Americana Group
Americana Group faces intense competition within its industry from expanding global and international companies. Its top competitors include Starbucks Corporation, Quickfood SA, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc., and Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (Food Business Review, 2017). To increase its competitive advantage, Kuwait Food Company sold a majority of its stake, 66.79% of the stockholding to Gulf-based investment firm Adeptio for $2.35 billion. The upside of this financial transaction is that Americana will obtain additional capital for investment from the Gulf-based investment group. As perceived, subsequent to the acquisition, the net profit of Americana increased by 31% (Reuters, 2016). Moreover, Adeptio's mandatory acquisition of Americana' remaining 26.63% stake was declared complete at the start of this year (Mubasher, 2017).… Continue Reading...