Cherry Garcia Ice Cream Royalties - Acquisitions Anonymous Episode 113
Michael Girdley (@Girdley), Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA), and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills), talk about something a little different: We reviewed the potential purchase of royalties from Cherry Garcia ice cream, Ben and Jerry's popular ice cream flavor named after the iconic grateful founder, Jerry Garcia. We found a royalty stream too and we investigated it in depth to see if it was a good investment.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) - Introduction
(0:38) - Our sponsor is cloudbookkeeping.com
(2:05) - Deal listing & financials: Cherry Garcia Royalties
(6:23) - How does the royalties deal work
(9:36) - How does investment size impact your chance of lawyering up if things go south?
(10:45) - What could make this deal more appealing?
(16:32) - Who is your counterparty? Why hasn’t Unilever bought it?
(20:34) - What are the factors that make investments in cash flow streams good or bad?
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