US Highland
(OTC
Pink: UHLN) $3.5 million Equity Investment from Private
Fund
Miami, FL -- March 21, 2018 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- EmergingGrowth.com, a leading
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companies, reports on United Highland Corp. (OTC
Pink: UHLN).
United Highland (OTC
Pink: UHLN) just announced that it signed an agreement with a
private fund to receive up to a $3.5 million direct equity-based
investment.
US Highland Inc. has formed a strategic partnership
with the Denver based private investment fund, Carden Capital, LLC.
(CCAP), of which CCAP will provide an equity-based investment of up
to $3.5 million into US Highland, Inc
.
Everett Dickson, CEO of US Highland Inc. stated, “We are
excited to finalize the equity funding agreement with Carden
Capital. This will enable UHLN to execute on its plans to grow the
TRU-Food brand.”
United Highland (OTC
Pink: UHLN) also recently announced that it acquired the
health-conscious restaurant company TRU-Food Provision Co., and
that it has brought its financials up to date, removing the “stop
sign” on OTCMarkets.com.
UHLN may
not be at these levels much longer.
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Here’s why US Highland Corp. (OTC
Pink: UHLN), could turn out to be a winner in the casual health
food dining space:
The $750 billion U.S.
restaurant industry is coming to terms with the fact that healthy
eating is not a passing fad, but a fundamental shift in consumer
behavior that is here to stay. 70% of U.S. consumers say they are
influenced by the availability of healthy menu items when choosing
where to dine out, according to a 2017 industry report by the
National Restaurant Association. This underlines the mainstreaming
of healthy eating.
Retail sales of natural
and organic food in the U.S. have been on a steady uptrend since
2000, hitting $61.1 billion in 2017. This is a pointer to the
growing demand for healthy menus in both restaurants and
households.
Stronger growth ahead
Clearly, the U.S. healthy dining industry is coming of age. Some of
the publicly listed legacy fast food chains have in the recent past
attempted to establish a footing in the sector by adding healthy
options to their menus. None of them, however, are fully
commited to healthy eating as they offer a handful of healthy
options alongside a plethora of processed, sugary and greasy
foods.
This means that the public
have limited opportunities as far as profiting from public
companies that are fully committed to healthy dining is
concerned.
In line with our
established tradition of identifying undervalued emerging growth
companies and bringing them to the attention of the investment
community, EmergingGrowth.com identified one public
company that has jumped into healthy dining with both
feet.
US Highland (OTC
Pink: UHLN) has finalized agreements to
fully acquire Tru-Food Provision Co, an Atlanta,
GA headquartered fast-casual restaurant that is consolidating
its position in the healthy dining sector through rapid expansion
in Atlanta and across the south east.
The press release about
the acquisition, which is already in the public domain, indicates
that Tru-Food will expand substantially over the next 2 years,
positioning UHLN as a formidable franchise development
company.
Consequently, there is a
huge opportunity for investors to make a decent return on
investment in this space, provided they invest in companies that
are competitively positioned to corner the
market.
The real
opportunity
Overall, healthy menu
options have increased 30% in the Top 500 chain menus in recent
years, according to the Technomic 2016 Healthy Eating
Consumer Trend Report, underlining lower supply of healthy
options vis-à-vis a 70% preference from consumers as pointed out in
the beginning of the article. This undersupply is where the
opportunity lies.
Legacy publicly listed fast food brands such as McDonald’s (NYSE:
MCD), Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN) and Taco Bell (owned by
Yum! Brands, NYSE: YUM) have attempted to seize the
opportunity by adding healthy options to their menus, tempting
investors in the emerging healthy dining space to add these stocks
to their watchlist.
However, investors keen on making real returns from healthy dining
should pay little attention to the moves that legacy fast food
brands are making in this space. These are primarily public
relations tactics aimed at deflecting criticism away from the
concerns consumer advocacy groups have raised about the devastating
health effects of fatty and sugary dollar meals.
The reality is that legacy fast food brand identities are already
fixed in the minds of consumers—and they are anything but healthy.
Adding healthy options to menus only serves to increase costs and
make the menus overly complex, affecting overall business
performance.
