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Case 1 ABB in China: 1998The company's Web site is fairly extensive and includes links by industry, product, service, and country. You may, however, need to specify the language (Chinese or English) once you reach the link to China.
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| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Amazon | The mother of all online bookstores. Okay, they also sell music, videos, beauty aids, software, hardware, housewares… Yes, we located even the kitchen sink (a "Federal Stainless Steel Sink AMD2522" at Amazon's auction site. The prices at their rare books section seemed more in line with the prices at ABE (and you can sell your own rare books at Amazon's auction site as well). | |
| Chapters | Canada's own online book superstore: books, music, videos-no kitchen sink. Chapters.Indigo.ca does have a rare and out-of-print section, but we could not find the book we were looking for. | |
| BookPriceCompare | A short list of discount prices. You'll find no rare and used books here, but you will save a great deal on current editions. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Independent Online
Bookselle |
IOB represents numerous independent online booksellers. Check out the membership directory to see the number of dealers that are associated with Advanced Book Exchange. | |
| Online
College bookstor |
For fun, pick a college and see what's available online. Great place to start a memorabilia collection. | |
This is the South African government's central Web site. The Department of Health's Web site contains a great deal of detail on the AIDS epidemic.
| AIDS Drug Producers | ||
| Glaxo- SmithKlin |
One of a number of AIDS drug sellers. Lots of Canadian content too. Check out the range of company links via a search. | |
| Merck | Another AIDS drug producer. Plenty of well-organized AIDS links along with some discussion of South Africa. | |
| Roche | One more AIDS drug producer. There is some AIDS information on the site. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Commonly
used AIDS Medicatio |
An unbelievable amount of AIDS information. You'll find a lot of links on this page. | |
| AIDS
medications with pric |
Bruce Barnes' Web page is very close to the disease Web page. Prices and impacts of the drugs are detailed if you scroll down the page. | |
The company has no Web site. Their presence on the Web is via a basic e-mail address.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Compańia Licorera de Nicaragua |
This company has the power to be a substantial competitor for ALDECA. Through partnerships and ownership of some subsidiaries in the Pellas Group, this company's power could be significant. | |
| Casa
Pellas (Nicaragu |
This is the Pellas Group liquor page. The page includes some description of the company's Aguardientes (in Spanish). | |
| Licores
Veracruz / Mexcor (Mexico |
The Mexican Aguardientes is made a bit differently. The site gives you some idea of how one producer is trying to re-position the product. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Some
product informati |
Some basic information on Aguardiente. The one described here is from Columbia. | |
| A
selection of Aguardien |
Though you may not have heard of Aguardiente before, there is a wide range of products to choose from. This site gives you some of idea of the wide array of Aguardientes available. | |
The mother of all online bookstores. Okay, they also sell music, videos, beauty aids, software, hardware, housewares… Yes, we located even the kitchen sink at Amazon's auction site.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Barnes & Noble | Barnes and Noble is one of the select group of mega bookstores promising "millions of titles" (books, videos, music, etc.) online. No kitchen sinks. | |
| Chapters | Canada's own online book superstore: books, music, videos-no kitchen sink. However, Chapters.Indigo.ca does have a good Canadian focus. | |
| CD Now | If there were a band named "Kitchen Sink," CD Now would have a recording from them. This is the mother of all online CD dealers. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Independent Online
Booksellers |
IOB represents numerous independent online booksellers. | |
| Online
College bookstor |
For fun, pick a college and see what's available online. Great place to start a memorabilia collection. | |
The site goes beyond hockey. Pick your sport (hockey, roller hockey, softball, basketball) and pick your Asian country (Hong Kong, the Philippines, Mongolia, Taiwan).
