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  "company": "Karat Packaging",
  "headline": "Import tariffs raised COGS $7.1M year-on-year; gross margin compressed.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Pricing Play}",
  "source_name": "The Motley Fool",
  "source_url": "https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/07/karat-packaging-krt-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Pricing Play}\n◆ STEEL · Supply-chain cost pass-through risk · Karat Packaging\n\nImport tariffs raised COGS $7.1M year-on-year; gross margin compressed.\n\nif you use imported packaging, lock in pricing now for 90 days minimum. Call your supplier today and ask for a fixed quote through Q3. Do not wait for the next order. Brands that lock in early will absorb less of the tariff increase. Those that wait will see a 15–20% line-item increase in their next bill. Simultaneously, audit your packaging spec: can you reduce material without losing shelf presence? A 10% lighter substrate might offset 40% of the tariff hit. Ask your supplier for a 'tariff-resilient' spec — same look, lighter material, lower cost. Document the new spec before you lock the quote.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Pricing Play}\n◆ STEEL · Supply-chain cost pass-through risk · Karat Packaging\n\nImport tariffs raised COGS $7.1M year-on-year; gross margin compressed.\n\nif you use imported packaging, lock in pricing now for 90 days minimum. Call your supplier today and ask for a fixed quote through Q3. Do not wait for the next order. Brands that lock in early will absorb less of the tariff increase. Those that wait will see a 15–20% line-item increase in their next bill. Simultaneously, audit your packaging spec: can you reduce material without losing shelf presence? A 10% lighter substrate might offset 40% of the tariff hit. Ask your supplier for a 'tariff-resilient' spec — same look, lighter material, lower cost. Document the new spec before you lock the quote.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Pricing Play}\n◆ STEEL · Supply-chain cost pass-through risk · Karat Packaging\n\nImport tariffs raised COGS $7.1M year-on-year; gross margin compressed.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/karat-packaging-2026-06-18t12-5",
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      "title": "Import tariffs raised COGS $7.1M year-on-year; gross margin compressed.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nPer Karat Packaging's Q1 2026 earnings transcript, cost of goods sold rose 20%, with import tariffs and duties increasing from $3.4 million to $10.5 million, pressuring gross and EBITDA margins.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you use imported packaging, lock in pricing now for 90 days minimum. Call your supplier today and ask for a fixed quote through Q3. Do not wait for the next order. Brands that lock in early will absorb less of the tariff increase. Those that wait will see a 15–20% line-item increase in their next bill. Simultaneously, audit your packaging spec: can you reduce material without losing shelf presence? A 10% lighter substrate might offset 40% of the tariff hit. Ask your supplier for a 'tariff-resilient' spec — same look, lighter material, lower cost. Document the new spec before you lock the quote.\nWhat that means for you: if you use imported packaging, lock in pricing now for 90 days minimum. Call your supplier today and ask for a fixed quote through Q3. Do not wait for the next order. Brands that lock in early will absorb less of the tariff increase. Those that wait will see a 15–20% line-item increase in their next bill. Simultaneously, audit your packaging spec: can you reduce material without losing shelf presence? A 10% lighter substrate might offset 40% of the tariff hit. Ask your supplier for a 'tariff-resilient' spec — same look, lighter material, lower cost. Document the new spec before you lock the quote.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — The Motley Fool: https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/07/karat-packaging-krt-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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