a cooking show that premiers on the cooking channel in December as well...... Perfect Timing.....
Much success to her
This thread actually reminded me, I need to get in touch with the guy who taught food-safety classes. I never forget that dude, and he was spitting thatreal to what turned out to be an 80-90% black class. I'm no kid, but I would kill to have that guy mentor me on general shyt.
this is why more black celebs need to man up, take the temporary hit, and invest in the black community. if oprah had her own soda brands, black people would support. if puffy had his own rib shacks, black people would support it. if byron allen had his own line of candies like kitkats, snickers, etc, black people would support it.
black consumers are just waiting for those with means to produce a black owned product, and we'd happily support it. just employ some damn black people to help manufacturer it at the same time, and we good.
black consumers are just waiting for those with means to produce a black owned product, and we'd happily support it. just employ some damn black people to help manufacturer it at the same time, and we good.
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Man you're never to old to soak up wisdom/game... One of the older cats I chop it up with a lot is knocking on 60, and he stays communicating back and forth with his mentor who stays in Beverly Hills who is in his 80s....... He says that old cat still be dropping gems.... making him realize that he's been on the planet for nearly 60 years and still has a lot to learn.....
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I feel that:letyasoulglow:Imma need to a shoot an email to a Dr. Brian J Hill of Hill Food Consulting.Man you're never to old to soak up wisdom/game... One of the older cats I chop it up with a lot is knocking on 60, and he stays communicating back and forth with his mentor who stays in Beverly Hills who is in his 80s....... He says that old cat still be dropping gems.... making him realize that he's been on the planet for nearly 60 years and still has a lot to learn.....
Imma get on that after I wash these dishes:blacknerdlost:
Yea, I know. But its not for the sake of being the best. They squeeze everybody for margins. Lets just say I don't fukk with Walmart off principle, even though they aren't the
Wal-Mart probably has the BEST supply chain in the country. (maybe the world)
only ones to do dirt. I'll make an exception for one of these pies, though, so I can get the manufacturers info.
get these nets
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Here comes the pie': How Patti LaBelle launched a bestselling food brand in her 60s
At 79, the Godmother of Soul is making the most of her first love – cooking .
Patti LaBelle launched comfort food brand, Patti's Good Life, at the age of 64.
Aug. 3, 2023
Perhaps it’s fitting that the singer behind “Lady Marmalade” is a life-long cook at heart.
Grammy Hall of Famer Patti LaBelle made her mark as the "Godmother of Soul" through the decades, but her latest act has centered on scaling her popular food brand, Patti’s Good Life.
Launched 15 years ago in Philadelphia, LaBelle started small – offering a line of hot sauces and barbecue sauces she created in her kitchen.
In the years since, she has expanded to include comfort foods based off her recipes, like peach cobbler, sweet potato pie, chicken and biscuits, and mac n’ cheese.
The dishes have proven so successful that she secured deals with major grocers – Target and Walmart – where last year gross sales for the company hit nearly $200 million. “My cooking is going places where my singing career has not gone,” she recently told Forbes and Know Your Value.
Cooking since the age of 10, LaBelle always considered food her first passion. As her music career progressed, she jumped at opportunities to cook for fellow icons like Elton John, Prince and the Rolling Stones. She even labeled her tinfoil trays with her name to make sure everyone knew they were eating LaBelle’s signature dishes.
“So many different people in the industry just loved my cooking … because I cook with my heart,” she said. “I don’t want anybody else taking credit for it.”
To that end, LaBelle and her son Zuri own 100 percent of the company, financing the brand with the proceeds from her music career. They’ve partnered with factories to bake her meticulously-tested dishes before distributing them to the big-box retailers. While Patti’s Good Life has taken off over the last few years, this venture isn’t LaBelle’s first foray outside of entertainment.
She previously worked with the Home Shopping Network to sell clothing under her name and has written several best-selling cookbooks.
Now, LaBelle is expanding Patti’s Good Life to include a new breakfast line – inspired by her grandchildren – and a forthcoming product line of wines, desserts and other frozen foods at an accessible price point.
“When I do put this line out, it's going to be affordable because some of my friends didn't have much,” LaBelle said. “That's important to me so I can help someone have a decent meal, times are hard.”
LaBelle credits her age, experience and family support for why she’s made such a successful pivot from entertainment into the food business.“[Being over 50] is an advantage because I've seen it all, I've done it all, I can let younger girls like Beyonce and Mariah Carey – and all these little girls who ask me questions about where I've been – I can give them all the info because I've been there, done that and thrown away that T-shirt,” she said. “I can give them quality answers.”
And to the next generation of women rushing to find success before the age of 30, LaBelle gave a stern warning.
“That could kill you ... You’ll hurt yourself rushing for your ambition to happen, and you're going to do everything – maybe the wrong things – to make it happen that soon," she said. "I'm doing better at 79 than I did at 30, so I would say don't rush it [because] if it's to be it will be.”
