From coast to coast, busy Americans-with little time to prepare meals - are flocking to restaurants in record numbers.
Dining Fast...
Many Americans don't have time for leisurely restaurant meals. Quick service or "fast-casual" restaurants continue to grow in popularity.
Dining Healthy...
A growing number of Americans want foods that are good for them - - high in nutrition, yet low in fat and cholesterol. Many are shopping at stores that stock organic and natural foods.
These are growing trends in America, but where do they "converge" for the increasing number of health-conscious consumers who are often pressed for time? Is there a restaurant that can meet their needs? Is anyone serving delicious, nutritious meals -and doing it fast? Is anyone serving healthy meals with the convenience of take-out and drive-through along with table dining? The answer is a resounding "yes", and that restaurant is Healthy Bites Grill, a restaurant that serves healthy, nutritious meals in a fast-casual format.
Healthy Bites Grill---Taste The "Flavor Of Opportunity"
A few years ago, Doug Baker and Marco D'Alonzo, the founders of the Healthy Bites Grill concept, saw the tremendous potential in a healthy-dining restaurant with a fast-casual format.
As entrepreneurs and healthy eating enthusiasts, Doug and Marco had already been highly successful in other areas of business, including sales, finance, marketing and business development. Doug and Marco opened the original Healthy Bites Grill in South Florida. Today, Healthy Bites Grill is synonymous with the words "healthy dining", "quality food" and "quick service".
Fabulous food
We've created an outstanding menu with items that will please every palate. Customers rave about our sensational selections. Menu offerings include the Colorado Burger made from buffalo meat (less fat than chicken) topped with smoked chipolte sauce; the Santa Fe Burger made from turkey meat and topped with tomato salsa and a Mexican style cheese blend, and the Grilled Mahi-Mahi sandwich topped with a tangy tartar sauce. The menu also features our signature sandwich; the "Grilled Portobello Philly" which is a combination of Portabello mushrooms, roasted peppers and onions, and topped with low-fat mozzarella cheese on a hoagie roll. Other options include: Sun-dried Tomato Wrap sandwiches, Personal Sized Pizzas, HB Stuffed Pockets, Vegetarian Sandwiches, and Garden Fresh Salads. "Side Items" including hearty soups and vegetarian chili, along with oven baked sweet potato and potato fries. Rounding out the menu are the "Super Smoothies" and "The Juice Bar".
With our "Pizza, Pannini, Pockets and Salads," customers can choose from a tasty array of items, including a vegetarian pizza, with homemade tomato sauce; a grilled chicken and sun dried tomato pocket, grilled veggie pocket, an Athenian spinach salad, and our own signature salad, the "Healthy Bites," a delightful mixture of fresh pine nuts, vegetables, and Feta cheese.
We offer delicious "Side Items" including hearty soups, hummus, focaccia, pasta salad and oven-baked fries. Our ever popular "Juice Bar" features outstanding fresh fruit and vegetable creations. Rounding out our menu is a wide assortment of super smoothies, power guzzlers, bottled water, soft drinks, coffees, and beverages. Yes, our food is tasty and we're always working on new menu items to please our growing number of health conscious consumers
Fabulous Convenience
Not only do our customers love us for our delicious healthy food, but they also love us for the 3 important options we offer: Take-out, drive-through, and table dining. Our quick-casual service capability is a huge hit with our customers.
Positive point is HEXS has hit bottom support at .40 per share. Technicals indicate prices will stay within five percent of this support.
Looks like flatline behavior for a time, with prices bouncing from .38 to .42 for several weeks, excluding Christmas week.
This is a potential for a rise in prices not because of stock performance but rather an overall improvement in market conditions. I would not be surprised to read stock near .50 per share sometime in January, with this being an optimistic forecast.
There is an oddity which I am sure about.
A lot of insider selling is taking place but only by one person, averaging about twice a month. Kinda looks like Durante is actually "living off" stock sales rather than selling in anticipation of losses. She might be adding support as well, which is not a bad tactic.
A downside is a long slow decline in value. However, this is offset by bottom support. Nonetheless, your risk is a gamble on this stock rising in value in the future.
Technicals show upward pushing and prices trying to break .46 per share. This is good. I would wait for a short period. It looks like a double bottom is forming, which might be followed by a mild rise in price. This could also indicated prices will simply flatline for a period of time, with usual five percent up and downs.
On company news. Be very careful. This is an extreme example and I do feel the company is being truthful, but they have placed a positive spin on news, as expected.
December 10 news is headlined,
"...Breaks Ground on Restaurant."
Close reading yields,
"...location is a 2,500-square-foot conversion of an in-line store...."
"With only final approvals from Broward County between us and construction...."
No ground breaking. Building permits are usually a financial nightmare; permits add extreme expenses through unwarranted changes and requirements during construction.
So HEXS has announced a "ground breaking" when truthfully, they are not yet permitted for construction. Currently, Broward is looking at their construction plans and diagrams. It will be a few weeks before actual start of construction is approved.
