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Subject category: Marketing
Published by: Cranfield School of Management
Published in: 1996
Length: 6 pages
Data source: Field research

Abstract

This is the third of a three-case series (596-025-1, 596-026-1 and 596-027-1). The acquisition of Foodlines, after an inadequate due diligence period, results in receivership for the company, the break-up of the founding partnership, and the re-creation of Goldsmiths (Northern) Ltd, as one of the founders buys assets from the receiver and re-creates a sounder food distribution business in the north of England.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
GBP1 million turnover
Other setting(s):
1988-1995

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Abstract

This is the third of a three-case series (596-025-1, 596-026-1 and 596-027-1). The acquisition of Foodlines, after an inadequate due diligence period, results in receivership for the company, the break-up of the founding partnership, and the re-creation of Goldsmiths (Northern) Ltd, as one of the founders buys assets from the receiver and re-creates a sounder food distribution business in the north of England.

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Location:
Industry:
Size:
GBP1 million turnover
Other setting(s):
1988-1995

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