*** this is a retro blog from 5/18/2006 – i didn’t really keep a blog back then but kept a brief digital diary in my phone which i just recently discovered.

i was working at our tea bar a few weeks ago a gentleman walks in to purchase teas.  you could tell that he wasn’t just another customer and he had this gleam in his eye. … he was dressed in jeans and a modest button down shirt something told me that i needed to pay special attention to him. i walked over and introduced myself and we ended up chatting about the history of tavalon and how we got here. he was very intrigued in the business and he was asking enough of the “right” questions which led me to believe that he was also in the food industry. i asked him what his occupation was and he replied, “i’m in the grocery business.” i thought this was great and tell him that someday when we’re ready to get into the wholesale business i would love to get our teas into his establishments.  i asked for his business card but he didn’t have any so i gave him my card and he says he’ll be in touch. well today i got a hand-written mail from this gentleman and the header reads:

Whole Foods
Walter Robb – President & COO

how awesome is that!  another classic example of you never know who you’ll come across so always be on your A game…

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