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0:00You're bound to have at least one when
0:02you open your fridge. It's LocknLock,
0:03the clear food container you seal by
0:05pressing down on all four sides of the
0:07lid. The very container that has been
0:08the number one airtight storage brand
0:10for 23 years. However, not a single one
0:12of LocknLock’s own manufacturing
0:13plants in Korea remains today. The
0:15company was delisted from the stock
0:17market in December 2024. And it wasn't
0:20because they went bankrupt. The very
0:21year after it was delisted. The largest
0:23chunk of money left the company all at
0:25once. Where did that money go? The
0:33story goes back to 1978. A 27-year-old
0:36man saw the words "import
0:38liberalization" in a newspaper headline
0:40. That was Kim Joon-il, the founder who
0:42created LocknLock. Foreseeing the era
0:44of import liberalization, he started a
0:46trading company called Kukjin Trading.
0:48He began learning the business from the
0:50ground up by importing and selling
0:51overseas kitchenware. While selling
0:53imported goods, he noticed one
0:54particular problem that kept catching
0:56his eye. At the time, the biggest
0:58headache for Korean mothers was the
0:59smell of kimchi in the refrigerator.
1:01Existing food containers often leaked
1:03liquid even when the lids were closed.
1:06Even when wrapped tightly in plastic
1:07bags, the smell would fill the whole
1:09house whenever the fridge door opened.
1:11Couldn't someone make a perfectly
1:13airtight box that wouldn't let a single
1:14drop of water or molecule of air escape
1:16? That single question was the starting
1:19point of it all. But he didn't stop at
1:21just selling other people's products.
1:23Wanting to create something of his own
1:25rather than someone else's, he jumped
1:27into manufacturing in 1985. After
1:29filtering out products that were too
1:31bulky or had long replacement cycles,
1:32he was left with storage containers for
1:34side dishes and ingredients. He bet
1:36everything on the power of an airtight
1:38seal that wouldn't leak. That’s how
1:40the design of a square container with
1:42flaps on the sides and a locking gasket
1:44was born. Finally, in 1998, the
1:47industry's first four-sided locking
1:49airtight container, LocknLock, was
1:50released to the world. This small box,
1:54with its four corners tightly locked to
1:55keep even a drop of water from leaking,
1:57would later completely change the
1:58landscape of the kitchen. However, the
2:01initial reaction from the domestic
2:02market was cold. To consumers used to
2:05lids that snap on all at once, the
2:07method of clicking each flap into place
2:09one by one felt like a hassle. So,
2:12LocknLock decided to take a gamble
2:14overseas first. The turning point was
2:16in 2001 on QVC, the world's largest
2:18home shopping channel in the U.S.
2:20American consumers were more than
2:22willing to try out new products. The
2:255,000 sets prepared for their debut
2:27broadcast sold out in an instant. It
2:29went on to be a best-seller on the top
2:315 U.S. home shopping channels for three
2:33consecutive years, and in March 2003,
2:34it was chosen as the "Today's Special
2:36Value" on QVC, selling 10,000 sets in a
2:38single day. Once recognized in the U.S.
2:42first, domestic buyers finally began
2:44rushing to place their orders. Backed
2:46by success in the U.S., these plastic
2:48containers created a similar sensation
2:49on home shopping channels in Germany
2:51and the UK. Then, in 2004, they knocked
2:53on the door of the massive Chinese
2:56market. They established a sales
2:58corporation in Shanghai, followed by
3:00offices in Beijing and Shenzhen, and
3:02even built local factories. In 2007,
3:04they built a large-scale factory in
3:06Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. As it
3:08established itself as a premium Korean
3:10kitchenware brand, China soon rose to
3:12become LocknLock's largest market. The
3:14path of exports expanded without
3:16hesitation. Products were sold in over
3:18100 countries, and the proportion of
3:20overseas sales grew rapidly. Analysis
3:22even suggested that they held over a 70
3:24%share in the domestic plastic airtight
3:26container market. Buoyed by this
3:28confidence, the company entered the
3:30KOSPI in January 2010. Starting with an
3:32offering price of 15,700 won, it hit an
3:34opening price of 20,000 won on the
3:36first day, and by June of that year,
3:38the founder's stake value exceeded 1
3:39trillion won. The peak of growth
3:42arrived in 2012. Annual consolidated
3:45revenue reached an all-time high of 584
3:48billion won. It was a period when
3:49annual operating profit fluctuated
3:51between 70 and 80 billion won. This
3:52meant that every morning when they woke
3:54up, a profit of over 200 million won
3:56had accumulated in the company's
3:57account. It was a time when they were
4:00raking in nearly half of their total
4:02performance from China alone, with
4:03sales of around 270 billion won. Like a
4:06box tightly sealed, the company's
4:08growth engine seemed unshakable by any
4:10external headwinds. However, at the
4:14very moment the glory of the number-one
4:16brand was shining brightest, dark
4:17clouds were gathering at the bottom of
4:19the company's ledger. The Chinese
4:22fortress, which seemed impenetrable,
4:24began to shake, and the founder's
4:25physical and mental health were
4:27reaching their limits. Why on earth did
4:29such a successful company suddenly end
4:31up changing owners? The entire crisis
4:34began in the Chinese mainland, which
4:36had been the company's greatest pride.
