Apple Rush Company Inc (PK) (APRU) Quote

I know this was discussed regarding being……

moved to the Expert Market for not filing, but it looks like APRU may have been closer than some thought. Of course the OTC isn’t consistent, but I recall someone with a link showing it would take over a year.

Here’s a Craig Huffman (Alonzo Pierce’s buddy) related ticker that is 6 months delinquent and got moved to the EM.

https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BLIS/disclosure

Happy Monday!

What about the Designation could/should be……..

changed to entice CERT holders to cancel their shares?

I know you called it “just words” when I shared it, but what if Tony removed the uplist requirement?

Right now if you cancel 1MM shares for example, holding the Preferred shares for one year gets you 2MM shares when you convert. Of course the longer you wait to convert the more you get.

Tony did all he could do by filing the Designation. It is possible for those holding paper to cancel their shares.

Why do you think he’s not getting any takers?

Just curious.

Anyone???

Meeting the publicized Monday-Tuesday target for 'final commisioning' would be a logical first step. Odds of follow up announcement on that are slim.

Nice buy at .0019

Tony needs to complete a lot of things, but the OS reduction would be a nice start.

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Tony needs to complete the OS reduction.

Have you noticed Tony doesn't say APRU.......

brews craft beers through their subsidiary, Lena Brewing?

Apple Rush Company, Inc. (OTCpink:APRU), a leading supplier in the functional botanical beverage industry, is excited to announce the completion of phase two at our Lena Brewery.

About The Apple Rush Company, Inc.

The Apple Rush Company, Inc., through its subsidiary APRU, LLC, is a distributor ofCPGproducts under the trademarked Apple Rush brand, Element brand and other labels. The Apple Rush brand has more than 50 years of existence in the natural beverage industry. As a historical leader in the organic and natural beverage sector our goal is tonowbecomealeader in the distribution of anhydrous hemp oil products nationwide. For more information, please go towww.aprubrands.com, www.element-brands.com, elementk.kratomwave.store with our expanded product portfolio.

Looks like production will really ramp up this year. Happy they are expanding the beer lines too. I think Tony knows people want more communication based on the last couple of statements. Getting this updated and showing where the company is headed will do wonders for the stock. I think people are going to be shocked by how much has been going on here recently.

News out: https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/APRU/news/EQS-News-Apple-Rush-Company-Inc-Announces-Completion-of-Phase-Two-Expansion-at-Lena-Brewery?id=467625

How do you come to that conclusion? The tax……..

records and updates indicate upgrades at Lena. The buildout and equipment isn’t free. How do you know what the loans are for?

For all we know Ross may have been able to buy out his partners.

For all we know they may have bailed when they met Tony, looked at the corporate mess he created and has yet to resolve, and heard him claim early last year they already acquired Lena.

It’s all clear as mud.

But it will be interesting to see the balance of the $2MM+ note in the upcoming fins.

Sounds like just new borrowing to pay off the old loans.

The notes were issued in Oct 2023…..

The notes were issued in Oct 2023…..

There’s not enough info for me to figure this out.

But I will say, Ross needs another ticker to do business with.

APRU is skank.

It’s bed time.

I'm talking about Lena Brewery, as a standalone business.

A brand new restaurant/pub should repay its initial capital loans in about 7 years, if it's moderately successful. If it's only sorta-successful, it might pay off half the loans in 7 years and take another 5 for the 2nd half.

If Lena *still* owes $2m to the bank, even after operating for > 10 years, that means it's probably somewhere near breakeven. And what's the point of anyone killing themselves running a breakeven restaurant perpetually stuck $2m in debt?

Ergo, it makes sense for Lena owners to be desperate to bail out for whatever they can get.

Wasn’t it over $2MM in two notes? Going by……

memory here.

The fins are clear as mud, but I seem to recall about a 20% profit margin, but then there’s administrative costs, but is that Tony’s deferred salary and other things that have nothing to do with Lena? That put APRU at a loss.

Wasn’t it over $2MM in two notes? Going by……

memory here.

The fins are clear as mud, but I seem to recall about a 20% profit margin, but then there’s administrative costs, but is that Tony’s deferred salary and other things that have nothing to do with Lena? That put APRU at a loss.

What we know is the “million dollar quarter” PR was bullshit because it was “forward looking” which meant Tony “assumed” they would 100% acquire Lena. At best they own less than 5%.

