Old World Popcorn is a growing product line for [1] on Amazon, having gone from a dead stop to approximately $6,000/month in sales as of October 2025. While current inventory is healthy, lead times for production and shipping require proactive planning to avoid future stockouts.
As of the [2], Old World Popcorn inventory is solid at greater than 3 months of supply on hand. This is not an immediate concern, but the lead time for the next production run makes early planning essential.
Notably, white Old World Popcorn is outselling yellow — consistent with a broader pattern observed across Doodla's popcorn SKUs.
The production cycle for Old World Popcorn is long enough that planning must begin well in advance:
This means the effective lead time from initiating a production run to having inventory available on Amazon is 2–3 months. With 3+ months of current stock, the window to begin planning is now — not when stock runs low.
Customer complaints about the current bags are an open issue that must be resolved before the next production run. The next run should use new, improved bags to address these complaints. This is a prerequisite for the next order, not an afterthought.
Karly initiated contact with Lucy (the production contact) on 2025-11-03 to begin scoping the next run and confirm the status of bag sourcing.