Patriot Foods-Adam Lalone

Patriot Foods-Adam Lalone

Episode Transcript

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This is Talk of the Town onnews radio with thirteen hundred and one oh
six nine FM via the iHeartRadio app. Find the link atwood Radio dot com.
Steve Kelly and Brett Pikita from WestMichigan's Morning News. We are joined
by the founder of Patriot Foods,third generation blueberry farmer, right, Adam
Lalone, on the liveline. Adam, thanks for doing this today. Yeah,

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good morning, Good morning, StephenBrott. Good great to be all
of you guys. Thank you.I first heard about this concept and I
was so excited to learn more informationUS only, and then I thought,
how can you pull this off?Then I go to the website Patriot Foods
dot com and you pull it offperfectly. Talk to us a little bit

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first and foremost, what is PatriotFoods and how do we get on board?
Yeah, so, Patriot Foods isa US only competent, just like
you mentioned there. We support theAmerican farmer like nobody unfortunately. And when
you buy from US, Steve,when you support our farmers, they give

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back to military families in need.The military runs deep in this country,
runs deep in my family. Okay, So we get back to military families
in need and I do it personally. It's one of my greatest loves.
I tell you, traveling the countryand giving back to these families that well
deserve of extra help. Right,So we are us only supporting the US

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farmer fighting against Mexico, Chinese foodcoming in, Brazilian meat coming in.
I'm telling you, these farmers arein trouble. Guys from Florida, California,
and Michigan, we got we gotbig problems. I mean, we
got to be able to feed ourselvesas a country and stuff go south,
okay, and we got to takecare of our farmers. And there's nobody

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like us that carries us holy.So we're excited. We're growing and we
need more business. We need moresupport. Adam, tell us about the
farmers you have involved in a lotof different categories too that people can shop.
You founded this in twenty eighteen.But I'm looking at the website like
Steve and vegetables, meats, cheeses, fresh and frozen fruit. I mean

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you've got all the collectives there.Yeah, yeah, absolutely, But we
have farmers, you know, Indiana, Michigan, I mean Florida, of
course, I mentioned Florida a lot. Florida is a big supporter. I
tell you Mexico has been putting Floridaout of business pepper squash, tomatoes.
I mean it's a nightmare. Andlisten, guys, Mexican really doesn't care

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what their price points are because thethird semi has drugs on it. Okay,
it's just a ride for their drugsacross the border. And and I'm
a farmer. I'm not gonna beataround the bush. I'm gonna tell you,
guys, the way it is,and the way it is is the
way it is. We cannot competewith Mexico's price We have food safety,

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guys. The next thing. Imean, it's unbelievable. The US has
food safety. That's unbelievable. Okay, now I ask yourself and your friends
this question. When was the lasttime you bought bobbled water from your retailer
that is from Mexico. Okay,Well, there's a lot of water in
blueberries and vegetables and everything. We'vejust got to we'll feed ourselves. Guys.

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There's there's lots of reasons why theseretailers have gone cheap, cheap,
cheap. It's all about money,and the US farmer has built these retail
chains the US farmer has built theseretail chains and we're being sold out.
We're being sold out there. They'regoing to foreign goods as fast as possible.

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And I tell you it's it's adisaster. It's a disaster. You
may find out more at Patriot Foodsdot com. That's Patriot Foods dot com.
We're talking to Adam Llone, whois the founder of Patriot Foods.
One hundred percent US products, aswe mentioned. Now talk to us a
little bit about how we get thesethings to our our home. Right you

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shipped these items, yes, absolutely, You spent a hundred, one hundred
dollars on our store. And theshipping is free anywhere in the US.
We've shipped to Alaska. We'll shiftanywhere, so the shipping is free.
Spend one hundred dollars, it's freeshipping. And you know we have steak,
we have we have so much stuff. Just give us a look,

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you know, go to Patriot Foodsdot com see what we have. And
we always have stuff for sale,and we're running the girls are running sales
all the time. Guys, sowe're running sales all the time. Well,
we're always trying to keep it funfor our customers. Okay, Adam,
you look at this and how muchhas Covid played into a factor for
you guys coming out of it withjust what you said and the price point

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changes in the retailers that had toimpact you guys. And thus when you
started this in twenty eighteen, yeah, I tell you it was a double
edged sword. The business was there, but the shipping was very, very
challenging. The shipping was very challengingand it's still. Frankly, it still

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is. Obviously it's gotten better,but yeah, it's been a challenge,
but we're not going to give up. We're going to keep going. We're
not Amazon, guys. We can'tmeet here door the next day, right,
give us a couple of days.We will get your products there for
sure. The best part is youknow where it's coming from without a doubt,

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Okay. And I think it's veryimportant. I think it's important we
support these US farmers and when youbuy from US, you're supporting the US
farmers without a doubt. So it'sjust a beautiful company. It's something to
be proud of. We're all proudof it, and uh, it's it's
important and we're educating people day You'vegot to read your labels in your supermarket.

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If you don't need much tomatoes,don't buy them. Okay, buy
souls and from me, right,I mean, be careful what you buy
it, be careful who you support. Okay again. You see the beautiful
American flag right on the homepage ofPatriot Foods dot Com. There you can
create your shopping cart. There aredifferent categories from new arrivals to fresh and

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frozen fruit, vegetables, meats,cheese, is, baking, spreads,
jams and jellies, even grocery.I'm thinking about gifting here too, organic
snacks. You can donate directly too, by the way, to help out
veterans and American farmers. Apparel andhome goods, soaps, scrubs, lotions,
candles. The list goes on andon Patriot Foods dot Com. Their

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founder Adam Lolone, It has beena pleasure. Thanks for your time today.
Thanks guys, Thanks Steve, Thanks, thank you so much. This
is Talk of the Town on newsRadio Wood thirteen hundred and one oh six
nine FM.