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Integrated Case

3-16
D¡¦Leon Inc., Part I
Financial Statements and Taxes

Donna Jamison, a 2000 graduate of the University of Florida with 4 years of banking experience, was recently brought in as assistant to the chairman of the board of D¡¦Leon Inc., a small food producer that operates in north Florida and whose specialty is high-quality pecan and other nut products sold in the snack-foods market. D¡¦Leon¡¦s president, Al Watkins, decided in 2004 to undertake a major expansion and to ¡§go national¡¨ in competition with Frito-Lay, Eagle, and other major snack-food companies. Watkins felt that D¡¦Leon¡¦s products were of a higher quality than the competition¡¦s; that this quality differential would enable it to charge a premium price; and that the end result would be greatly increased sales, profits, and stock price.
The company doubled its plant capacity, opened new sales offices outside its home territory, and launched an expensive advertising campaign.......

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