Why this pet food startup built their own factory instead of outsourcing

we have a very strong competitive moat within the cable product line. And and what I mean by that is we vertically integrated the entire business, and we built our own factory. Right? So you can't make Unkibble or in a commissary kitchen. The fresh frozen recipes, you can. There's actually been a lot of market entrants with with the fresh frozen, that product format. You know, with UmKibble, you know, we have a a very proprietary fresh dry process. You know, physics degree to operate the equipment. The equipment takes years to to purchase given long lead times. There aren't many OEMs actually creating equipment that we use in our facility, and verticalizing