Financially, HEXS is flatlining. There has been no change in revenue for two years. For two years, they are breaking even, as an overall picture. Haven't look at their 10Q filings but I suspect they are incurring more debt than revenue and are balancing out final figures using creative accounting.
Be sure to read all SEC filings carefully. I have not looked at a single filing and have no clue what will be found.
Can they afford millions in new construction costs for this new facility?
Watch for the opening of this new facility. Chances are good an upward spike will be generated on opening, but will not last for a long time. However, an average up pricing should settle in. Buy well before the announced opening, or wait for the dust to settle, after opening. Trick will be to pin down a date before an opening is announced, maybe 60 to 90 days from now?
You can request information from the Broward County building department on the status of building permits. This is public information and freely given. Last items checked off will be electical and roofing, as a general rule. Final permit signature will be requested soon after this. A strong indicator of opening very soon, will be a fire department inspection, this is usually last and preceeds opening by a week or two.
This is a stock, I personally, would buy 10,000 shares at .38, wait for .41 and promptly sell. I would do this several times until prices show strong upward support.
You could pull profit out while waiting to see where this stock will head.
Volume is fairly low. There is a chance you will end up "stuck" in this stock.
Personal opinion, wait and watch for a bit, wait for a well established five percent rise and fall for a long time, then work on periodically pulling 2.5 percent profit out on a regular basis. Best to wait and watch; this stock is not going to move soon, other than usual small rise and fall.
A safe harbour reminder. I am expressing an opinion and could be completely wrong. Do not buy nor sell based on what I have written. Research carefully and extensively.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.I TRY TO LOOK FOR STOCKS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT TAUTING AS I FIND THEM TO BE UNDERVALUED WITH GOOD UPSIDE.THIS LOOKED LIKE A NICHE MARKET WHICH APPEALS TO ME.IF I AM NOT IMPOSING MAY I ASK YOUR ADVISE ON ..MSGL....APPI....
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No point to go into a lot of details on MSGL and APPI.
MSGL, I watched this one during October and November. At the end of November I tossed my notecard. MSGL will not perform very well. You have noticed they are in a long down slide with no signs of recovery.
Something which bothers me, MSGL is "paying" all kinds of consultants and others with common stock, valued from $750,000 to over a million dollars. Looks to me the primary players in this company are pocketing a lot of money and investors are losing money.
MSGL simply does not have a product (SLICES) which is unique enough to make major sales.
They need an astounding announcement to recover. I cannot think of anything which they could announce which would save them.
APPI, I strongly encourage you to pass on this one. Their revenue is often zero, or right at zero. Losses are increasing. Their product is not popular and has a lot of competition. This is a certain loser.
I kinda like your other stock, HEXS. This one does have potential but you will have to wait a long time to realize profits. HEXS would be good for a fast in and out move; jump in, jump out, maybe make $200.
My buy / sell range is all messed up. When I buy 10,000 shares of a stock, I look for a very fast one cent rise and sell. This clears $100, net $80 after commissions, on a 24 hour to 72 hour hold, only.
I would encourage to keep HEXS on your watch list but not to buy anytime soon. Do consider a "wait and watch" mode. HEXS probably will jump pretty good when they open their second facility but will fall in price a bit in time.
If you can get in just before opening, you should do ok but there are high risks. HEXS might fall instead. I suspect HEXS will rise in value in six months to a year. If not, stay away from it.
Stocks under ten cents a share are really tough to work. Prices motions are so tight, usually less than one cent, you really cannot pull out a profit unless you buy 100,000 shares or more. However, you have to sell in 5,000 to 10,000 blocks running up commission costs, which eat up those profits you make.
You might want to place USTT on your watch list for the future. Do NOT buy this stock. Be sure you read carefully, do NOT buy.
USTT is slated for dilution late January or early February. USTT has a CEO who seems less than honest or less than talented, not sure which, crooked or stupid.
Price on USTT should fall to nine cents a share after dilution, then on down to six cents a share. After this it should rise to ten to tweleve cents per share, but this will take a long time. USTT might be a chance for you to buy a lot of really cheap stock and pull maybe $200 to $400 out of it.
However, your money will be tied up for a long time and this is high risk. Odds are even USTT will rise or fall, after dilution.
Be very careful on that one. I am watching USTT but will not make a buy without some really strong signals of a rise, much later.
Sorry to be pedantic, do NOT buy USTT now.
I really don't have a lot of cheap stocks for you which I feel comfortable with, only a few I watch.
One which is very cheap and a pretty safe buy is CLSI. You won't make a lot of money on this one unless you buy very high amounts.
CLSI is a very healthy company, black ink with a 87% rise in income. Lots of "city" type contracts, for long term.
I've watched this one for a long time but missed a recent buy chance. I had planned to buy 10,000 at .026 and wait for it to return to .036 or higher. A quick $100 less commission. Not much, but every little profit does help in buying power.
CLSI will rise to .038 to .040 fairly soon, but stop there and hold for a long time. CLSI has very good support at those prices. CLSI is almost always at .038 to .040 range.
