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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 5 - Related Party Transactions

 

Joseph Epstein Foods

 

On March 1, 2010, the Company entered into a five year agreement with Joseph Epstein Foods (the “Manufacturer”) who is a related party. The Manufacturer is co-owned by the CEO and President of the Company. The Company analyzed the relationship with the Manufacturer to determine if the Manufacturer is a variable interest entity as defined by FASB ASC 810 “Consolidation”. Based on this analysis, the Company has determined that the Manufacturer is a variable interest entity but the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity and therefore consolidation is not required. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company grants to the Manufacturer a revocable license to use the Company’s recipes, formulas, methods and ingredients for the preparation and production of Company’s products, for manufacturing the Company’s product and all future improvements, modifications, substitutions and replacements developed by the Company. The Manufacturer in turn grants the Company the exclusive right to purchase the product. Under the terms of the agreement the Manufacturer agrees to manufacture, package, and store the Company’s products and the Company has the right to purchase products from one or more other manufacturers, distributors or suppliers. The agreement contains a perpetual automatic renewal clause for a period of one year after the expiration of the initial term. During the renewal period either party may cancel the contract with written notice nine months prior to the termination date.

 

Under the terms of the agreement if the Company specifies any change in packaging or shipping materials which results in the manufacturer incurring increased expense for packaging and shipping materials or in the Manufacturer being unable to utilize obsolete packaging or shipping materials in ordinary packaging or shipping, the Company agrees to pay as additional product cost the additional cost for packaging and shipping materials and to purchase at cost such obsolete packaging and shipping materials. If the Company requests any repackaging of the product, other than due to defects in the original packaging, the Company will reimburse the Manufacturer for any labor costs incurred in repackaging. Per the agreement, all product delivery shipping costs are the expense of the Company. The Company agreed with the Manufacturer at the end of the last fiscal year that Company would purchase a minimum of $933,000 of product each month and that any amount below that sum would be a charge of 12% of that shortfall each month. In return, the Manufacturer obligated itself to offer the Company competitive prices and would not co-pack for other suppliers and would either maintain or lower its payable to the Company each quarter. In addition, the Manufacturer agreed to rebate the Company any overage of gross margin above 12% each month.

 

In addition, the Company made several unsecured loans to the Manufacturer during 2013. The loan to the Manufacturer is unsecured, does not bear interest and is due on demand.

 

From time to time the Company will make improvements to the Manufacturer’s facility. The improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated useful life.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company purchased inventory of $2,158,549 and $2,239,079 respectively, from the Manufacturer. During the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company purchased inventory of $6,208,179 and $5,932,588, respectively, from the Manufacturer.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Manufacturer incurred expenses of $6,000 and $12,000, respectively, on behalf of the Company for shared administrative expenses and salary expenses. During the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Manufacturer incurred expenses of $18,000 and $36,000, respectively, on behalf of the Company for shared administrative expenses and salary expenses.

 

At October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the amount due from the Manufacturer is $2,099,785 and $2,213,037, respectively.

 

Meatball Obsession, LLC

 

A current director of the Company is the chairman of the board and shareholder of Meatball Obsession LLC (“MO”).

 

For the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company generated approximately $27,560 and $44,831 in revenues from MO, respectively. For the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company generated approximately $59,496 and $88,874 in revenues from MO, respectively.

 

As of October 31, 2015 and January 31, 2015, the Company had a receivable of $16,880 and $6,768 due from MO, respectively.

 

WWS, Inc.

 

A current director of the Company is the president of WWS, Inc.

 

For the three months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded $12,000 and $12,000 in commission expense from WWS, Inc. generated sales, respectively. For the nine months ended October 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded $36,000 and $36,000 in commission expense from WWS, Inc. generated sales, respectively.

 

Notes Payable

 

During the nine months ended October 31, 2015, the Company received aggregate proceeds of $125,000 from notes payable with a related party. The notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum and mature on December 31, 2016. As of October 31, 2015, the outstanding principal balance of the notes was $125,000.