4:39In 2013, as the Xi Jinping
4:40administration implemented a powerful
4:42anti-corruption policy, the demand for
4:44bulk special orders used for gifts
4:46dried up in an instant. To make matters
4:48worse, China's domestic economic
4:49downturn and fierce competition among
4:51discount retailers intensified. The
4:53Chinese sales, which had reached 270
4:55billion won, slid by 30%to 190 billion
4:58won the following year. The success
5:00story of the mainland had turned into a
5:02giant trap that caught the company's
5:04ankles in an instant. Founder Chairman
5:06Kim Joon-il fought a desperate battle
5:08to hold onto the crumbling market. He
5:10took personal charge of the Chinese
5:12business, spending 240 days a year on
5:14overseas business trips. Exhausted from
5:16the strain, he even had to undergo a
5:18dangerous procedure for a
5:19cardiovascular issue. In China, they
5:21spent two years shutting down
5:22unnecessary business sites and
5:24overhauled their sales channels to
5:25focus on online. At the end of that,
5:28LocknLock soared once again in 2016.
5:31That year, their consolidated revenue
5:33recovered to the 420 billion won level,
5:35and operating profit skyrocketed to
5:3660.2 billion won. They had perfectly
5:39regained the strength of a profitable
5:40company, with an operating profit
5:42margin reaching 14%of revenue. Usually,
5:44when companies sell off management
5:46rights, it’s because they are on the
5:48verge of bankruptcy or are buried in
5:49debt and trying to wash their hands of
5:51it. But LocknLock was the exact
5:54opposite. The sale took place at the
5:56very moment when they had come through
5:58the darkest tunnel and their books were
6:01looking the most brilliant. On August
6:0325, 2017, a public filing turned the
6:05financial investment industry upside
6:07down. It was an announcement that the
6:10founding family was handing over their
6:1263.56%stake and management rights
6:13entirely to a private equity fund. The
6:16reason for the sale stated by the
6:18company was the founder's health. After
6:2039 years on the front lines of
6:22management, traveling abroad 240 days a
6:24year, his body had taken a toll. He did
6:28not pass the company on to his children
6:30. The amount received by the founding
6:32family was 18,000 won per share. It was
6:34a total of 629.3 billion won. So, who
6:38was the place that bet 629.3 billion
6:40won to become the new owner of
6:42LocknLock? It was a private equity firm
6:44called Affinity Equity Partners. They
6:47are often called a Hong Kong-based
6:49private equity fund, but if you look at
6:51their roots, they spun off from the
6:53Asia-Pacific division of Swiss
6:54investment bank UBS in 2004. They were
6:57one of Asia's leading independent
6:58private equity firms, investing in
6:59companies across Korea, Australia, the
7:01Greater China region, and Southeast
7:03Asia. As soon as the news of the sale
7:06broke, the stock market heated up, and
7:08the stock price soared to the 30,000
7:10won mark, celebrating day after day.
7:12Shareholders were also enthusiastic,
7:13believing the new owner would grow the
7:15company even larger. But behind the
7:18flashy party visible on the surface, a
7:20fatal trigger was hidden that would
7:21slowly tighten its grip on LocknLock's
7:23future. If you break down the
7:26composition of the nearly 630 billion
7:27won that Affinity put together, an
7:29astounding secret is revealed. The
7:31money they drew purely from their own
7:33fund was only a portion, and they had
7:35borrowed a whopping 375 billion won
7:37from domestic financial institutions.