| Substitute Activities in the Company's Home Market | ||
| Hong Kong Amateur Basketball |
Statistics, photos, and upcoming events are included on this page. | |
| HK
Amateur Athletic Assoc. |
Start running! HKAAA sponsors long distance runs. Though not a direct competitor for Asiasports, HKAAA does compete for people's time and participation. | |
| Hong Kong
Ultima |
HKU notes, "When a ball dreams, it dreams it's a Frisbee." To find out more on this participant sport, go to the site. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Yahoo
Hong Kong Sports News |
For a general feel for sports in Hong Kong, this page may be of some assistance. | |
| South China Morning Post |
For a more general view of the local macro environment, this page may be of assistance. | |
The company's Web site (available in English or Finnish) shows the diversity of the company beyond Benecol. There are links to Raisio's Paper Chemicals, Foods, Animal Feeds, and Malt Divisions. Because of the amount of business the Malt Division does in Russia, the Malt site is available in English and Russian.
The link to the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) provides a special insight into a company's mission as embodied in their credo. The proposed North American partner for Raisio is the J&J subsidiary is McNeil.
Benecol has its own Web site. Don't all the people pictured look very
healthy?
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Forbes
Medi-Tech |
This is the Canadian entrant in this field. They also have a good set of links to better explain nutraceuticals or functional foods. | |
| Cargill | Not only does Cargill compete with Raisio in malt production, but it produces a great number of oil products. To see an absolutely artery-clogging array of the oils they produce, go to their oils Web page. Cargill also had an agreement with Forbes Medi-Tech to investigate use of their product as a nutraceutical. | |
| Unilever | The enormous Dutch/English conglomerate has its beginnings in the margarine business. Today Unilever's cholesterol-lowering spread Flora/Becel pro.activ is their entry into products with natural plant sterols. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| About
Sterol and Stanol Este |
The Institute of Food Science and Technology's Hot Topics #29: Phytosterol Esters (Plant Sterol and Stanol Esters). | |
| Nutraceuticals
World |
Learn more about nutraceuticals, or functional foods, at this industry Web site. | |
Need to get somewhere? People-mover Bombardier will take you there: on rails, over snow, through all terrain, on water, or in the sky. (OK, they haven't gotten into spacecraft or submarines-at least not yet.)
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Embraer | Bombardier's main competitor's company Web site provides a fairly good background on the firm. Embraer's product range most closely matches Bombardier's aircraft. The site also has downloadable pictures and a screensaver (which is not worth the download time-at whatever your connect speed). | |
| Fairchild Dornier | Fairchild Dornier products overlap with Bombardier products at the smaller end of Bombardier's product range (Dornier 328s and Dash 8 Q100s both carry thirty-some passengers). Fairchild Dornier also makes subassemblies for Airbus. | |
| British Aerospace | BAE Systems builds 70- to 128-passenger jets. To see the details of their RJ series, visit their Web page. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Airliner World | Keep current with the industry with this airline trade magazine. | |
| Airliners Net | A big collection of airliner pictures. This is just a basic information page. | |
Cobblers often have holes in their shoes, doctors get sick, and Cisco-a leader in creating the hardware for the Internet-has this less-than-spectacular-looking Web page. Despite its appearance, however, the site is actually highly regarded for its ability to get customers quickly to the literally millions of pages of information that Cisco has available.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| 3Com | This site has good links to country specific information within the company. There's also a fine overview of the businesses that the company sees itself in. | |
| Lucent | In a previous incarnation, Lucent was Bell Labs-the guys who invented the transistor, digital cell phones, and the laser. Future Nobel Laureates Charles Townes and Authur Schawlow (a University of Toronto Ph.D.) worked at Bell to develop the laser in the late 1940s. Without lasers it would be impossible to send signals down the optical fibres that allow for today's wide bandwidths. | |
