04/24/2025
Epicure went bankrupt. The FAILED CEO who jumped ship almost a year prior to bankruptcy has purchased the company for pennies on the dollar & she will be starting the company up again. She screwed over everyone —staff, consultants— by tanking the company. She cos-played as CEO by NOT DISCLOSING her stepping down and continually posting her usual motivational videos, training, etc, making us think it was business as usual & she was in charge. Now, she’s swooped in to buy Epicure & inevitably she will tank that too.
Us consultants are NOT supporting her due to her CONSCIOUS CHOICE to not tell us about the bankruptcy. THOUSANDS of Consultants are owed commission but we got LOCKED OUT without warning —meaning we have no proof of what we were owed. We can’t prove what our commission amount is, and/or what pay we are owed, and what free product credit we were owed.
What Ameila did was beyond cruel & deceitful. Many people relied on their Epicure income and instead of doing the ethical thing and letting people get a chance to leave, she put her profits over her people. Mamy other companies tell their staff, like Ricki’s/ Cleo clothing company most recently.
This was a family business —her & her mom built, and they pretended to be a family-oriented business catering to families, but when push came to shove, she proved that family means nothing to her. She also pretended to be a women’s advocate & small-business advocate but both of those were clearly also just a facade to get us to rally behind her.
Please do NOT support her new venture. There are other Gluten Free companies out there, and there will be more to come out of this. For me, there is principle involved in this decision to not support her. Screwing people over should never mean you’re rewarded. I will let you all know about my future ventures. I have signed up for another company to represent BUT I’m deciding if I will sell or not. I want to wait until they bring their Gluten Free products out & try them for myself. I’m not going to sell for the sake of it. I’ll keep you all posted.
-Sarah