So, there is a less than a nickel stock for you which is a very safe investment. You will have to buy right away, like tomorrow, to get in below .030 price.
If you have plenty of cash, I would shoot for 100,000 shares and later sell them in 10,000 blocks. Don't forget to figure in your buy and sell commissions. Net profit will be very tight on CLSI because of your commission fees.
Remember, CLSI will rise to .038 to .040 then stop and hold for a long time. When it hits those prices, might as well sell.
You will be working with only a one cent rise in price, .028 up to .038 cents.
I feel very comfortable with CLSI but there is not enough price changes to pull out a really good profit. Safe stock, though.
Next affordable stock I have is CYRO. This one is down from .41 to .31 showing good potential for a ten cent per share profit in maybe two to three months. It is down now because of December market falls. It should rise fairly soon.
Don't expect CYRO to go anywhere. It won't. Revenue is down and losses are up. CYRO might move upward on its own towards the end of this coming year.
For now, you will be betting on improving market conditions to pull up the price. This is high risk. Personally, I will not buy CYRO but you might want to take a look and see what you think. Lot of risks on this one, be careful. Kinda want to tell you to pass on CYRO. Just not sure.
Here is a very affordable stock, a little over a quarter a share. BSIC stock. Read my articles on this one. I feel very good about suggesting this one. This one will jump a nickel or so after Christmas then continue to grow very slowly. A good buy price would .25 to .29 which I think you can do tomorrow.
You should read my articles posted here and on the "free for all" board. Some of those stocks are in the .50 to .75 range. I only suggest those stocks which I feel comfortable with and have already bought.
One last one to watch but do NOT buy, again do NOT buy this one. APBH. This is about to do a reverse split causing serious dilution. Might be a buy after dilution. I don't know. Not all that comfortable with it. Watch it and see what happens, but do NOT buy until you absolutely know it will rise. You will be able to get in for a less than a penny. Commission fees will be important for your net profit. High risk, maybe stay away, maybe watch.
Sorry I don't have any real "penny" stocks for you. I usually stay away from stocks less than ten cents per share.
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Only have one stock on my watch list in that price range, CPN.
Currently I am suggesting to not buy.
CPN is a healthy company, has very good revenue, excellent volume and all signals indicate this is a buy.
There is a problem casual investors miss everytime. CPN has an extremely huge debt which comes due late next year. Personally I expect a serious bubble burst on this one during Fall of next year.
Another problem is CPN was over-inflated recently by silly people buying in on good company news which was really just moderate good news, nothing worth a big rise in price.
CPN, over the past twelve trading days, has moved from 4.44 to 4.19 and back up to 4.41 suddenly. Overall, CPN is in a long slow downtrend which will continue.
However, it "might" bottom out around 4.20 to 4.30 per share, perhaps lower. Somewhere in that range would be its true value, keeping in mind CPN might take a huge fall when this debt is due.
This one is a "wait and watch" stock with a need to ignore false rises based on company news and major news sources taunting energy stocks.
This one might be in your range requested. I would not buy now, however. High volume keeps volatility down so you can be casual in decisions.
Keep in mind, an extremely high debt is due later this fall. I don't think they will be able to pay this debt.
CPN might be an option candidate?
Only other close to 4.00 per share I have is IVAN. There is not a chance I would buy this stock at current prices. It is almost a dollar over its real value.
IVAN jumped from 2.82 to 3.63 based on a single bit of news which was not good news at all. Back on December 10 it was announced IVAN would be included in the S&P 500 index. Price jumped almost one dollar. Subsequent "do nothing" news articles drove it on up to 3.87 with a high of 4.33 for a single day.
A lot of money will be lost on this one. It is currently starting to fall, hard.
This is the problem. Inclusion in the S&P has no effect on how IVAN will do financially. Being added to the S&P index means just that; it is in the index, good or bad performance.
People have this notion inclusion in the index will magically turn this stock into a major winner overnight. Heck, they could be bankrupt by the end of the year for all those people know.
True value on IVAN, about 2.90 to 3.00 and nothing more.
Those are the only two stocks I am watching close to your four dollar range.
Be sure your understand I am NOT suggesting you buy those stocks. I am simply watching them and have no intent to buy anytime soon.
My specialty is high risk, high volatile stocks in a range of .50 to 2.50 for fast trading. Usually not in any given stock for more than five days.
Those I share here for long term, are a very minor part of our portfolio. Those stocks are the only I feel comfortable suggesting to others. It would be wrong of me to prompt others into extremely high risk stocks; most are looking for safe secure low risk penny stocks.
Nonetheless, all penny stocks are risky.
Wish I could help you out better but I never use options, margin, stop loss, none of that. I deal in fast in and out straight trades, often intra-day trades.
I do NOT suggest you, the reader, to ever try what I am doing. You will lose a lot of money unless you have a lot, I mean a lot of experience in volatile stocks. You could lose everything, in a week. I mean that quite literally.
I have traded USTT several times and made some nice profits.CLSI has been on my watchlist but I am not ready on that one. I think APPI will have a good runwatch that one.Thanks for your input you are very precise in your research.