| Nortel | In recent years, the markets have not been kind to the competitors in this industry. While Nortel is no exception, Canada's entry in the industry is still one of the biggest players. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Bluetooth | In the future, Bluetooth will allow various electronic devices (such as cell phones and handheld computers) to "talk" to one another and the Internet. This is the official Bluetooth Info Site. | |
| JDS Uniphase | Saving the best for last. This Canadian/U.S. optical fibre company is the most attractive of the ones in this group and we found it one of the easiest to find one's way around in. | |
Here's looking at you, kid. Cognex is the world leader in machine vision-devices that allow computers to "see." While Cognex's products may help in quality control, they have not forgotten to put some quality into their Web site - it is a well laid-out page that readily leads you to information about the company and the product.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Allen-Bradley | Allen-Bradley makes robots for production plants and, as such, sensors are an important part of their business. Allen-Bradley's parent is Rockwell Automation. Another Rockwell subsidiary, Rockwell Collins, has had its radios on all U.S. space flights. Between robots and space, the parent company is a science fiction writer's dream. | |
| Robotic Vision
Systems Inc. |
RVSI is also involved in making computers "see." Their equipment seems related mostly to semiconductor package, solder-ball placement, and other electronic circuit inspection systems. | |
| KLA-Tencor | On the surface, KLA-Tencor looks at surfaces. Their wide range of equipment tests and evaluates surfaces in semiconductor-related production environments. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Centre for
Intel- ligent Machines at McGill Univ. |
The whole future is here (only in a very basic form)! Check out mobile robots that use computer vision. | |
| Motion Net | Generally this site deals with the amazing array of electronic motion and sensing devices available. | |
This is a very straightforward Web site. While you're there, check out Eco-Shred's strategic alliance group (ominously named Worldshred).
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Pro Shred | Not just another on-site shredding service. Check out their " unusual shreds" page. | |
| The Peltz Group | Peltz goes a step beyond Eco-Shred. They are significant brokers of paper products that are to be recycled. Peltz's "Security Data Destruction" provides some of that paper via secure on-site shredding services. | |
| American
Docu- ment Securi |
When these folks talk about security, they don't kid around. The site looks like it has a metal background, there's a security camera wagging around on all the pages, and it's pretty cryptic as to how you enter the site (click on the company logo). | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Shred Tech | Want to do your own shredding? Go to where the shredding folks go. There's some truly scary looking machines for disposing of an incredible assortment of products. You can even buy reconditioned commercial shredding machines from this Cambridge, Ontario, company. | |
| National
Association of Information Destruction |
A decent list of some of the bigger names in the industry. | |
This page had such a "grandma's kitchen" feel to it that some of us literally bumped our noses on the monitor trying to smell the jam cooking. Honestly, we really liked the hometown folksy feel of the Web page for this icon of the Canadian kitchen.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Kraft | A large competitor who makes brands you never knew were Kraft. Kraft has products that compete with most, if not all of E.D. Smith's products (jams, jellies, pie fillings, etc.). However, specific details are hard to get from Kraft. The site has some great recipes (try the blueberry lemon tart). | |
| Smucker's | With a line like "With a name like Smucker's it has to be good," you have to believe them! Like E.D. Smith, they are making product line changes-check out the perfect match for Smucker's products. | |
| Welch's | This is the "National Grape Cooperative" site. Never heard of them? They are the folks that make Welch's jams, jellies, and juices. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| The
diverse nature of competitors in this industry |
This list by Hoover's Online gives you some idea of the extent of competition in this industry sector (with details of the specific industry). | |
| Heinz | H.J. Heinz is one of E.D. Smith's biggest competitors in the area of tomato products (ketchup and chili-style sauce). | |
This is a very slick-looking page. Click on the "English Version" and you still get a lot of Spanish (but you can frequently figure out what's being said: the "Menu Principal" button obviously takes you back to the "Main Menu.")
