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David Rosenthal: recommendation

27 Oct 2025 Acquired Trader Joe’s

“I will offer to you to also invest in this buyout at book value. So I will give you the valuation that it is on the books at Rexall, even though I'm buying it at $10,000 above book.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
recommendation
Recorded
27 Oct 2025
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Trader Joe’s

Transcript context

…So it's his whole net worth now, because he doesn't own a home, and he's borrowed money from his parents. He decides to do a combination of two things for the remaining $11,000. One, he goes to Bank of America, takes out a loan. Still, they won't loan him enough money to get all the way to $25,000. He goes to the current employees of the six Pronto stores, and he says, "Look, I believe in this. I have sold my house. I have borrowed money. You guys obviously believe in this with me. We see how it's working. I will offer to you to also invest in this buyout at book value. So I will give you the valuation that it is on the books at Rexall, even though I'm buying it at $10,000 above book. " So he's giving them, what, a 40% discount on the price that he's paying for his shares?…

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