15/09/2026
I’m trying to build the drinks challenger brand that can never be sold.
Sounds like a terrible business idea.
That’s partly the point.
Following the Footprints have just published an interview with me about why we built Evrythng around a few fairly unusual rules:
→ no for-profit investors
→ no dividends
→ capped salaries
→ open accounts
→ the business can never be sold
→ 100% of the profit goes to climate and nature restoration
We’re trying to work out whether you can build a successful FMCG business without making the eventual extraction of wealth its ultimate purpose.
We also get into reusable packaging, why I think the drinks industry needs a proper reuse-based deposit system, what I miss about 2012 craft b**r, and why the UK drinks trade could learn something from America’s approach to “pay to play”.
And, inevitably, there’s a Trashcan Daiquiri.
Thanks to Laura Matz and Following the Footprints for letting me rant.
Full interview in profile