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💸 $18 million in revenue since acquisition in November 2019
🍬 Extensive intellectual property portfolio
🍭 Iconic brand with 470,000+ e-commerce customers
💗 Loyal customers and an amazing product
At Sugarfina, we make everyday moments a little sweeter. We've partnered with artisan candy makers around the world to bring sweets that inspire the eyes and excite the palate.
Our core values of luxury, playfulness, and innovation allow us to appeal to our coveted customer demographic of fashionable, influential women.
The Problem
Historically the market for candy and confections has been made up of brands like M&Ms and Sour Patch Kids, which focus on targeting children as end-users. However, sophisticated adults love candy too and few confections brands speak directly to them.
The Solution
We offer artisan confections for the fashion-forward female.
Each of our price points delivers on our promise of Attainable Luxury, Playfulness, and Innovation.
Our products are not only a delicious treat, but a sight to behold, thanks to our in-house innovation and creative teams, partnerships with artisanal candy makers and brands from around the world, and commitment to the highest quality.
The Market
According to MarketWatch, analysts predict that the global market for confections will reach $214B by 2026, up from $190B.
Our target demographic of fashionable, influential women have been a major part of our brand’s rapid growth via social media. Over 75% of our shoppers are women.
Our Traction
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Since we acquired Sugarfina in November 2019, we have leveraged the long-term growth potential of the brand by expanding distribution across our four sales channels as well as launching three new innovation platforms.
We have implemented a go-to-market strategy that has dramatically optimized our inventory management, shipping, and supply chain processes while improving our gross margins and cash management.
We recently received the 2020 Wine Award from Cosmopolitan ® Magazine for Best Rose Candy and have been featured in Vogue ®, Martha Stewart Wedding ®, and LIVE with Kelly and Ryan.
What We Do
Our line of confections is a comprehensive blend of everything ranging from gummies to cordials, cocktail candies, and chocolate bars.
One of our signature offerings is the Candy Bento Box ®, which boasts a curated assortment of our Candy Cubes ®. This patented packaging system allows for total customization in-store and online thanks to the “Design Your Own Bento Box ®” feature.
We sell both directly to consumers and to wholesale retailers like specialty grocers, online gifting platforms, and specialty gift shops.
The Business Model
We have diversified our business model to capture new distribution opportunities while broadening our reach. Our omnichannel approach takes in revenue from five main sources:
Retail boutiques make up approximately 18.3% of our sales coming from 21 retail locations in North America.
Ecommerce represents over 34.5% of our sales and is our highest growth channel.
Wholesale provides 36.3% of our sales through over 2000 prestige wholesalers including accounts like Nordstrom ®, Bloomingdales ®, Paper Source ®, and high-end specialty grocers around the US and Canada.
Custom Corporate Gifting sales make up 7.4%, through over 1300 corporate and event clients.
International sales make up the remaining 3.6%, with a presence in Hong Kong, Australia, and Mexico.
*Omnichannel %sales as of August 2020
How We Are Different
We are a leader in the luxury candy and premium gummy space.
Thanks to our IP portfolio, this position is largely defensible, and as we continue to build our brand through increased marketing and branding campaigns — including our iconic packaging — we believe our market share is likely to increase.
The Vision
In addition to expanding our ever-growing list of products— we just launched collections inspired by Gelato, Cookie, and Tea— we are continuously expanding distribution.
Our plans include adding four new retail stores in Southern California, expanding onto Amazon ® USA and Rakuten ® Japan, growing our specialty grocery store locations, and relaunching our Loyalty Program to help bolster our customer loyalty and gain new clients. We are also exploring wholesale expansion into the UK, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
We are investing in digital marketing as well, to continue scaling our higher margin and higher growth eCommerce business.
Our buzz-worthy co-branded collaborations continue to surprise and delight our customers with new ways to think about candy with exciting new partners coming in 2021.
OUR LEADERSHIP
We are a dedicated and forward-thinking team focused on building the future of the candy market.
After acquiring Sugarfina we have focused on placing experienced executives and leaders in charge of their given specialties and have empowered them to thrive in their roles, which has resulted in a unique culture of innovation and collaboration. The Sugarfina leadership team has a combined 100+ years of experience in consumer businesses and building aspirational consumer brands.
Why Invest
We have already proven through our efforts to appeal to our target audience of sophisticated, influential, and fashion-forward women, that we have an ideal product-market fit.
We believe our stellar reputation among these key audiences positions our brand to grow sustainably and rapidly in the next few years.
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We Drank 90 Bottles of Wine to Find the Best Wines of All the Wines and It Was So, So Hard
With our busiest season in full swing, I’m excited to share the success of two of our top-performing Holiday products, our fan-favorite 24 Tastes of Christmas Advent Calendar and 8 Nights of Light Hanukkah Tasting Box.
