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Miami, FL -- March 21, 2018 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --  EmergingGrowth.com, a leading independent small cap media portal with an extensive history of providing unparalleled content for the Emerging Growth markets and companies, reports on United Highland Corp. (OTC Pink: UHLN).

United Highland (OTC Pink: UHLN) just announced that it signed an agreement with a private fund to receive up to a $3.5 million direct equity-based investment.

US Highland Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with the Denver based private investment fund, Carden Capital, LLC. (CCAP), of which CCAP will provide an equity-based investment of up to $3.5 million into US Highland, Inc

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Everett Dickson, CEO of US Highland Inc.  stated, “We are excited to finalize the equity funding agreement with Carden Capital. This will enable UHLN to execute on its plans to grow the TRU-Food brand.”

United Highland (OTC Pink: UHLN) also recently announced that it acquired the health-conscious restaurant company TRU-Food Provision Co., and that it has brought its financials up to date, removing the “stop sign” on OTCMarkets.com.

UHLN may not be at these levels much longer.
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Here’s why US Highland Corp. (OTC Pink: UHLN), could turn out to be a winner in the casual health food dining space:

The $750 billion U.S. restaurant industry is coming to terms with the fact that healthy eating is not a passing fad, but a fundamental shift in consumer behavior that is here to stay. 70% of U.S. consumers say they are influenced by the availability of healthy menu items when choosing where to dine out, according to a 2017 industry report by the National Restaurant Association. This underlines the mainstreaming of healthy eating.

Retail sales of natural and organic food in the U.S. have been on a steady uptrend since 2000, hitting $61.1 billion in 2017. This is a pointer to the growing demand for healthy menus in both restaurants and households.

 
Stronger growth ahead
Clearly, the U.S. healthy dining industry is coming of age. Some of the publicly listed legacy fast food chains have in the recent past attempted to establish a footing in the sector by adding healthy options to their menus.  None of them, however, are fully commited to healthy eating as they offer a handful of healthy options alongside a plethora of processed, sugary and greasy foods.

This means that the public have limited opportunities as far as profiting from public companies that are fully committed to healthy dining is concerned.

In line with our established tradition of identifying undervalued emerging growth companies and bringing them to the attention of the investment community, EmergingGrowth.com identified one public company that has jumped into healthy dining with both feet.

US Highland (OTC Pink: UHLN) has finalized agreements to fully acquire Tru-Food Provision Co, an Atlanta,
 GA headquartered fast-casual restaurant that is consolidating its position in the healthy dining sector through rapid expansion in Atlanta and across the south east.

The press release about the acquisition, which is already in the public domain, indicates that Tru-Food will expand substantially over the next 2 years, positioning UHLN as a formidable franchise development company. 

Consequently, there is a huge opportunity for investors to make a decent return on investment in this space, provided they invest in companies that are competitively positioned to corner the market.

The real opportunity
Overall, healthy menu options have increased 30% in the Top 500 chain menus in recent years, according to the Technomic 2016 Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report, underlining lower supply of healthy options vis-à-vis a 70% preference from consumers as pointed out in the beginning of the article. This undersupply is where the opportunity lies.
Legacy publicly listed fast food brands such as McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN) and Taco Bell (owned by Yum! Brands, NYSE: YUM) have attempted to seize the opportunity by adding healthy options to their menus, tempting investors in the emerging healthy dining space to add these stocks to their watchlist.
However, investors keen on making real returns from healthy dining should pay little attention to the moves that legacy fast food brands are making in this space. These are primarily public relations tactics aimed at deflecting criticism away from the concerns consumer advocacy groups have raised about the devastating health effects of fatty and sugary dollar meals.
The reality is that legacy fast food brand identities are already fixed in the minds of consumers—and they are anything but healthy. Adding healthy options to menus only serves to increase costs and make the menus overly complex, affecting overall business performance.
MCD experienced this between 2010 and 2015 when its healthy options provoked sustained criticism in the financial press that its menu had lost focus and become overly complex, a development that was negatively received by investors and analysts. Today, MCD is more focused on its core menu options, despite leaving a few healthy options on the menu ostensibly for reputational reasons.
Clearly, if you are thinking of profiting from the growth potential of the healthy dining market, you need to look beyond legacy fast food chains that are adding healthy options to their menus.
The real opportunity for investors interested in the healthy dining space is in emerging fast-casual restaurants that are solely focused on healthy menus. In addition, they must have the right mix of strategy and talent to navigate the challenges in an early stage sector and achieve sustained growth.
The only challenge is that most of the emerging fast-casual healthy menu restaurants are privately owned, meaning that information about their operations, finances and strategy is scant and investing in them is still largely restricted to private equity firms.
To circumvent this challenge and present the public with an opportunity to profit from the tremendous growth opportunity in healthy dining, UHLN is giving its investors an opportunity to be part of the growth story of Tru-Food, its recently acquired pure play healthy dining chain store.

