OTHER NEWS - Oct. 20, 1994
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Trefoil Investors II Buys Into Food Firm: The Burbank-based investment company, whose partners include entertainment executive Roy Disney and other senior executives of his Shamrock Holdings Inc. company, has bought a “significant minority partnership share” in Fantastic Foods Inc., according to the Petaluma, Calif., natural foods company. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Fantastic, with annual revenue approaching $30 million, makes the Nature’s Burger hamburger alternative and instant soups and mixes. Jim Rosen, Fantastic founder and chief executive, said his company will benefit from Trefoil’s expertise in developing high-growth concerns.
