FRED, KEVIN, GREGORY, CHRISTINA, and RUTHIE are all in the executive boardroom.
FRED
Thank you everyone for coming to this meeting.
RUTHIE
Just curious, are you ever not thankful that we’re coming? Or is it just something you always say?
FRED
Yes. Now, I’d like to start this meeting off with us all giving ourselves a pat on the back for the SOKE Bar!
FRED starts to give himself a pat on the back.
GREGORY
Um…I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
FRED
Why not? We’re allowed to congratulate ourselves every now and again.
GREGORY
I talked to the factory workers about making the SOKE Bar and they told me we’re having supply chain issues getting enough chocolate to the factory to launch a new chocolate bar.
FRED
Supply chain issues?! Why does nobody want to work anymore?!
GREGORY
Could be something to do with how our previous CEO treated the workers. Just a thought.
FRED
Oh that. Right. So um, no new chocolate bar launch then?
KEVIN
Instead of using all cocoa, we could use some chemicals so that it still tastes like chocolate but we don’t have to use up as much cocoa.
FRED
Once again, we simply don’t have access to all those chemicals.
CHRISTINA
And it’d be a nightmare if it got out that we’re using chemicals. Who knows which factory worker will leak it to the press.
FRED
It’d be right on the ingredients label.
CHRISTINA
Nobody reads those.
RUTHIE
You know, maybe chocolate in the summer isn’t the best idea anyway. That stuff tends to melt fast.
FRED
True. Ruthie might be onto something.
KEVIN
Yeah, we got plenty of sugar, we could just make some sugar candy with tons of water in it when you bite into it.
FRED
I like it. But the most important question of it: Do we have enough artificial coloring to do that?
KEVIN
That is absolutely not an issue.
FRED
So it’s official, the SOKE Bar is now candy that gives you cavities, not chocolate!
CHRISTINA
Highly doubt it can be a bar though.
FRED
SOKE Munch?
RUTHIE
Good as anything else I guess.
KEVIN
I’ll tell the factory workers. Not even kidding, we can get this thing packaged in a week.
CHRISTINA
Really?! Now we just need a celebrity to promote this thing.
FRED
Everyone, come up with a list of celebrities you think can help us out. We’ll discuss at our next meeting.