New York, New York, July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Foods Group, Inc. (OTCQB: FIFG) (the “Company”), a fully reporting entity with growing interests in the food and food service industry, is pleased to provide an update regarding the expansion of its 7-figure capital milestone.
The Company has raised an additional $200,000 of non-convertible debt in the past two months. As of today, the Company has put to work $600,000 of related party debt financing, $365,000 of unrelated party equity financing, and over $175,000 of gross earnings derived from its growing merchant cash advance business. Up until very recently in its relatively short history, the Company was exclusively self-funded, but has now secured a number of six figure investors. Currently, First Foods Group has just over 17 million shares outstanding, slightly more than 2 million preferred warrants outstanding, and no convertible debt.
In less than ten months, the Company’s Funding Division has participated in 93 merchant advance deals for over $765,000. The Company has used its merchant advance proceeds to more than double its own cash outlay for new deals. “Our capital raising strategy, combined with short-term merchant advance payback, provides financial flexibility that keeps the Company nimble and able to quickly respond to promising business opportunities, such as our Holy Cacao subsidiary, which has recently begun making high end chocolate samples from its line of products while the Company finalizes negotiations with manufacturers and distributors in the edibles market,” stated Mark Keeley, CFO.
Harold Kestenbaum, CEO, stated, “Our ability to consistently obtain significant non-convertible debt and equity financing while simultaneously expanding our revenue base allows us to aggressively pursue operational opportunities.”
Members of the Company’s Board of Directors have contributed their own personal capital to launch its current operations.
“We are committed to growing this Company the right way, as demonstrated by the significant time we have dedicated and the personal money we have deployed,” said Kestenbaum. “By doing so, we have created opportunity without entertaining some of the usual pitfalls that can be detrimental to the long-term success of a developing public company.”
About First Foods Group, Inc.:
First Foods Group, Inc. was created to provide management services and funding options for new foodservice brands and menu concepts. First Foods Group, Inc. also expects to grow its own new concepts, both through proprietary development and mergers, acquisitions, and licensing arrangements. First Foods Group has assembled a team of distinguished food service professionals with experience and success at the industry's highest levels.
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