Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 11

214 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 11 PREFERRED VENDORS/ PARTNERS n Reagle Insurance www.reagleins.com n GMP Nutraceuticals Inc. www.gmp-nutraceuticals.com juice bars worldwide – all of these are proven concepts, and all of our customers are successful. So to brand our own concept under the swiig name and offer that to the world in a unique concept I think could revolutionize the juice bar industry.” For Hocker, taking more risk and expanding vertically is at the top of his list. “One thing that the pandemic has opened our eyes to is the need to have control over manufacturing,” he explains. “There’s been shortages, there’s been labor issues and supply chain breakdowns that are worldwide. We want to take a little more of our future in our own hands and I foresee that happening. We’ve stayed diligent through all this. We sat down and worked towards getting better and now everybody’s got to catch up with us.”