Business Description
Our main business operation, CarryOutSupplies.com, is a producer and wholesaler
of custom printed and generic supplies and has served more than 3,000 quick
service restaurants. Our products include double poly paper cups for cold beverage;
disposable, clear, plastic cold cups, paper coffee cups, yogurt cups, ice cream
cups, cup lids, cup sleeves, food containers, soup containers, plastic spoons
and many other similar products for this market sector. CarryOutSupplies.com
was founded in 2009 when the founders gained first-hand experience within the
restaurant industry of the difficulty for restaurant owners to acquire custom
printed supplies at a reasonable cost. Many quick service restaurants wish to
acquire custom printed products, such as those embossed with logos, but the
minimum order size for such customization had been cost prohibitive. With that
in mind, carry out supplies was founded to provide products to this underserved
section of the market. Since that time, the company has become a key supplier
to many popular U.S. franchises, particularly in the frozen dessert segments.
The company estimates it holds approximately 40% market share of generic and
printed products within the take out frozen yogurt and ice cream industries.
We also hold a product supply and licensing agreement FreeHand® ThumbTray™
for the western part of the United States.
We are also a distributor of paper made from 100% reclaimed sugarcane fiber,
enhanced with bamboo. Sugarcane fiber, called bagasse, is a discarded byproduct
of sugarcane production. Sugarmade, Inc. was founded in 2010. As is explained
below, in 2014, CarryOutSupplies.com was acquired by Sugarmade, Inc., creating
the Company as it is today. Relative to Sugarmade Paper, our third-party contract
manufacturer uses bagasse and bamboo, as opposed to wood products significantly
reducing its manufacturing carbon footprint, energy consumption, and attendant
water pollution during the manufacture of its products. This allows us to offer
our unique, exclusive, tree-free paper products at price-parity equal to or
less than current recycled fiber products already on the market. Our products
are unique and we believe offer an ideal solution for those consumers (both
corporate and individual) seeking to meet their sustainability mandates or personal
environmentally conscious goals, at a price that is equal to or less than current
recycled products. We are currently restructuring this business unit to focus
on the organization and administration of fundraisers and paper drives for schools,
non-profits and other institutions.