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Old 15 Jan 2018, 22:47 (Ref:3793006)   #1
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What Next For Mr Quinn

Wonder what Mr Quinn will do now that he has sold Darrell Lea?

$200 million in cash, should buy some nice racing cars to play with.

Good on him for keeping an iconic brand going.
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Old 15 Jan 2018, 23:07 (Ref:3793009)   #2
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What did he pay for it? 25?

Smart cookie that man.
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Old 15 Jan 2018, 23:51 (Ref:3793013)   #3
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More like smart licorice bullet!
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Old 16 Jan 2018, 01:10 (Ref:3793027)   #4
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His early business ventures weren't successful, But it has made him who he is today.

VIP Pet Foods sold for $410m.

After investing $50m into Darrell Lea, he has certainly turned that business around.

Good on Tony and now with Supercars wanting to buy AUS GT, he is sitting very comfortable.
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Old 16 Jan 2018, 02:14 (Ref:3793031)   #5
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The thing about AusGT is that he needs to dig it out of the rut it's currently in.

It's certainly not as healthy as it was in previous years.
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Old 16 Jan 2018, 11:10 (Ref:3793074)   #6
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Could this see Klark return to racing? He stepped away from racing to run Darrell Lea.

Interestingly from the article, VIP Petfoods was onsold from Quadrant for $1 billion. That’s a fairly decent increase from its purchase price.
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Old 16 Jan 2018, 21:59 (Ref:3793197)   #7
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Could this see Klark return to racing? He stepped away from racing to run Darrell Lea.

Interestingly from the article, VIP Petfoods was onsold from Quadrant for $1 billion. That’s a fairly decent increase from its purchase price.
But this includeds other acquisitions that Quadrant has made over that time as well in which the Quinn family has profited from as well.

The Quinn family still own shareholdings in Darrell Lea as well.
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Old 17 Jan 2018, 01:01 (Ref:3793227)   #8
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IMHO,
it'd be hard to ignore the role of motorsport promo of the revitalised Darrell Lea product which augurs well for the sport going forward.
Bit of a twist in the negotiations with SuperCars.

Hers a link that seems to summarise the deal:
https://insidefmcg.com.au/2018/01/16...r-200-million/
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 07:24 (Ref:3793499)   #9
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He doesn't own a track in Australia yet does he ??

Maybe he can buy Calder Park
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 07:27 (Ref:3793500)   #10
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how old is Mr Quinn

maybe he just wants to settle down, maybe open a cold weather winery in NZ
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 07:36 (Ref:3793503)   #11
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He doesn't own a track in Australia yet does he ??

Maybe he can buy Calder Park
Mr French might be a good owner for that property
Move in the mining gear, dig down for a few hundred (thousand?) feet, and you might strike dirt
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 12:23 (Ref:3793551)   #12
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maybe he just wants to settle down, maybe open a cold weather winery in NZ
Have a read of his book - settling down for the quiet life is not in Quinns interest.
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 21:48 (Ref:3793649)   #13
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I wish he would buy Eastern creek, bring in the bulldozers, get rid of Corporate Hill, completely remodel the place to be more Motorsport and fan friendly
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 21:58 (Ref:3793650)   #14
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I wish he would buy Eastern creek, bring in the bulldozers, get rid of Corporate Hill, completely remodel the place to be more Motorsport and fan friendly
Or, from your statement remove "get rid of Corporate Hill", and change "Eastern Creek" for Oran Park and/or Amaroo
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Or, from your statement remove "get rid of Corporate Hill", and change "Eastern Creek" for Oran Park and/or Amaroo
Nah...despite the great racing/entertainment and wonderful memories I have from both those tracks...they were both a little "mickey mouse"...

Don't mean Tilke-a-fy the place but it is a great natural amphitheatre that should be utilised a lot better...
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Maybe he can buy Calder Park
Even better Sandown.
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Old 18 Jan 2018, 22:43 (Ref:3793667)   #17
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Nah...despite the great racing/entertainment and wonderful memories I have from both those tracks...they were both a little "mickey mouse"...

Don't mean Tilke-a-fy the place but it is a great natural amphitheatre that should be utilised a lot better...
While I get that they were a bit small, and wouldn't handle a grid like EC does, as tracks they still had roughly the same amount of passing opportunities as EC...
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While I get that they were a bit small, and wouldn't handle a grid like EC does, as tracks they still had roughly the same amount of passing opportunities as EC...
and that's not something to crow about!
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TCR, GT, Aussie Racers, take over the management of something open-wheel and there is the makings of a weekend package of racing that could be quite entertaining
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TCR, GT, Aussie Racers, take over the management of something open-wheel and there is the makings of a weekend package of racing that could be quite entertaining
And let us not forget he could do a similar job with TCR inNew Zealand where he has tracks of his own to run races on.
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