06/04/2026
𝐀 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞: “𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭?” 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.
The truth is, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.
I take tremendous pride in 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 and in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. At the end of the day, those are two things nobody can take away from you. Your name is your reputation, your work ethic, your character, and how you treat people.
That’s why you’ll find 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭. When you book That Soda Pop Shop, you’re getting me, my family, and the people who helped build this business from the ground up.
We are intentionally 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, and that personal connection is something I never want to lose.
Could we hire staff? Could we open a storefront? Absolutely.
But 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 has never been the goal.
The goal is to provide 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭, and 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 every single time.
So yes, there may be times when the line is a little longer than people would like. I understand that.
But 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲.
𝐈’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐲.
Maybe one day we’ll grow into something bigger. Maybe we won’t.
But if we do, it’ll be because we can maintain 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 that got us here in the first place.
❤️🥤 That Soda Pop Shop isn’t just a business to me. It’s my name, my family, my reputation, and a reflection of the values I bring to everything I do. 📸