It’s hard to decipher things here. It’s quite a mess.

It looks like Lena has $2m in debt? If a brewery/bar/restaurant is operating for > 10 years and STILL has $2m in debt, that means it's not very profitable.

If so, that would explain why the owners of Lena are interested in bailing out.

"Let everyone know what is going on with a question and answer session."

They CAN'T do that, and we are not certain of the WHY.

Tony needs to do what he says. You can't put out PR'sand a year passes and nothing. Tony needs to learn to shut up until things are ready to be done. The OS reduction pr is going to sink us if Tony doesn't make it happen.

I agree!

What some LACK the ability to comprehend is.......

those sales figures represent 2 companies APRU have little to no interest in.

If APRU owns 3% of Lena and Lena does $2MM this year, that's $60K.

If APRU owns any % of Lena, it's less than 5% because Tony doesn't have enough control of APRU to acquire more.

But keep shaking the pom poms!

Definitely underpriced. I understand why people are hesitant. Once everyone catches on to what APRU is capable of producing and the contracts they are filling that will disappear as will these prices. I don't think people realize what kind of revs APRU will have in 2025.

"5 Lena owners have received settlement with APRU for the asset acquisition" this is a non-sequitor. "Asset acquisition" means 2 corporations are trading assets. i.e., cash+shares for equipment+supplies+trademarks. Individual Lena shareholders have nothing to "settle" with APRU.

Tony clearly is clearly lying, and making it obvious by misusing basic terms he doesn't understand.

There's a reason that Tony refuses to disclose any of the several contracts he claims have been signed to "close" this Lena deal: they would contradict his claims and immediately prove he's been dishonest with his shareholders.

I would be interesting to confirm whether any of the other 5 Lena owners have received settlement with APRU for the asset acquisition. Have you tried to find any information regarding the following?

"AI" doesn't determine facts. All it does is re-synthesize text it's been fed, and part of what AI is fed is the vast amount of speculation & deliberate lies contained in press releases, & spread by stock pumpers on public forums like this one.

If you think corporate ownership is determined by AI delusions, you're in for a rude awakening.

The AI answer is that Ross Vehmeier owns 37.63 and APRU owns the rest. That does match what was in previous filings for the Ross ownership.

Everyone knows an audit's never going to happen.

Tony's been promising an audit for over 5 years.

The only people pretending an audit will happen are the "just call Tony on the phone!" group who need PPS to go up so they can bail out at breakeven.

Plus, Tony has to file audited fins. I think that's the issue.

Who would trust that he will?

The financials already claim that "Lena Brewing Company, LLC" is a subsidiary, i.e., 100% ownership.

Even if this LLC were non-fictional, and even if Tony admitted that his disclosures have been lying for years about the 100% ownership, it seems unlikely that Tony is going to change his stripes and be honest with whatever % he names.

if you can't trust the %, and you can't trust the public disclosures, is there any way to really "establish a true value"?

shareholders knowing percentage ownership of Lena Brewing would help in establishing a true value.

Here is the Illinois website for licenses if you want to check, nothing under Apple Rush or the CEO. Ross and his group own the Lena Company and the license.
https://ilcc.illinois.gov/divisions/licensing/license-lookup.html

License Lookup

Failure to file annual reports. That’s why they……

don’t qualify to acquire a brewery. They have to be “active” in order to conduct business there.

Can it be resolved? Of course. If/when I see it happen I may take a position.

Entity Name
APPLE RUSH COMPANY, INC.
File Number
66132749
Status
REVOKED on 09-10-2010
Entity Type
CORPORATION
Type of Corp
FOREIGN BCA
Qualification Date (Foreign)
04-30-2008
State
TEXAS
Duration Date
PERPETUAL
Annual Report Filing Date

00-00-0000
Annual Report
Year

2010
Agent Information
RYAN D GOULDING
155 REVERE DRIVE SUITE 10
NORTHBROOK ,IL 60062
Agent Change Date
04-30-2008

https://apps.ilsos.gov/businessentitysearch/

Bottom line, indeed, and filings make it "official."
But checking for filings I could not find any. Bottom line is that Tony needs to apply for all necessary permits in Illinois. In doing so he has to put details of ownership.
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Revoked for what reason. Was it a non-renewal of license or something more serious?

APRU isn’t qualified to own a brewery in…….

Illinois.

