Going Mobile
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- Aug 24, 2009
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I started watching the video but then got sidetracked. I work for a company that recently got bought by a priveate investment firm Roark Capital. Roark owns mulitple franchises like Baskin-Robbins, Arby's, Jamba, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’ ... you get the idea. I don't necessarily care whether they are getting their "ingredients" from the same supplier(s), but I do care how their products taste.
The same goes for the detailing products I use. I care more that a product does what it's supposed to do, than I do about who blended it for them. I have always assumed that most "companies" selling detailing chemicals don't have or can't afford the facilities to acquire, store and blend chemicals. If they don't, then someone has to be doing it for them. And there is where I start to fall down the rabbit hole.
If the same parent company owns four detailing companies or a blender is making say a new instant ceramic detailer for 4 different "labels," what is the difference between the four? Color, scent, did they change one of the chemicals by 1 or 2%? Does that really make the new detailer a world beater? Are they sharing the exact same formula between brands? I'm skeptical. Then there's the YT influencer who comes out with his own line. What qualifies him to put out a good product? Is he a chemist, in the detailing field or did he just walk into a blender, throw down some cash and say "make me an instant ceramic detailer that smells good? I need to stop, too much caffine...
