Here's a boldly unproven new product that is probably not coming to your local store shelves or vending machines soon...
It has the delectable ambiance of dog food and makes even the worst tasting Powerbars sound like delicious treats. It's a sandwich in a can or a 'candwich'... and now it's future may be in jeopardy.
The New York Times is reporting that an unscrupulous Utah money manager, Travis L. Wright, and his company, Waterford Funding, purportedly defrauded investors out of $145 million. The money was used to only partly fund the canned sandwich scheme, as well as some other shaky ventures, instead of the real estate investment funds it was supposed to go to.
Mark Kirkland, president of Mark One Foods, and inventor of the claustrophobic slog-dog to be, says Wright promised full funding for production of his canned creation...but didn't provide it even though investors materialized.
Defiant in his marketing instincts, Kirkland says he hopes to still put the product into production later this year...he still believes in his canned sandwiches and top of that, he says, they have excellent shelf life (so do refried beans and tennis balls!).
In the NY Times article, it was unclear if this came from Wright or Kirkland, but part of the canned plan included Pepperoni Pizza Pockets and French Toast. Can we believe it? Yes, we can.
Can we all live without it? We definitely can!
It has the delectable ambiance of dog food and makes even the worst tasting Powerbars sound like delicious treats. It's a sandwich in a can or a 'candwich'... and now it's future may be in jeopardy.
The New York Times is reporting that an unscrupulous Utah money manager, Travis L. Wright, and his company, Waterford Funding, purportedly defrauded investors out of $145 million. The money was used to only partly fund the canned sandwich scheme, as well as some other shaky ventures, instead of the real estate investment funds it was supposed to go to.
Mark Kirkland, president of Mark One Foods, and inventor of the claustrophobic slog-dog to be, says Wright promised full funding for production of his canned creation...but didn't provide it even though investors materialized.
Defiant in his marketing instincts, Kirkland says he hopes to still put the product into production later this year...he still believes in his canned sandwiches and top of that, he says, they have excellent shelf life (so do refried beans and tennis balls!).
In the NY Times article, it was unclear if this came from Wright or Kirkland, but part of the canned plan included Pepperoni Pizza Pockets and French Toast. Can we believe it? Yes, we can.
Can we all live without it? We definitely can!
