Demand pull is outrunning the plan for one still-small offering, and the company is visibly re-pointing itself at it
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes an identifiable offering with both: (1) customer response running ahead of what company prepared for, and (2) company responding now by putting more behind it. The offering must be small relative to total business. Scan transcript for such descriptions. Management discusses various products: SHRED, Edison, JOLTS, gummies, international shipments, etc. Look for explicit statements about demand exceeding preparation and current expansion. Key points: International business - they mention shipments, but not that demand exceeded preparation. They talk about capacity expansion at Moncton (4C) which is for overall capacity, not specifically for a small offering. They mention SHRED-X vapes gaining position, but no mention of demand ahead of plan. They mention Tremblant hash expansion to provinces, but not that demand exceeded preparation. They mention Laurentian expansion, but that's about capacity build-out, not demand ahead. Look for phrases like "exceeded our expectations", "running ahead", "more than we anticipated", "demand outstripping supply". They said "our demand was outstripping our supply" in context of international? Actually they said "we have been really tight on our supply. Our demand was outstripping our supply." That was in response to international question, but that's about overall supply, not a specific small offering. Also they mention "we had limited available flower, we limited how many markets we were selling SHRED" - that's about distribution constraints, but not necessarily demand ahead of plan? They are expanding distribution now, but that's because they have more capacity, not because demand exceeded preparation? Actually they said "we were stealing from 1 pocket to the other" - that suggests they had to allocate limited supply, but that's about overall business. Check for specific offering: Maybe the CBN gummies? No. Maybe the JOLTS? They added flavors, but no mention of demand ahead. The question asks for an offering that is still a clearly smaller part of the company's overall results today. International business is small relative to total? They had $1.3M shipments, then $1.8M, $3.3M - but that's still small. But did they say demand exceeded preparation? They said "we expect to make further international shipments" - that's future.
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