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Aug 5, 2026
Alain Ménard / Green Beaver
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Corwin HiebertHOST
What's it been like going up against some of these brands that are bigger or come from other countries or?

Alain MenardGUEST
When we came out, we were competing against big natural brands that, that were well established in, like, in the States and Europe and things like that.

Alain MenardGUEST
So what we would do, for example, when we came out with toothpaste, we looked at it, looked at the whole category and said, "Okay, it's always the same," you know, kind of white box with mint and spearmint.

Alain MenardGUEST
So I said, "You know what? We're gonna go with colored box, and we're gonna bring out things like, oh, zesty orange, green apple, cinnamon, cilantro mint." So then, you know, when you...

Alain MenardGUEST
I would go to retailers and you talk to the buyers say, "Yeah," 'cause I thought they'll say, "Well, I already have a natural toothpaste.
7 MINS LATER

Corwin HiebertHOST
Uh, how have you been kind of growing, navigating this landscape of D2C that's [laughs] been a little weird over the years?