A close relationship with a single supplier can be a wonderful thing, but if problems arise, it can make for a really sweaty situation. Just ask Huy Fong, the maker of Sriracha hot sauce.

和单一供应商保持良好关系是一件美好的事，但如果出了问题，也会造成一些尴尬的情况。不信你问问Sriracha辣酱的制造者汇丰。

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They’ve made their fiery hot sauce exclusively from red jalapeno peppers…

他们的辣酱完全采用red jalapeno peppers来制作

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…grown at their long-time partner Underwood Ranches. However, there’s been trouble in paradise.

这些胡椒种植在他们长期合作的安德伍德牧场。然而，天堂也会出现麻烦。

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Huy Fong and Underwood Ranches were battling out a multi-million dollar lawsuit that was just settled in court last week. Both companies claimed that the other company owes them money due to a mess of partly oral, written, and established practice contracts. Yikes.

汇丰和安德伍德牧场刚结束一个上周才解决的涉及数百万美元的诉讼。凭借大量口头、书面和约定俗成的合同，两家企业都宣称对方欠自己一笔钱。

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The dispute led to Huy Fong suddenly dropping Underwood’s peppers from their signature sauce in 2017. However, they haven’t really notified customers about the switch and secretly started to make their sauce from an unidentified new supplier.

这场纠纷导致汇丰在2017年立即减少了来自安德伍德的胡椒采购量。然而，他们并没有正式通知客户关于这一转变的事情，并且开始秘密地从另一不知名的新供应商那进口，用以制作辣酱。

Adding fuel to the fire (or extra capsaicin to the bottle), after suddenly having no income and 1,700 acres to use, Underwood Ranches launched their own lineup of hot sauces made with their signature peppers and attacked Huy Fong with a rather incendiary statement.

火上浇油的是，在突然间没有收入、只有1700英亩土地可使用的安德伍德牧场，推出了他们自制的辣酱，并且用相当煽动性的言论对汇丰“开战“。

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The court system has sided with Underwood, although an appeal is very likely. The damages? The Los Angeles Superior Court awarded Underwood Farms a hot $23.3 million dollars for their financial losses and punitive damages. Ouch.

法院站在安德伍德这一边，尽管上诉的可能性很大。损失有多大呢？洛杉矶高级法院判给安德伍德农场2330万美元，以赔偿他们的经济损失。

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Does anyone have some vintage pre-breakup bottles of Sriracha laying around? We’d love to do a side-by-side comparison to see if we can tell the difference.

谁有一些即将破产的老式的Sriracha瓶子，可以摆成一排？我们很乐意去做做比较来看看是否有什么不同。

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