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How a Local Cheese Shop Used a Mystery Box to Beat the Supermarkets
Episode 99 of Small Business Success with Fexingo dives into the story of The Curd Nerd, a 400-square-foot cheese shop in Portland, Oregon, that used a weekly Mystery Box subscription to build a $1.2 million annual revenue stream and beat supermarket competition. Lucas and Luna break down how owner Jenna Voss created scarcity, built a waitlist of 800 subscribers, and used a rotating mix of obscure European cheeses and local artisan crackers to keep churn below 5 percent. They discuss the economics of mystery boxes, including how the shop achieved a 62 percent gross margin while supermarkets…
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