There were too many employees on the payroll, and merging operations would help the company streamline. Expenses were high, and a sale would mean we could share product lines as well as combine operations, administration, and warehousing. Costs were too high to continue to make a decent profit, and sales and distribution costs were skyrocketing. There was too much inventory compared to sales. The sale of family businesses like ours represents more than an emotional upheaval or even an economic watershed.
People see it as the end of an era.