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- <text id=93TT1706>
- <title>
- May 17, 1993: Feeding Frenzy
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- May 17, 1993 Anguish over Bosnia
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 21
- BUSINESS
- Feeding Frenzy
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> It didn't take long for the vultures to get wind of the
- financial collapse of Nutri/System. Heavy debt forced the diet
- center to close its headquarters and 283 company-owned
- weight-loss clinics. As Nutri/System struggled to find a buyer,
- its competitors ran ads to lure the company's customers. Jenny
- Craig offered to sign up abandoned calorie counters at "no
- additional service fee," while stressing that it is "a
- debt-free, $500 million company." Weight Watchers told
- Nutri/System customers, "Don't worry." At week's end Heico
- Acquisitions of Chicago tentatively agreed to manage the firm
- while seeking to buy it. The deal must be approved by a
- bankruptcy judge.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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