Louis Del Giudice

You know what one of the best kept trade secrets is? And everybody thinks Coke. And I'm like, well, Thomas's English muffins, which we've all grown up on, there's only 10 people in the world that know how to make a Thomas's English muffin. And people go, what?

You know what one of the best kept trade secrets is? And everybody thinks Coke. And I'm like, well, Thomas's English muffins, which we've all grown up on, there's only 10 people in the world that know how to make a Thomas's English muffin. And people go, what?

Executive officer. He's in charge of the entire West Coast United States. And he's privy to all this information, all the recipe books and all of this other financial information and efficiencies. He has to sign a nondisclosure agreement, but that nondisclosure agreement is only while he's employed.

Executive officer. He's in charge of the entire West Coast United States. And he's privy to all this information, all the recipe books and all of this other financial information and efficiencies. He has to sign a nondisclosure agreement, but that nondisclosure agreement is only while he's employed.

He had said that they had done some cost cutting and some head cutting, so that sort of left a bad taste in his mouth. It sounded like from the one email that's attached to the complaint that maybe he had a little bit of friction with his manager, you know, the guy above him.

He had said that they had done some cost cutting and some head cutting, so that sort of left a bad taste in his mouth. It sounded like from the one email that's attached to the complaint that maybe he had a little bit of friction with his manager, you know, the guy above him.

He's just like, you know, there's a line that literally says, you know, you and I may not have always seen eye to eye, but we've always known what was best for the company. So when you read that, you know, that's a polite way of saying, you and I used to fight a lot.

He's just like, you know, there's a line that literally says, you know, you and I may not have always seen eye to eye, but we've always known what was best for the company. So when you read that, you know, that's a polite way of saying, you and I used to fight a lot.

So now he's sitting all through Q4, at his role with Thomas's, getting all the Q4 information, all the look forward information for the next year, all the financials, on top of all the other knowledge he had.

So now he's sitting all through Q4, at his role with Thomas's, getting all the Q4 information, all the look forward information for the next year, all the financials, on top of all the other knowledge he had.

Oh, I need COBRA, meaning like that's code word for like I'm going to retire almost, right? But then Hostess puts out a press release. They find out from a Hostess press release that he's going to work in the next two days for Hostess. And Bimbo's like, oh shit. We've got this 75-year-old plus secret of how to bake Thomas' English muffins. It's a half a billion dollar product, and he knows it.

Oh, I need COBRA, meaning like that's code word for like I'm going to retire almost, right? But then Hostess puts out a press release. They find out from a Hostess press release that he's going to work in the next two days for Hostess. And Bimbo's like, oh shit. We've got this 75-year-old plus secret of how to bake Thomas' English muffins. It's a half a billion dollar product, and he knows it.

No, no, you weren't retiring. You were going to the hated competitor.

No, no, you weren't retiring. You were going to the hated competitor.

He got to a certain point where he knew too much, and now he's iced out.

He got to a certain point where he knew too much, and now he's iced out.

Because a trade secret will be the only way to stop somebody if you really think they're taking something that's proprietary to your company someplace else. Because a non-compete's not going to really be in play.

Because a trade secret will be the only way to stop somebody if you really think they're taking something that's proprietary to your company someplace else. Because a non-compete's not going to really be in play.

He knows nothing about what's going on. He gets a slice of paper that's, you know, this emergency order on top of his desk that says, we need you to act now and we need you to stop somebody from getting a job, right? That's a pretty tall order to ask a judge to do. And the judge looks at it and says, Thomas's English muffins. Oh, the nooks and crannies.

He knows nothing about what's going on. He gets a slice of paper that's, you know, this emergency order on top of his desk that says, we need you to act now and we need you to stop somebody from getting a job, right? That's a pretty tall order to ask a judge to do. And the judge looks at it and says, Thomas's English muffins. Oh, the nooks and crannies.