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David Chait - Building a vegan brand from retail to hospitality

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Worklife Matters and host Siv Ngesi talk good food revolutionaries, today Siv chats to David Chait, founder and CEO of Okja, a plant based food and beverage business on the highs and lows of building a vegan brand from retail to hospitality and what the landscape of sustainable dairy alternatives in SA looks like?
20 Sep 2023 English Explicit South Africa Business · Business News

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