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Honeymoon Chocolates
National retail set · Facility closed in 11 days
- Application to close
- 11 days
- Retailers
- 4, Whole Foods to Schnucks
- Structure
- Production facility
- Purchase order
- Not required
- Founded
- 2016, St. Louis
- Ownership
- Preserved
The story
One request. Capital matched to the production run.
Bridge closed a production facility in 11 days so Honeymoon Chocolates could buy cacao, honey, and packaging for a national retail set before the first invoice was due.
01 · The opportunity
A national set, months before it ships.
Honeymoon Chocolates makes organic chocolate sweetened with raw honey in St. Louis. Cam and Haley Loyet started the brand in a college dorm in 2016, and a share of proceeds funds honeybee research.
A national retail set, from Whole Foods to Schnucks, is won long before the first invoice is paid. Cacao comes from Tanzania and Uganda, so the lead time is long, and every dollar committed sits in inventory until the retailer pays.
02 · The outcome
Ingredients bought on the production timeline.
From application to a closed facility took 11 days. Cacao, honey, and packaging were bought before the first invoice came due, and the line can draw again as the set ramps, without new paperwork or giving up equity.
Application to closed facility11 daysFour retailers · National set · No equity given up
Key results
- Closed a production facility in 11 days
- Funded cacao, honey, and packaging ahead of the first invoice
- No purchase order required, and no equity given up
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