How to Built a Lobster Empire?

Lobsters Video - How Two Guys Built a Lobster Empire

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Brian mcgovern.

You are the lobster dies.

Yes.

Jordan, i have to start with you.

How did you become the lobster guy?

Very random.

Eight years ago -- you were staring out the window?

Probably was lunch.

You could not get a lobster roll in the town where i was working.

What were you doing?

I was doing retail.

Ok.

it evolved into something more serious.

At a couple trips to maine, and we realized there was a way to make money bringing the lobster's down and selling them to restaurants.

Ryan, when you put this together -- brian, when you put this together, did you think it would really happen?

It is one thing to have a lobster roll for lunch, but to have a business?

The next day we drove back down, found a warehouse in queens and found a couple guys to help us start building our first system.

What does a lobster distributor system involved?

What are some of the pieces?

I know you got up at what time today, 2:00 a.m.? we got up late today.

First are the tanks.

We need a place to hold all of the supplies.

Our first warehouse, we had -- about 5000 pounds of live lobster.

We recently moved because the business grew so much.

Now we have tanks that can hold 60,000 pounds at a time.

60,000 pounds?

Jordan, you are doing sales of 10 million, 2 million pounds of lobster last year.

Where are you getting all of this?

Is it all from maine?

It is all from maine.

We are proud of that.

You get up at what time in the morning?

2:00, 2:30. ok, and what happens?

The both to the driving.

How long is the trip for you?

Round-trip, 10 or 11 hours.

What is the lobster situation like?

Is it plentiful?

There is a lot now, and that is the result of overfishing.

Overfishing cod, and that is lobster's biggest creditor.

How many votes do you have giving you this -- these lobsters?

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