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| AESC | AESC considers itself a global company to such an extent that it was difficult to figure out from the page where they were headquartered (Virginia, U.S.A.). They have operations on every continent (except Antarctica) and are certainly a presence in Argentina and Brazil. Check out their Corporate Culture pages for some insight into the company's values. | |
| Iberdrola | This Spanish company has several Brazilian subsidiaries. Iberdrola's activities extend beyond power utilities and into telecommunication and water. | |
| Duke Energy | Duke is a big competitor with worldwide interests. They compete in a number ofLatin American markets. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| About
Power Generati |
A plethora of interesting information about the power industry. Want to know about major hydro projects or where the closest nuclear facility is? This page from About.com will tell you. | |
| How
about Green Power |
A private power alternative to the big power companies. Actually we like this site because of the great range of product selection and the neat visual they attach to your cursor. | |
Coke bottling operations breweries and convenience store operations make sure that if you are thirsty in Mexico, FEMSA will get you a drink. In addition, note the other businesses that support the vertical integration of their operations.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Corona | You must be 21 to enter this site. If ever a product tried to link itself to the beaches of Mexico, this is it. If you're reading this on a cold dark day in January, that beach image makes a Corona seem like an awfully good idea. | |
| Pepsi-Gemex | What analysis of a Coke bottler would be complete without looking over the local Pepsi bottler? Also, note Pepsi-Gemex's other businesses that support their vertical integration moves. | |
| 7-Eleven, Mexico | FEMSA's OXXO is the leading Latin American convenience store operator (with 1500 locations). While 7-Eleven is behind OXXO in number of store locations, their base of operations is sufficient elsewhere to make them a serious competitor in FEMSA's market, should 7-Eleven desire to do so. (This site is in Spanish with links to the U.S. English site.) | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| The
fruit juice, soft drink, and Mexican bottled water market |
There's more to this market than beer and pop. Check out this Government of Canada Web site for more details. | |
| Mexican
Beer Rated |
We would be remiss if we didn't include this site. | |
A modest little Web site that in the opening sentence of its welcome notes that FPI is "…a publicly traded company with the vision to be the first truly global seafood enterprise and the greatest seafood company in the world." Talk about strategic intent and vision!
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| IFPC Plc. | Icelandic Freezing Plants Corporation Plc. is the holding company for a group of companies that operates in Iceland, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Norway, and Spain. Make sure you click on the English page-the Icelandic is pretty hard to follow. | |
| High Liner Foods | This Canadian competitor seems to have tailored its Web page more towards the retailer or consumer rather than wholesalers. This is a plain straightforward Web page so it's easy to follow. | |
| SIF Ltd. | This Icelandic competitor has the prettiest picture of the harbour in Hafnarfordur. Don't think of them as a quaint little fishing firm. They have offices in France, U.S., Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Japan, and Lithuania. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Seafood.com | Buy seafood direct, or get the latest seafood industry news. This page contains a good deal of general information. | |
| More Seafood |
You could buy fish here too. However you might be better off following the good set of basic links on the page. | |
Halterm's services are noted in the Port of Halifax site. One of the better places to look for discussion of Halifax's container services is in the Port of Halifax Annual Report (in PDF format).
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Ceres | A large competitor with numerous North American locations. This competitor has extensive physical plant for container handling at a number of east coast ports. | |
| Maher | Essentially a U.S. competitor. This site has lots of great links. | |
| Logistec | Another competitor operating at multiple ports. This one has pictures of all locations including Halifax. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Container Ports | The whole container industry at a glance. Lots of great links here. | |
| Port of Saint
John |
The Port of Halifax's nearest competitor. This is a really a well laid-out Web page. | |
As it should do, the University Health Network (UHN) provides extensive links to participant hospitals and other kinds of health related information. Lots of links, but not all that graphically appealing.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Sunnybrook
& Women's College Health Sciences |
Associated with the University of Toronto, Sunnybrook & Women's is a renowned Canadian health sciences centre. Noted for its research, cardiac, trauma and perinatal care, leading-edge cancer treatments, and dedication to academic excellence, it is recognized as a leader in high quality patient-focussed care.. | |
| Mount Sinai
Hospit |
Lots of easily followed links here that provide lots of detail about the hospital. Originally founded as the "Toronto Jewish Maternity and Convalescent Hospital," this institution has expanded to other communities and into a number of other renowned programs. | |
| St.
