Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
4 Mar 2026 Acquired Costco
“I think what was going on here is Hugo Mann just realized that FedMart was sitting on a goldmine of real estate and just wanted the real estate portfolio.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 4 Mar 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Costco
Transcript context
…Isn't that hilarious? Oh, my gosh. That is crazy. I think what was going on here is Hugo Mann just realized that FedMart was sitting on a goldmine of real estate and just wanted the real estate portfolio. What Sol and Robert wanted was operating capital from the parent company, from Hugo Mann to invest more and aggressively opening more FedMart stores. And pioneering hypermarkets in America.…
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