These items received tremendous buzz across social media, press outlets, and our core consumers, who await their return each year. Across the total company, we sold over 30,000 Advent Calendars and 7,000 8 Nights of Light – driven by our U.S. e-commerce site, contributing over $1 million from those two items alone.
We are delighted that consumers love these “holiday countdown” tasting collections and can’t wait to brainstorm how to bring the holiday joy even more next year!
Check out some of our biggest press hits for the 24 Tastes of Christmas Advent Calendar and 8 Nights of Light Hanukkah Tasting Box below!
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I’m excited to introduce our fan-favorite, limited-edition Lunar New Year Collection, perfect for ushering in this much-awaited Year of the Ox! Whether celebrating the return of our lychee-flavored Lotus Flowers or sending a gift to a friend, we hope these delectable treats bring you good luck and fortune. Shop now here!
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Dear Potential Investor,
Thank you for considering investing in Sugarfina. I would like to share with you a little about the unique journey of the Sugarfina brand.
My partners and I acquired the brand and assets of Sugarfina out of bankruptcy on October 31, 2019 at what we believe was a discount to the operating value in a properly led organization. The primary assets included the trademarks and design patents, accounts receivable, and inventory of the predecessor company. I believe our investment price reflected the standalone value of these individual assets in a public auction and not that of a vibrant operating company. We quickly began re-building the operations in the first few months while filling as many orders as possible with the limited product inventory we acquired. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. During this period of time I designed, built, and implemented a new operating model training our team on new ways of working and decision-making that accelerated performance. Over the summer months we put the brand in position for a highly successful fall-holiday season with strong in-stock levels, new product innovation, new points of distribution, and captivating new Halloween and Holiday offerings. We sold over 30,000 Advent Calendars this year at an average retail price of $45!
We are truly optimistic as we move into 2021. Some of our 2021 initiatives include:
Launching newly designed Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Easter collections
Bringing to market a vegan Tropical fruit-inspired collection and a separate vegan gummy and chocolate bar collection
Ramping up our new online stores on Amazon and Rakuten
Launching four new exciting brand collaborations
Building a new centralized distribution center in Las Vegas dynamically expanding our capacity
Continue expanding our presence in premium grocers
Expanding and accelerating our social media and public relations initiatives
I truly believe that the bankruptcy of Sugarfina’s predecessor handed my partners and I a great opportunity to take a fantastic brand with valuable assets and loyal fans, and to commercialize it as it deserved. We are thrilled to develop strategies and initiatives to pursue the many opportunities we see each week, and to bring luxury, indulgence, and sweetness to more consumers, whether at home, in our boutiques, in their favorite shops and grocery stores, or around the world. We invite you to become a part of the unique story of the Sugarfina brand by investing in our vision for the future.
This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment.
I hope this note finds you safe and healthy during this holiday season! I’m pleased to introduce myself as the CEO and Co-Investor of Sugarfina. This brand fused a valuable synergy in my life, uniting a long passion for delighting consumers and my persisting sweet tooth. After an exciting first year, I’m honored to welcome you on this journey of dreaming and working together to bring more joy, to more people.
My three partners and I purchased Sugarfina on November 1, 2019. Our iconic brand partners with expert confectioners to develop a truly indulgent experience that makes folks of all ages smile with delight. We believe that we can profitably and dynamically expand distribution and provide more consumers a sweet, luxury experience with innovative treats from around the world.
Before leading Sugarfina, I developed and commercialized under-managed businesses into high-growth enterprises in the healthy snacking and beverage, hospitality, and apparel consumer segments. My strategic vehicles for success are innovation, distribution expansion, operations, and financial in nature; and my 25 years of C-level experience includes leadership positions with highly competitive, aspiration-driven consumer brands such as GT’s Kombucha, Bolthouse Farms, Levi Strauss, Caesar’s, Hilton, and Marriott.
Since acquiring Sugarfina, our team has been streamlining and commercializing operations while expanding and diversifying our customer base into new countries and onto more digital and online channels. Meanwhile, we brought to market innovative collections inspired by tea, gelato, and cookies while refreshing the brand’s distinctive, gift-ready packaging. Our business this Fall and Holiday season has been robust, and we are excited about 2021 and beyond!
I remain committed to you, our team, and our loyal customers as we navigate this unique time in history, with the goal of bringing the Sugarfina brand to more consumers across the globe and delivering them joyful treats. We are grateful to have you all join us on this journey and look forward to an exciting pursuit, hand in hand.
This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment.
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