NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 07/26/17 — Verus Foods (Verus), currently trading as RealBiz Media Group, Inc. (OTCQB: RBIZ), is pleased to provide a business update covering legacy lawsuit, operational, and financial information. CEO Anshu Bhatnagar just completed an extensive series of meetings with suppliers and customers in both the Middle East and Asia, his fourth multi-country business trip in the last year.
As previously communicated, July was an important month on the calendar due to the expected trial date for the legacy lawsuit involving Monaker Group and the company. Unfortunately, this date was pushed back to March 2018 by the court, due to a scheduling conflict. Although management cannot predict the outcome of current negotiations, the company is in very active discussions with the main parties involved, all of whom hold significant positions in RBIZ and are also adversely affected by further delays.
“Luckily, we can still grow the company while we wait for this date or some other resolution,” explained Anshu Bhatnagar, CEO of Verus Foods, “but I think all parties understand that to handicap our growth is not logical and explains the mindset that led to the failure of the prior RealBiz business. To put this in perspective, we have given guidance that Verus can generate more revenue every five days than RealBiz did in its best full year. No reasonable shareholder would stand in the way of that kind of growth. We are doing everything in our power to end this unreasonable delay and hope to announce alternative solutions in coming weeks.”
From an operational standpoint, the company continues to position itself for future expansion, with the following activities completed since the last communication with shareholders:
Formed United Arab Emirates subsidiary — Verus Foods MENA Ltd.
Formed Singapore-based subsidiary — Verus Foods Sg Pte. Ltd
Signed new banking relationship with Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore to facilitate trade transactions for shipments – will reduce collection cycle significantly.
Set an August start date for Vietnam beef shipments, at an initial $2.5 million/month rate
CFO search complete, offer in place with lead candidate (pending acceptance)
Signed agreement with Aznar, an international supplier of 100% natural pomegranate juice under the Grante Band for the retail sector.
Began interviewing additional candidates to expand the company–s Board of Directors
“This new relationship with Standard Chartered Bank is very important because it will allow us to finance some of our shipments into clients, enabling us to generate some modest growth despite the persistent handicap to financing from the legacy RBIZ lawsuits,” explained CEO Bhatnagar. “Also of great significance, the Grante pomegranate juice agreement marks our initial move into the retail space, an area where that first SKU is often the hardest. We believe that this relationship will open the door to sourcing other favorable high-margin products for the important retail segment.”
Verus Foods has completed the organizational measures necessary to meet its initial growth projections, with only the timing of milestones to be determined by the status of the legacy lawsuits. Investors should expect more frequent news flow in the near future as the company completes additional actions to expand its infrastructure and sales.
RealBiz Media Group, Inc. operates two business segments: an international food subsidiary (Verus Foods) that sells products to customers worldwide; and a real estate digital media and technology company. RealBiz Media Group, Inc. (OTCQB: RBIZ) trades on the OTCQB venture stage marketplace for early stage and developing U.S. and international companies. Investors can find Real-Time quotes and market information for the company on .
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