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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
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<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.
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</body>
</article>
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