Food52 files for bankruptcy; ATK to acquire assets.

Culture, Media, General
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America’s Test Kitchen Under Contract for Food52, Inc. Assets Read more at: https://pr.capitalpress.com/article/Americas-Test-Kitchen-Under-Contract-for-Food52-Inc-Assets?storyId=6953fc8b8a9cb783f3ae075c.

I didnt know that Food 52 had acquired Dansk in 2021.

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Food52 is a trusted source for recipes. I hope it continues.

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WOWza.

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Sounds like it will but I bet it will go behind a firewall if ATK is in charge.

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a pioneering food, media and lifestyle brand

:rofl: It’s a catalogue with a recipe section.

That does explain why they spend so much time hawking the products.

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Interesting! It’s been intriguing to see them go from what to me seemed like writing about things to selling things!

Here’s a surprisingly brief Wikipedia entry.

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Private equity came aboard in 2019, which often means expand or die. So they expanded into areas like home furnishings, bought Dansk and other retail stuff and got brick and mortar stores. Founders left in 2020. Private equity loves vertical integration driven by a friendly platform.

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I had thought that Dansk was still owned by Lenox. My first “grown-op” flatware that I bought was Dansk Variation V. To go with my Iron Mountain Whispering Pines stoneware.

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I love the Dansk casserole dishes, I have 2 white ones, easy clean up; they’re a lot pricier now.

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I think some copy and pasting will be in my ro do list. Their recipes tend to be quite reliable for me

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