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TRINI: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
ALOHA SHOYU IS CELEBRATING THEIR
70TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
THE COMPANY HAS REALLY EVOLVED.
DID YOU KNOW THEY SELL
GLUTEN-FREE SAUCES?
TAIZO: I HAD A BUDDY WHO JUST
BOUGHT THAT.
THE COMPANY ROORNTLY -- RECENTLY
OPENED A WAREHOUSE IN LAS VEGAS.
TRINI GOT A SNEAK PEEK OF THEIR
FACILITY.
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TRINI: IN 2014, ALOHA SHOYU
OPENED A PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION CENTER HERE IN LAS
VEGAS.
I'M HERE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
ALOHA SHOYU, BRIAN TANIGUCHI.
THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US INTO
YOUR NEW FACILITY.
WELCOME TO THE NINTH ISLAND.
TRINI: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 70TH
ANNIVERSARY.
THANK YOU.
TRINI: BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
THIS NEW FACILITY, IS YOU TELL
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF ALOHA?
SEVEN 70 YEARS AGO, FIVE FAMILIES
GOT TOGETHER TO START A BUSINESS
IN HAWAI'I MAKING SOY SAUCE.
OVER 70 YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND TO THE
MAINLAND.
AND I THINK LAS VEGAS, BEING A
GOOD POCKET OF LOCAL PEOPLE
HERE, IS REALLY A GOOD FIT FOR
OUR COMPANY AND PRODUCTS.
TRINI: TELL US ABOUT THE NEW
WAREHOUSE.
HOW BIG IS IS IT?
IT'S ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE
FEET.
AND WE ACTUALLY FINISH THE
PRODUCT HERE, AND WHAT I MEAN BY
THAT IS WE WILL SHIP OUR BASE
PRODUCT INTO THIS FACILITY AND
GO THROUGH PROCESS OF ACTUALLY
FINISHING THE PRODUCT HERE.
TRINI: C O.
O -- OKAY.
THIS DOESN'T TAKE THE FACTORY IN
YOUR HAWAI'I?
YOU STILL HAVE ONE THERE?
NOT AT ALL.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IN THIS PARTICULAR MARKET AND
WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND TO THE
SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST PORTION AND
LAS VEGAS IS A VERY GOOD HUB FOR
US.
TRINI: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR
PRODUCT.
YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT RECOGNIZED
BRAND.
EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH YOUR
SOY SAUCE BUT YOU'VE EXPANDED
INTO OTHER TYPES OF PRODUCTS.
RIGHT.
OVER THE YEARS, WE TRIED TO
DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS FROM
TERIYAKI SAUCES TO GLAZES.
I THINK THE NEWEST PRODUCT IS A
TAMARI SOY SAUCE PRODUCT.
WE'VE ALSO DONE GLUTEN-FREE
PRODUCTS ALONG WITH KATSU SAUCE,
HAWAIIAN STEAK SAUCE, AS WE CALL
IT HERE.
OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET
INTO SALAD DRESSINGS AND LIKE I
SAID, THE STRENGTH OF OUR BRAND,
POSSIBLY OTHER ITEMS.
TRINI: TERRIFIC.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF
THAT.
YOU ALSO HAVE PARTNERS.
I SAW SOME OF YOUR GUYS WORKING
WITH SAMURAI, WHICH IS ONE OF MY
KIDS' FAVORITE DES DESERTS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SAMURAI.
TO DO HAWAIIAN FROST HERE IN LAS
VEGAS.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR
US.
GILBERT'S A GOOD GUY, AND WE
THINK LIKE ICE CREAM, HAWAIIAN
FROST PROBABLY CAN BE SOLD
ANYWHERE.
TRINI: ESPECIALLY IN LAS
VEGAS, WHERE IT CAN GET UP TO A
HUNDRED DEGREES AND HIGHERE HOW
DO YOU SEE LAS VEGAS PLAY A PART
IN THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF YOUR
COMPANY?
I THINK LAS VEGAS IS GOING TO
BE LOGISTICALLY A GOOD HUMP FOR
US IN TERMS OF OUR FUTURE
EXPANSION.
I THINK WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE
AND THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT
THAT WE GET FROM THE LOCAL
PEOPLE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, LOCAL PEOPLE LIVE
PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE.
TRINI: THEY DO.
SO AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR
OUR COMPANY.
TRINI: BRIAN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE ALOHA
SHOYU IN THE NEXT 70 YEARS.
ALL THE NEW PRODUCTS YOU'RE
GOING TO ROLL OUT.
THANK YOU.
TRINI: THEIR BRAND IS SO
RECOGNIZABLE.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE NICE.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EXCITED
TO SEE ALOHA SHOYU ON THE
SHELVES.