Michael's Hospita |
This institution is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. This is a very well laid-out site. Check out their Inner City Health page for a better idea of what St. Michael's is about. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Ontario
Ministry of Health |
The mother of all health related links in Ontario. Just about anything you could ask about Ontario Health is here. | |
| Toronto's
Hospital for Sick Children |
The world renowned Hospital for Sick Children. This list wouldn't be complete without including it. | |
A Sample
Company
Web Site (Not I.O.U.)
To give you some idea of what the original business looked like, we've
included a similar shoe repair establishment (Odessa Instant Shoe Repair
is not in any way related to I.O.U.).
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Shoecrafters | Begin to fit into the shoe business. Not only can you buy your shoes here, but they will repair them "anytime, anywhere." | |
| Shoe Fix | Exclusively online shoe repair. Perhaps this is another new I.O.U. business possibility? | |
| Mac's
Convenience Store |
With 1,600 stores, Mac's parent, Couche-Tard, is at least as big as FEMSA's OXXO is in Latin America. This would be the main competition for I.O.U.'s Country Store. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Convenience
Store Industry Info. |
The industry's Web site has extensive links. Check it out. | |
| 7-Eleven
Canada |
They own and operate close to 500 stores from British Columbia to Ontario. Manitoba is the world's "Slurpee Capital" (100,000 Slurpees per store, per year). On a more serious note, it is rumoured that given the discretionary nature of 7-Eleven purchases and the sensitivity of their inventory tracking system, the company can spot a recession coming months before the U.S. government. | |
A Sample
Company Web Site
P.E.I. Mussel King is the most productive single-family owned mussel farm
in the Canada. They grow, process, and market their own product. The site
also has useful links about mussels in general.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Farm-2-Market | This company delivers "freshness you can taste." The link here directs you straight to their "mussels and clams" Web page. However, this product is sourced on the west coast. | |
| Great Eastern
Mussel Far |
This Maine competitor has a pretty good-looking Web page. These folks take their business seriously and really worked to build their market. Want to help them promote the product? Try the merchandise Web page. | |
| ISeafood .com | Promoting itself as the online seafood store you can order, find recipes, tips, and seafood facts at this one-stop shop. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Fisheries
and Oceans Cana |
Discover all kinds of information about the Gulf Fisheries at this Government of Canada site. | |
| PEI Government | View the QuickTime file near the bottom of this site to find out more about PEI mussels. | |
Company
Web Site
A fairly summary description of the company's wide array of business endeavours.
This is an engineering company right down to the sparseness of their Web
site.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Selas Fluid
Processi |
Selas is a competitor for Královoplská in their industrial furnace business (particularly pyrolyses and steam reformer furnaces). Selas is a U.S. subsidiary (and thus has the backing of) of multi-billion dollar German firm Linde. | |
| ONDEO- Degremo |
A worldwide French-based company, ONDEO-Degremont competes with Královoplská's Ecological Equipment division. ONDEO-Degremont goes a bit further in delivering both water purification and wastewater treatment products and services. | |
| Kirow Leipzig AG | This German company is a competitor for Královoplská in their crane division (particularly their metallurgical cranes). KIROW Leipzig AG is the world's leading supplier of railway cranes, but they also manufacture special-purpose transporters metallurgical plants. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Steel Structures
1 |
Královoplská also deals in steel structures. Here's an idea of some of the products from a Canadian competitor. | |
| Steel Structures 2 | Královoplská steel structure competitors are numerous. Here's another firm in that business to give you some idea of range of structures that can be built. | |
We think Lego is a great toy. The Web site is fun to look at and there's links to everything Lego (including Legoland). Some of print on the site is a bit hard to read and links are a bit small for kids to aim at and click on. However, from the site we still got the sense of discovery that you get from Lego. To get to the more adult material go to the "About Us" page.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| K'nex | This site is offensively bright and noisy. Just the perfect kid's page! For the adult stuff, check out the company's "Mission" page. | |