Their registration has been REVOKED for over a decade. That means they have no legal standing, they can’t open a checking account, and they can’t obtain insurance.

Further, the beneficial ownership of APRU is clear as mud thanks to Tony. The Preferred B shares cancel out the A shares, yet both claim majority ownership. Read the Designations.

Tony says Lena is a subsidiary of APRU, but if you read the filing carefully he says it’s a LLC. Lena is a corporation not a LLC. He obviously thinks shareholders are too stupid to figure that out.

As far as the licenses go, Ross can still use the licenses he has that includes the names of the former owners until renewal in September. A new license is required only if someone purchases 5% or more of Lena.

GL

Facts of the matter is that, the CEO of this company used to do videos. He should have a round table with him, Ross and all involved and open up to his investors/traders. Let everyone know what is going on with a question and answer session. Maybe afterwards that AI thing you are talking to will have some truthful answers that you will believe. Hedge has been giving you truthful answers but you don't believe him, maybe it's because he's not an AI app!!

Yep! Crap in creates crap out.

Same here! If you continue to ask additional questions you will find Ross is the only other shareholder in Lena. But checking for filings I could not find any. Bottom line is that Tony needs to apply for all necessary permits in Illinois. In doing so he has to put details of ownership.

Can’t tell the difference
A computer or AI application can’t tell the difference between truthful and untruthful data — all it sees is data. One of the issues that make it hard, if not impossible, to create an AI that actually thinks like a human is that humans can work with mistruths and computers can’t.

I entered a question into Perplexity AI and, indeed, I received an answer that Apple Rush owns Lena Brewing. However, upon clicking on the numbered footnotes, it looks like all they do is cull PRs from various sites. I only asked one question, whether Apple Rush owns Lena Brewing; didn't ask others.

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Interesting! The only way around application for the liquor license to be granted to APRU is through a temporary license. I could not find where an application was made either for a temporary license or a new license. Tony needs to get on the ball. Sounds like Illinois requires action soon after a change of ownership. They cannot retain the old Lena license.
I would be interesting to confirm whether any of the other 5 Lena owners have received settlement with APRU for the asset acquisition. Have you tried to find any information regarding the following?

Shirley Know - 19.89 percent
Jeffrey Wideman - 19.89 percent
Kurt Ackerman - 8.6 percent
Frederick Mindermann - 6.45 percent
Bryan Gapinski - 5.38 percent

I appreciate the effort. If/when I see……

Apple Rush with an “active” status with the Illinois SOS I will know an acquisition can move forward and would likely take a position.

At that point Tony, along with any other beneficial owner of APRU, they must apply with the Illinois ABC for a license. In the case of Lena they have two, an on premise consumption license and a brewer’s license.

After the state issues the licenses there will be a hearing agenda posted with the Village of Lena followed by an actual hearing APPROVING the sale of the brewery.

All this can be observed basically in real time and if/when I see it taking place I will tout the every living crap out of this thing and make bank.

The issue here is Tony created a corporate mess back in 2014 and it has yet to be resolved.

It would seem that whoever owns the A shares would want to cooperate with Tony so everyone could make bank, but Tony pissed off the wrong people.

To put it another way, Tony lacks control of APRU and the corporate mess has yet to be resolved. Until it is this is a pipe dream.

You may get a promo group here and get a short term pop, but that’s about it.

I’m surprised Tony keeps pretending things are moving forward. His reputation is toast.

Also, APRU doesn’t own the trucking company. That too was bullshit.

Hedge, AI is an interesting tool. You ask a question, and you get an overview of what it discovers. The answers are nothing more than the discovery of which can be true or false. I only wrote the responses I was given to my questions. There is no link to forward to you.
As you point out, there is no current record in Illinois of APRU. Only Lena Brewing.

The one question I continue to try and find out is the percent of ownership that APRU has of Lena Brewing. The AI answer is that Ross Vehmeier owns 37.63 and APRU owns the rest. That does match what was in previous filings for the Ross ownership. As far as the other five previous listed owners the answer I got was ownership changed by use of cash, non-convertible debt and preferred shares. It was called asset purchase consolidation.

Again, I am only reporting what I found by searching Perplexity AI. No actual filing, no confirmation by the State of Illinois and, no liquor license for APRU.
The mystery of APRU ownership remains until we actually see the filings.

If this information is correct the PPS is way undervalued.

