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1 total messages Started by tblmqvti Fri, 24 Dec 1999 00:00
Undiscovered Gem...
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Author: tblmqvti
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 00:00
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Can anyone identify the following company based on the clues below:

1. They have the rights to create and market a line of confection snacks bearing the name and
logo of "The Wizard of Oz" and have received large orders from the likes of Wal-Mart. 

2. They are currently offering the first low-fat alternative in the $1 billion peanut butter category
(a 1% market share would be $10,000,000 in revenues for those slow on the math side).
The company has announced shipments of the product to Vons Supermarkets, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Safeway Inc. 

3. The company has built a distribution network and many of their top brokers also represent
such companies as Con Agra, Clorox, Ocean Spray, Hershey's, M&M Mars, along with a host
of others. 

4. The marketing team they hired to develop their brand strategy for "Peanut Squeeze" also
developed and executed the marketing communications plan for the "Balance Bar" which resulted
in annual revenue growth from $1.5 million to $80 million in a 3 year time period.

5. It's less than .50 a share.

Figure it out? Didn't expect anyone would.

You can answer that question by simply reading recent press releases on the company by
typing in the stock symbol VRFT in Yahoo Stock Quotes! I think you'll be surprised by what
you find.

Also, there is a wealth of information available at www.vrftinfo.com. 

You may want to put the symbol VRFT in your fantasy portfolio and watch for developments.  
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