| Hasbro | Fun and colourful, the Hasbro Web site has well integrated a great deal of corporate information. Check out the corporate information section to find out more on what this company is all about. | |
| Bandai | These are the toy makers behind the action figures for Power Rangers, Final Fantasy, and Digimon. In case you think Bandai can't do cute, guess again. This company came up with Tamagotchi (the original "virtual-pet"), and markets Hello Kitty (which goes to near infinity on the cute meter). There's corporate material for the adults too. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Toys "R" Us | Not much corporate information here. However, if all of the above gets you in a toy-buying mood, this certainly is one good place to find what you're looking for. | |
| Mattel | Mattel sells all the classics (check out the list). There's also a very good corporate information Web page available. | |
Check out this Epinions.com rating of freestyle snowboards. To check a very detailed list of top boards check on the "View More" button under the "Most Popular" section of this Web page.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Prior
Snowboar |
Whistler, BC's own championship performance snowboard maker. Choose from Used/Demo boards (as low as $100) to Custom boards (starting at $1,000). | |
| Sims Boards | Slick, in a user-friendly kind of way. Click on the buttons in the lower right-hand corner to change soundtracks. | |
| Palmer
USA Snowboar |
This page is as slick as Palmer's boards! Don't miss the introduction. These folks don't let you forget that they are technical leaders. Their product isn't cheap-they have boards that are made with Kevlar and Titanium (either of which should work well in a James Bond movie as a bulletproof shield). | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Snow boarding.com |
Where else would you go to find out about the sport? This site has lots of useful links to all kinds of boarding information. | |
| Coiler Snowboar |
Etobicoke, ON's Coiler Snowboards will build a board for you. We're talking practically custom made here. Start at the "Alpine Dedicated" page to pick out the finer points about what the company does. | |
Maritime Trading Company (MTC) offers the very best of Atlantic Canada. MTC sells music, gourmet foods, clothing, specialty items, and gifts mostly from their print catalogue. In lieu of a Web site visit, check out the article on MTC at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (or just check out the Centre-it's a great resource too).
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Downeast
Gifts |
Everything from a $5.95 mix for Ployes (a light Buckwheat pancake or crepe) to a $7,100 telescope. All the products are sourced in New England near the firm's Maine home. Go here to see the beautiful opening photo of a lighthouse. | |
| The Newfie
Stor |
A regional online retailer whose products have a special appeal to the province's citizens and ex-patriots. This site is very much what it claims to be-The Newfie store! The site allows you to escape the peppy introductory music by going to view the products. . | |
| 1st
Canadian Gift |
Lots of Canadian theme gift baskets, etc. This premium-priced site isn't very big on regional selections, however. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Moor-Crafts
and Gifts |
Take a Gander at this Newfoundland gift store. This folks are still mostly a bricks-and-mortar operation with an admittedly embryonic presence on the Web. The gifts here are very regional. | |
| The
P.E.I. Preserve Co. |
According to the company, at this site "everything [is] in good taste." This firm is both a producer and marketer of its own extensive regional food product line. | |
Find everything from soymilk to Odwallawear at the company's colourful site. The site also includes corporate financial information.
| Selected Competitors' Web Sites | ||
| Chiquita | The company is as well known for its fresh fruit as its fruit juices. In addition to being responsible to consumers, Chiquita outlines its responsibility to its stakeholders in its Corporate Responsibility Report. | |
| Sun-Rype Products Ltd. |
Almost everything here (except some of the fruit and energy bars) has apples in it. There is a very good section on corporate information for this Canadian company. | |
| Hansen Natural
Corporati |
Hansen is about health drinks and sodas. Don't mistake this focus for a narrow product line-their selection is fairly extensive. | |
| Other Interesting Sites | ||
| Nantucket
Allserve |
"The Juice Guys," Tom and Tom have a friendly little site. The product range is narrower than Chiquita or Hansen, but the product is well promoted as a quality natural drink. | |
| Ultimate
Juice Company |
Ultimate is part of a batch of drink of companies owned by North Castle Partners. North Castle is fairly well diversified conglomerate. | |
There's tons of information here about Outback and its restaurants. You'll also find a good selection of investor information here too.
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