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Aureus
Inc. (OTC ARSN) is a food
brand development company focused on acquiring and growing well-established
food brands. ARSN seeks opportunity, and in the food sector, this is
enormous. ARSN evaluates acquisition potential and the growth that can
occur with the application of new insights. The new company agenda is in
acquiring specific assets related to the food industry, with emphasis on Micro
Markets. ARSN recent accomplishments include the completion of an
agreement with Healthy SmartMarts to rollout Micro Markets with a target of 30
locations before year end.
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On October 1st
ARSN provided a Shareholder Update from CEO Everett Dickson. This
address followed a live video interview with Mr. Dickson via Stock Investor
Daily which can be reviewed on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1N2IYUaP_0
Micro Markets
The Micro Markets
opportunity can quickly scale revenues and own retail locations, giving ARSN
the added benefit to launch new food brand products. This is a high growth
sector, with low capital requirements, quick to deploy, with low employee
count, all factors allowing rapid scaling. In fact, the number of active Micro Market
locations grew 574% from 2,642 locations in 2012 to 17,806 in 2016.
Micro Markets look and feel
like modern convenience stores while functioning with the ease and efficiency
of vending foodservice and refreshment services. They provide an improved
customer experience and greater product variety, with a proven track record of
increasing sales at vending locations while keeping labor costs down and
increasing operating efficiencies. They consist of an open rack display, reach
in coolers or/and freezers and a self-checkout. ARSN has identified a
virtually untapped market in smaller business break and lunch rooms with 50 to
300 employees. These locations are still highly profitable where, a study
conducted by Parlevel Systems showed locations with 125 employees generates on
average over $1,000 per week.
At present, there are
approximately 23,600 locations in the US, growing over 6% from the previous
year. In 2017, this segment of vending generated close to $1 billion in sales.
By 2022, it is projected there will be more than 39,000 micro market locations
in the US. The layout of a micro market can be customized to suit different
workplaces and therefore no space is wasted. They can be installed in a corner
or take up an entire room.
Locations can be deployed in
approximately 60-90 days and ARSN looks forward to growing its network
nationally. ARSN is an early adopter and expects to scale quickly to
take advantage of a current competitive advantage. While it’s too early to
project the ultimate size of the network, ARSN would expect to
eventually grow to 1,200 to 2,500 locations nationally over time.
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Yuengling's Ice
Cream:
The Yuengling's Ice Cream
brand is a high protein, light, product line. ARSN has used the recent
Covid related slowdown time to progress new flavor development and expand
on-line sales. ARSN will also seek to include Yuengling's Ice Cream in
appropriate Micro Mart locations and expects to continue to grow on-line sales
and additional retail distribution in the 1st Quarter of 2021. ARSN
owns the assets and trademarks of the Yuengling's Ice Cream brand, and the
exclusive right to market and sell the products of the brand.
ARSN has already reduced the
overall debt by nearly $500k. The company’s goal is to continue to strengthen
its financial status in the balance of 2020.
For more information on ARSN
visit: AureusNow.com
For more information on ARSN’s
Micro Markets: https://atlantamicromarketvending.com/
ARSN Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/arsn_inc
