Two Brothers with a Dream, a Dog, and Their Grandmother’s Secret Recipe File for Bankruptcy

By Chris Deakin

March 1, 2015

The people: two simple college roommate brother twins. The ingredients: a cooler of berries, a labradoodle named Chuck, and a commitment to good natural flavors. The result: a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing after three months of negative cash flow and declining investor confidence.

“We knew from the start that it was just us against the world—just us, as well as our hand-tossed cabin-aged craft-process, our momma’s and papa’s immigrant wisdoms, and our shaggy bear-animal dog.” said Guy Somers, the blonde one. “And sometimes, the world wins.”

The brothers started their business with a hand-found mimeograph machine and three rusty cups out of a humble boathouse in their hometown of Oxford, AL. When business picked up, they moved to the humble abandoned radio station where their grandfather first introduced rock n’ roll to the good people of Allison, CA, a humble seaside village just forty-eight miles from the Bay Area. Now, in order to service their overwhelming debt, the brothers will be forced to refinance and liquidate their humble assets.

These assets include the old diary their grandmother left them, the first wheels that fell off their first delivery soapbox racer, and, of course, a whole lot of love, collectively valued at around $12,000.

“We grew up in a real family, so you might say we have a soft spot for simple time-honored furniture, practical, air-born soap that cleans your hands and your soul, and traditionalist homespun hand-touched bookkeeping practices,” said Ty Somers, with brown hair. “We really hoped they wouldn’t make us liquidate Chuck.”

The loss of the company also means unemployment for relationship artisan and botanist Karen, brand artisan and younger brother Bryan, and 1500 full-time assembly-line artisans who have already been hand-deported.

The brothers plan to return to their roots in Detroit, OK as family-boys and iron-smiths, where they might suddenly get a crazy thought in their head about a great way to smith candy instead. Until then, they’ll keep living honestly, praying the family prayers, and training pets to crack wise.