RE:Independent Assessment- Changes Needed
Great post and thanks for sharing! I agree in general, and we all have our reasons why we're here and continue to hold this company. Despite what you read here, the shareholders of this company are in general very sophisticated individuals who understand finance and capital structures.
I agree with the idea to create value in the market, as I think a lot of concern is mounting regarding the burgeoning biomass in the sector. Now CAN they create value? I am not sure, I see this as difficult to imagine because Sales growth has been more or less stagnant, not at all keeping up with peers. People will absolutely not buy garbage, what gives me hope is that actually the product reviews for symbl have been good, and they have been taking market share by lowering margins, which I generally agree with. What is needed is greater product formats, and an aggressive push to obtain supplly agreements, something that everyone else has done ages ago. Also, what we need is to attract investors, not by marketing but by having a few knockout news feeds that actually differentiate us. The news of the deal with J&J was one, shoppers was another, we need things like that and traction in investors eyes is going to come from working with established companies not from piddly diddy ops with One Plant. Investors can smell BS a mile away, and when you have Canadian Tony soprano with his gold chains running the company it doesn't exactly inspire trust.
What I do like about this company is that they are conservative financially, and say what you will but while everyone else has been burning through shareholder capital aleafia has done a good job of reducing costs (which continue to decline QoQ). This is a war of attrition, and also of differentiation. I also like how they are verticallyl integrated despite being so Lean. Benic's focus on logistics is appreciated here, and if you go through history the biggest drug smugglers have had a grocery store logistics background.