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15. I had hot dogs and Mac & Cheese growing up.

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:04 AM

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There were 5 of us kids and Mac was 25 cents a box and a package of 12 hot dogs for $1.50 fifty years ago. Of course, we loved it and my parents loved the money it saved them in the hard economic 70's

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Kraft Heinz cut expenses too deeply under private equity management, its new CEO says [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

That is not how private equity works WSHazel Yesterday #1

I have watched "private equity" groups Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #4

Yep, they buy the companies with loans under the companies names. Loans that pay the "Private Equity" owners. Then LiberalArkie Yesterday #8

one of the things i learned is the loans are often variable rate loans. uncle ray Yesterday #11

Exactly Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #25

The investment you described would lose money for pe firm WSHazel Yesterday #35

I have seen it happen many times Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #38

Companies are too expensive now WSHazel Yesterday #40

We get offers monthly, so Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #41

You probably are getting inbound calls from analysts WSHazel Yesterday #47

the "good" PE does is akin to an abusive husband buying his wife flowers. uncle ray Yesterday #7

"That is not how private equity works" BumRushDaShow Yesterday #9

That was a thorough documentation Farmer-Rick Yesterday #20

Wikipedia actually has some other examples that fell on the sword (or are in process of such) of PE firms BumRushDaShow Yesterday #27

Good info Farmer-Rick Yesterday #32

By this logic, no one should provide capital to troubled companies WSHazel Yesterday #36

It needs to be regulated BumRushDaShow Yesterday #42

And how does the current system help anyone? Farmer-Rick 13 hrs ago #48

How does a PE firm make money on a bankruptcy? WSHazel 5 hrs ago #50

Who would you rather have owning the hospitals? WSHazel Yesterday #37

NON-PROFITS BumRushDaShow Yesterday #45

Yes, yes, yes Farmer-Rick 12 hrs ago #49

That is exactly how private equity firms work. Mr. Mustard 2023 Yesterday #13

The Private Equity Firms popsdenver Yesterday #21

Well they are fucking up the housing market for both renters and would be owners. LuvLoogie Yesterday #18

THEY are not the ones messing up the housing market WSHazel Yesterday #39

Yes, it is Cirsium Yesterday #24

OP was conflaiting Leveraged Buyouts with Venture Capital IbogaProject Yesterday #33

Have you taken a look at all the medical practices pef's have bought, niyad Yesterday #34

The term "buzz-word world" is so perfect to describe the madness in both private and the business world. walkingman Yesterday #2

Weird Al Yankovic wrote a song about it (one of my recent faves from him) BumRushDaShow Yesterday #10

I'm sending that to my spouse progressoid Yesterday #19

I have had to write up a many justifications for stuff BumRushDaShow Yesterday #28

She has to review progressoid Yesterday #30

Serious CSNY/Dylan vibes BaronChocula Yesterday #44

He excels at doing song parodies BumRushDaShow Yesterday #46

Any company that is bought by Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #3

I have, for some time, popsdenver Yesterday #22

In other news lonely bird Yesterday #5

Does that mean they're going to rehire all the employees in Pittsburgh that got laid off? FakeNoose Yesterday #6

Some quick googling showed the company started putting a lot of emphasis on AI a couple of highplainsdem Yesterday #12

It's ALWAYS private equity that fucks things up! sakabatou Yesterday #14

I had hot dogs and Mac & Cheese growing up. Jacson6 Yesterday #15

When someone says private equity, I think of Romney. Zackzzzz Yesterday #16

This is what private equity does xuplate Yesterday #17

"The whole end goal of "private equity" is to suck the life out of the companies they buy, discard what is left..." C Moon Yesterday #23

Yup, private equity is a virus. Initech Yesterday #31

So in order to save the company they need to increase costs bucolic_frolic Yesterday #26

The other problem in this case, that is unspoken BumRushDaShow Yesterday #29

Wait; you mean those private equity frat boys don't know how to run businesses? I'm shocked! Aristus Yesterday #43