^^^ and things like that are the reason that I don't like to give ETA's on anything anymore.
I've explained this in detail a few times, but here's a cliff notes on Super Swole powder and delays:
- When we originally had Super Swole powder, they clumped badly bc of the GlycerPump, which happened to a lot of companies, and we lost thousands of dollars on it.
- We had the plan for a new powder version and had flavor samples approved and labels made and then Covid happened and it caused a huge amount of delays in this industry and especially on flavored powders - think back to when so many brands had dozens of flavors and now most have 3 to 5, that's a big reason why.
- Then, one of the ingredients we were going to use stopped being made, so there goes another 2k in labels.
- On a positive note though, Super Swole capsules became so popular that they sold better than the powder ever did.
- We knew that we would have to eventually change up Super Swole capsules because VASO6 is no longer made, so we decided to wait and bring back the powder when we change the capsules, and are right now in flavor sampling for the new version.
Want to know why all the big brands use basic ingredients in their pre's?
It's so that things like that above don't happen to them.
Using unique and cool ingredients is awesome, but sometimes it causes a lot of headaches and delays.
We do the best that we can do, and that's the best that we can do.
As much as I love coming out with new products and updated versions of things like Super Swole, from a business perspective, sometimes decisions have to be made to keep existing sellers in stock and to build inventory levels of those for periods of time.
We are going to have stimulant and stimulant free pre-workouts coming out from both SNS and CEL in the next 3 to 6 months, and they will be pretty different from one another - which I'm happy about bc so many pre's are so much like other ones.
For anyone that is interested, I'm open to suggestions, but for flavors of Super Swole powder, I'm leaning towards:
- Grape Blue Raspberry
- Rainbow Unicorn
- Black Cherry Limeade