Anyone Call for Delivery? How Restaurants are Feeling the Burn We’ve recently read a host of articles tracking the rise of 3rd party food delivery and chronicling their impact on the restaurant industry. The market for third party delivery has grown explosively over the past few years, driven by Uber Eats and DoorDash. DoorDash in…

Improving Lender Cash Flow Reporting: 5 Easy Steps   In nearly every distressed situation, one of the first things put in place is a 13-week cash flow forecast. A critical tool for distressed companies, the 13-week forecast gives stakeholders a real-time view of the company’s liquidity runway. Ample liquidity can give a Board time to…

Illustrating MERU’s Value Proposition   We launched MERU because we saw a need in the market that wasn’t being met. The middle-market private company ownership landscape has shifted, with private equity sponsors replacing family- and founder-owned businesses as the norm. When their portfolio companies run into trouble, these sponsors and their lenders demand specialized services…

MERU Conversation Series Geoffrey’s Kids: An Interview with A Toys “R” Us Vet Dan Hlavaty Geoffrey’s Kids: An Interview with A Toys “R” Us Vet Kyle Sturgeon and Sarah Abdel-Razek of MERU recently sat down with Dan Hlavaty, a former Toys “R” Us senior executive to discuss Toys “R” Us’ recent bankruptcy filing, the retail…

Getting, Maintaining Employee Buy In for a Turnaround Plan July 25, 2017 When underperforming and distressed companies require the intervention of turnaround executives, they often need to develop and implement a new strategic plan. At the most fundamental level, the plan’s success depends on changing employee behaviors. Attaining employee adoption of a plan is commonly…