It’s not. APRU couldn’t get past item 2 in the application linked below. They are REVOKED with the Illinois SOS and have been for about a dozen years. Type in Apple Rush in the bottom link.

Then there’s item 3 and the beneficial owners. That’s the real issue with APRU and has been since April 2014 when Tony hijacked the LVVV acquisition of APRU. Tony pissed off the wrong people.

https://ilcc.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/ilcc/sitecollectiondocuments/class-1-3-brewer-application.pdf

As far as an 8K goes, APRU doesn’t file with the SEC.

Does this mean APRU can’t be cleaned up? No, it doesn’t. But it will require cooperation from the Preferred A holder(s) that Tony pissed off.

Type in Apple Rush here.
https://apps.ilsos.gov/businessentitysearch/

Enjoy your weekend.

The big question is whether APRU is required to file an 8k? If not we not get specific information about transpired in the asset purchase agreement.

Are you aware of how AI works? If so, down load Perplexity. I use it for all my searches. Google is no longer needed. Ask questions about APRU and Lena Brewing, about Ross and his ownership, about the asset purchase agreement, about what assets were included in transaction, about other ownership of Lena Brewing. The more you ask the more you find out. It even gives you additional items you may want to know.
No BS here! Just disclosing what I found. Please do the same. If this information is correct the PPS is way undervalued.

Download AI Perplexity and research Lena Brewing and APRU. Ask questions about ownership. I encourage all to do so. Not difficult! I was surprised about what I found. Inquire about the trucking company as well. The system will bring up multiple items you can question. Do your own research!

Share the link. I did. There was no……

notice given, nor was there a hearing on the matter. Both are REQUIRED by law.

As I said before, if APRU owned Lena (even a majority share) I will tout this sumbitch to the hilt.

I like making money but I refuse to bullshit folks to do so.

I don’t need to dig a little deeper, you need to share more liberally.

Let’s make some serious coin. No one believes Tony. Let’s prove what you say is true. Telling folks to dig deeper is chicken shit……with all due respect.

That’s what Low Country used to do. All his claims were bullshit, but he pretended to know it all.

TIA for a link(s).

Dig a little deeper! Researched it on A.I. and posted accordingly. Perplexity Artificial Intelligence. You can load it for free. I find a lot of interesting updates that have never been found before. Give it a try and give me your thoughts. Perhaps we can confirm with Tony if anyone has contacts with him.

Bullshit. There was no public notice and……

hearing on the matter.

https://www.villageoflena.com/government/meeting-agendas-and-minutes/

There has been no new licenses issued.

Is someone looking to dump?

Is someone going to respond with, thanks CP, great to know? Thanks for the DD, blah, blah, blah?

But please, tell us the source of your (mis)information. It should be hilarious!!!

TIA

Happy Friday!

I did a little more digging into the Lena Brewing acquisition. Ross Vehmeier retained 37.63 percent ownership and all remaining shares were transferred to APRU as part of the asset purchase deal consolidating APRU as the majority stakeholder. APRU used a combination of cash, non-convertible debt and preferred shares.
APRU acquired operational assets like equipment, trademarks and supplies.

It certainly looks to me that Tony has positioned APRU to move to that million can per month production by year end 2025. As a reminder I check again on Stotland Trucking. Expanded facilities and a projection of 10 million of revenue will certainly play a role in overall value for APRU.

Feeling good about where APRU is going. These cheap shares will disappear in the very near future. Very underpriced.

There is a way for any investor holding paper.......

to cancel their shares. It was properly filed with TX.

Apparently, there haven't been any takers. It requires attorney and TA fees, which would likely cost a couple of grand.

Plus, Tony has to file audited fins. I think that's the issue.

Who would trust that he will?

I would like to see that stuff in the financials or a disclosure, agreed.

Coming clean about the O/S reduction, among other things, especially if there really is one, would help, too.

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You posted that Tony told you Lena......

would be a 100% acquisition.

That was bullshit.

I get people's frustrations with Tony, but the business is growing and there are actual revenues. Not to mention the more Ross is involved, the better.

Yet the pps is dropping.

Tony needs to let the Preferred A shareholders run the show and step aside. He can't do anything unless they do. The pissing CONtest (aka OTC clown show) needs to stop.

I agree Chef but shareholders knowing percentage ownership of Lena Brewing would help in establishing a true value. Still very sketchy at this time.