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Meal prep turnaround and buyer process

Strategy and execution support for a distressed national meal prep and delivery business. Work focused on rebuilding diligence-grade truth, repositioning the asset, running buyer outreach, and executing through a court-led sale.

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Client snapshot
Client category
National meal prep and delivery
Situation
Distressed asset
Process
Court-led sale
Workstreams
Truth + positioning + buyers
Outputs
Memo + model + outreach
Result
Offer submitted
~3x longer runway
Extended operating period during the sale process to avoid a forced outcome and preserve option value.
~1.5x annual revenue offer
Buyer offer submitted through the court process at a premium to typical distressed expectations.
Diligence-grade materials
Rebuilt financials, KPI truth, and narrative into buyer-ready artifacts and a structured process.

Sector and market landscape

Distressed consumer and subscription assets require a different playbook: diligence-grade truth, credible turnaround narrative, and process execution under time constraints.

Category structure
Prepared meals + subscriptions
Value is created through retention, fulfillment economics, and capacity utilization.
Distressed asset reality
Diligence-grade truth
Buyers require clean financials, operating metrics, and a credible reset plan.
Process constraint
Time + credibility
Court timelines reward clarity, speed, and high-confidence materials.
Sector thesis

In distressed consumer assets, buyers underwrite proof: clean metrics, credible operations, and a plan that converts into execution. The process must be run like a deal, not a pitch.

Transformation stories

Each transformation story isolates one primary finding and the operating intervention used to create leverage.

Financial reconstruction and diligence-grade operating truth
Rebuilt historical financials and operating truth into a buyer-ready baseline and driver model.
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Turnaround positioning and investment memo
Repositioned the asset and produced the investment memo, plan pillars, and buyer-facing narrative.
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Buyer outreach and court process execution
Built buyer universe, ran outreach and diligence flow, and executed to offer submission through court process.
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