You ’ve probably had that fantasy where you barge into your boss ' place and scream in their fount , " I ’m quitting this stupid job and originate a subscription boxwood caller that sells delicious international snack ! " OK , probably not the second part . But that ’s just what a couple did two eld ago when they startedUniversal Yumswith $ 2,000 and a aspiration – and now it ’s a seven - figure company .
One of the entrepreneur behind Universal Yums took to Reddit yesterdayto do an AMAabout the ups and John L. H. Down of starting their own company , which ships a shipload of different snacks from a unmarried rural area proper to your threshold every undivided calendar month ( a small box of collation is $ 14 , a large is $ 25 , andyou can sign up right here ) . It has n’t been a completely quiet drive – according to the AMA , they had to con on their feet about the due east - Department of Commerce and imported - food cosmos , how to negociate contract , and the fear that suppliers might stiff them . But enough about the business : let ’s talk snacks .
If you had signed up for the collation boxes in the retiring yr , you ’d have received tasty munchies from thePhilippines , France , Colombia , India , and Korea . Some of the more interesting snacks have been that Lychee Hi - Chew from Japan you see above , plus …
Universal Yums
McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes (UK)
Wilhelmina Peppermints (Holland)
Nestle Smarties (India)
Wawel Malaga Chocolate (Poland)
Calbee Shrimp Chips & Meiji Karl Corn Puffs (Japan)
Now if you ’ll excuse us , we ’ll be here salivating overall the UK snacksand wish we had signed up for a box in December 2015 .
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