 
First of several acquisitions
“We are pleased to welcome Tru-Food to the UHLN family, as a first of several acquisitions” said Everett Dickson, CEO of UHLN in a press release. He described the deal as: “another partnership that adds to our solid foundation for assets, while diversifying our revenues streams, improving profitability and increasing shareholder value. Tru-Food founder and senior management believe it's in their best interest to become part of UHLN which provides them the financial platform to substantially increase their business over the next 24 months.”

The specifics of the deal—including additional details about Tru-Food’s market roll out plan and timelines for executing its strategy—will be officially disclosed to the public after the company files an 8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

“Though I can’t delve into the specifics at the moment, I can confidently reassure our investors and the public that Tru-Food is ran by some of the most reputable names in franchising, as they will soon come to discover,” noted Mr. Dickson.

“In line with our vision to be the foremost franchise development company, we are focusing on niche markets such as healthy dining that are still in need of developing but show strong growth potential. As such, talent is a key consideration for us when selecting an acquisition target. We work with business leaders who have sharp business acumen and an established track record of outstanding performance in their respective markets. Our existing and potential investors should expect nothing less with Tru-Food,” he continued.

What this acquisition means
By positioning itself as a pure play, Tru-Food will establish a strong and memorable brand identity in healthy dining before the market gets flooded with copycats. A memorable brand identity with a clear and consistent message that resonates with the target market is an indispensable component in the marketing strategy of any restaurant business. Players that offer healthy menu options alongside deep fried, calorie-laden unhealthy options are sending a distorted brand message and making a serious strategic blunder.

This ambitious capital-intensive expansion plan, which has a two-year timeline, heightens the possibility that the company is already in advanced talks with deep-pocketed investors to shore up its coffers, preferably through equity financing—a point Mr. Dickson said “he would authoritatively comment on further down the road.”

See the update announced regarding a $3.5 million equity-based funding
“For now, what I can say is that our shareholders are thrilled following the announcement of this deal as it candidly demonstrates our commitment to model ourselves into a successful franchise developer,” ventured Mr. Dickson.

The CEO joined UHLN in July 2017 after the company switched its path from motor cycle manufacturing to franchise development. Following this critical transition, Dickson has been proactively identifying acquisition opportunities in order to actualize the company’s franchise development dreams.

The deal with Tru-Food, which comes barely a year after his entry, is a pointer to his commitment, strong professional networks in the franchise industry, professional competence and personal entrepreneurial grit. These are qualities that investors should always look out for before investing in a company operating in a dynamic and high pressure early stage field such as healthy dining. Dickson has garnered the right momentum to seal other acquisition deals in future, in line with his guidance that Tru-Food is the first of many UHLN’s acquisitions. More are in the pipeline.

Conclusion – See it on EmergingGrowth.com - http://emerginggrowth.com/undervalued-us-highland-otc-uhln-could-be-the-next-hot-stock-after-acquiring-healthy-menu-restaurant-company/
UHLN may not be at these levels much longer.
See more on United Highland Corp. (OTC Pink: UHLN) at EmergingGrowth.com
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Max Sound Corporation
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WorldFlix, Inc.
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Aluf Holdings, Inc.
Shares of Aluf Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: AHIX) have been on a tear over the past two and a half weeks, trading up 1,100% before seeing its first, what appears to be a negative close, yesterday as shares gave back 20%.  It’s most recent announcement details its current status with OTC Markets, which could indicate something is about to happen, however absent some new information, some profit taking should be in order.
 
In the meantime, have a look at United Highland Corp. (OTC Pink: UHLN) – Stop sign gone, acquisition completed, $3.5 million equity investment announced today.

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