MCD experienced this between 2010 and 2015 when its healthy options
provoked sustained criticism in the
financial press that its menu had lost focus and become overly
complex, a development that was negatively received by investors
and analysts. Today, MCD is more focused on its core menu options,
despite leaving a few healthy options on the menu ostensibly for
reputational reasons.
Clearly, if you are thinking of profiting from the growth potential
of the healthy dining market, you need to look beyond legacy fast
food chains that are adding healthy options to their menus.
The real opportunity for investors interested in the healthy dining
space is in emerging fast-casual restaurants that are solely
focused on healthy menus. In addition, they must have the right mix
of strategy and talent to navigate the challenges in an early stage
sector and achieve sustained growth.
The only challenge is that most of the emerging fast-casual healthy
menu restaurants are privately owned, meaning that information
about their operations, finances and strategy is scant and
investing in them is still largely restricted to private equity
firms.
To circumvent this challenge and present the public with an
opportunity to profit from the tremendous growth opportunity in
healthy dining, UHLN is giving its investors an opportunity to be
part of the growth story of Tru-Food, its recently acquired pure
play healthy dining chain store.
First of several acquisitions
“We are pleased to welcome Tru-Food to the UHLN family, as a first
of several acquisitions” said Everett Dickson, CEO of UHLN in a
press release. He described the deal as: “another partnership
that adds to our solid foundation for assets, while diversifying
our revenues streams, improving profitability and increasing
shareholder value. Tru-Food founder and senior management
believe it's in their best interest to become part of UHLN which
provides them the financial platform to substantially increase
their business over the next 24 months.”
The specifics of the
deal—including additional details about Tru-Food’s market roll out
plan and timelines for executing its strategy—will be officially
disclosed to the public after the company files an 8K with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
“Though I can’t delve into
the specifics at the moment, I can confidently reassure our
investors and the public that Tru-Food is ran by some of the most
reputable names in franchising, as they will soon come to
discover,” noted Mr. Dickson.
“In line with our vision
to be the foremost franchise development company, we are focusing
on niche markets such as healthy dining that are still in need of
developing but show strong growth potential. As such, talent is a
key consideration for us when selecting an acquisition target. We
work with business leaders who have sharp business acumen and an
established track record of outstanding performance in their
respective markets. Our existing and potential investors should
expect nothing less with Tru-Food,” he continued.
What this
acquisition means
By positioning itself as a pure play, Tru-Food will establish a
strong and memorable brand identity in healthy dining before the
market gets flooded with copycats. A memorable brand identity with
a clear and consistent message that resonates with the target
market is an indispensable component in the marketing strategy of
any restaurant business. Players that offer healthy menu options
alongside deep fried, calorie-laden unhealthy options are sending a
distorted brand message and making a serious strategic
blunder.
This ambitious
capital-intensive expansion plan, which has a two-year timeline,
heightens the possibility that the company is already in advanced
talks with deep-pocketed investors to shore up its coffers,
preferably through equity financing—a point Mr. Dickson said “he
would authoritatively comment on further down the
road.”
See the update announced regarding a $3.5
million equity-based funding
“For now, what I can say is that our shareholders are thrilled
following the announcement of this deal as it candidly demonstrates
our commitment to model ourselves into a successful franchise
developer,” ventured Mr. Dickson.
The CEO joined UHLN in
July 2017 after the company switched its path from motor cycle
manufacturing to franchise development. Following this critical
transition, Dickson has been proactively identifying acquisition
opportunities in order to actualize the company’s franchise
development dreams.
The deal with Tru-Food,
which comes barely a year after his entry, is a pointer to his
commitment, strong professional networks in the franchise industry,
professional competence and personal entrepreneurial grit. These
are qualities that investors should always look out for before
investing in a company operating in a dynamic and high pressure
early stage field such as healthy dining. Dickson has garnered the
right momentum to seal other acquisition deals in future, in line
with his guidance that Tru-Food is the first of many UHLN’s
acquisitions. More are in the pipeline.
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UHLN may
not be at these levels much longer.
See more on United Highland Corp. (OTC
Pink: UHLN) at EmergingGrowth.com
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United Highland Corp. (OTC
Pink: UHLN) – Stop sign gone, acquisition completed, $3.5
million equity investment announced today.
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