CEO's You Should Know: Milo's Sweet Tea CEO Tricia Wallwork

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This is Iheartradios CEOs. You shouldknow we have an honor today that welcome
by phone the CEO of Milo's SweetTea, Tricia Walwork, Thank you so
much for inviting me. I wenton your web page to read more about
your story. First and foremost saluteto your grandfather for a service to our
country. Came home, married asweetheart, and Birmingham, Alabama, opened

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up a restaurant and it was wildlysuccessful. If you're like me, you
will stop at a restaurant just toget a sweet tea. I don't know
if that's exactly how it started thatled us to Milo's Sweet Tea and associated
beverages. You actually encapsulated it andmy parents started franchising the restaurant in the
eighties. It really was because theywere trying to solve a need that the
consumer had, which is in retail, in grocery stores, convenience stores.

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There really was only a tea thatwas like a chemistry experiment in a can.
It wasn't real with real ingredients youhave in your kitchen, fresh brood.
That's why they brought it to shelfin the eighties and that's why we
continue to win with our fans today. So many of us grew up drinking
tea. We know when it's notreal, we know when it's got chemicals
in it. You know what homemadetastesline. Talk to us about the more

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than one hundred and thirty million dollarinvestment you'll be making in the upstate.
We will be fresh brewing all naturalMilo's Tea and lemonade. It is the
largest investment in company history. Wewill be employing hundreds of assosiate. We
are so excited, feel so welcome. We can South Carolinians apply for a
job to work for Milo. Wewill begin hiring this summer so that we

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can get them trained so that dayone we have a delicious, consistent tasting
quality out of that plant that We'revery excited to hear that America's number one
refrigerated tea and fastest growing lemonade,Milo's Tea will now be part of South
Carolina. And thank you for decidingto come here. Thank you very much.

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