7:39It was a typical leveraged buyout
7:41method, often called acquisition
7:43financing. Simply put, it’s like
7:45buying a 1 billion won apartment while
7:47covering 600 million won with a
7:48high-interest bank loan. But the real
7:50problem was that the party responsible
7:52for paying the interest on that loan
7:53was not the owner who bought the house,
7:55but the family members who would be
7:57living in it from then on. Although the
7:59debt was taken on by a special purpose
8:00vehicle set up by Affinity for the
8:02acquisition, the money to pay back the
8:04principal and interest ultimately had
8:05to come from dividends paid to
8:06LocknLock shareholders. At the time of
8:09the acquisition, loan interest rates
8:11were hovering in the low 4%range, so it
8:13appeared manageable on the surface.
8:15However, the burden of 375 billion won
8:17in debt was far too heavy for the
8:19company's financial strength to bear.
8:21At the very moment when people were
8:23cheering as the stock price hit 30,000
8:25won, LocknLock was already shackled by
8:27the chains of massive debt. What
8:30happened at LocknLock after the new
8:32owner took over? The report card shown
8:35to the public after the new owner
8:36arrived looked flashy at first glance.
8:39In 2021, LocknLock achieved record-high
8:41revenue of over 540 billion won. This
8:44was thanks to expanding the business
8:46beyond airtight containers into small
8:47home appliances. But while the exterior
8:50was loud, the substance was shrinking
8:52miserably. The operating profit margin,
8:57which reached over 14%in 2016,
8:59plummeted to 5%in 2019 and nosedived to
9:02under 1%by 2022. They sold 520 billion
9:06won worth of goods in a year, but the
9:08operating profit they held was a mere
9:102.3 billion won. It means that after
9:12running factories, making products, and
9:14paying employee salaries, there was
9:16almost nothing left. And finally, in
9:182023, a report card arrived that sent a
9:21massive shockwave through the market.
9:23Annual revenue slumped to the 480
9:25billion won range, and the company
9:26recorded a whopping 21.1 billion won in
9:28operating losses. It was the first time
9:31the company had fallen into the swamp
9:33of a deficit in 18 years since 2005. So
9:36, what was the real problem? It wasn't
9:39just due to the downturn in the Chinese
9:41market or the offensive of low-cost
9:43brands. The real detonator didn't go
9:45off in the market, but in the financial
9:47ledgers. By the end of 2022, the
9:49maturity of the 375 billion won
9:51acquisition loan borrowed by the fund
9:53to buy the company was fast approaching
9:55. At the time, LocknLock's stock price
9:57had fallen to the 6,000 won range, and
9:59they were at risk of failing to meet
10:01the financial covenants tied to the
10:02loan agreement. They ultimately
10:04succeeded in paying off 60 billion won
10:06first to reduce the loan to 280 billion
10:08won and extending the maturity by up to
10:10three years. But the price for that was
10:13brutal. The loan interest rate, which
10:15was in the low 4%range, more than
10:17doubled to over 9%per year. The
10:20industry estimated that the annual
10:21interest cost would subsequently reach
10:22the 20 billion won range. That was
10:24during a year when LocknLock's
10:26operating profit from its core business
10:28was a mere 2.3 billion won, resulting
10:30in a 20 billion won deficit. It meant
10:33that no matter how many food containers
10:34they sold, the structure couldn't keep
10:36up with the interest. The moment
10:38interest consumes operating profit,
10:40normal corporate operations are bound
10:42to be suffocated. The plan to grow the
10:45company further and sell it at a high
10:46price drifted away, and there weren't
10:48many paths left. It was about selling
10:50off assets for cash, then using that
10:53cash to reduce debt and recover
10:54investments. The company described this
10:57as "streamlining." But from the outside
11:00, it looked like a bizarre way of
11:01living: keeping the lids of the
11:03containers shut while drilling holes in
11:05the bottom to sell off kitchenware and
11:07factories. The first things to be put
11:09up for sale were the production sites.
11:11In 2021, they handed over the Asan
11:13plant and logistics center in Chungnam,
11:15and in 2021 and 2022, they sold off two
11:18production entities in Weihai, China,
11:20one after another. Then, in November
11:222023, the company decided to suspend
11:24operations at the Anseong plant, its
11:26last remaining in-house production base
11:29in South Korea. In August of that year,
11:31the land and buildings of the Anseong
11:33plant were divided and sold to a new
11:35company for 85 billion won. At the same
11:37time, the last remaining production
11:39entity in Suzhou, China, was also sold
11:41off. With this, not a single one of
11:43LocknLock's own production factories
11:45remained on the map of South Korea. The
11:48airtight container company that never
11:50lost its number one brand power turned
11:51into an empty shell that couldn't
11:53produce a single plastic container on
11:54its own in the country. Production was
11:57handed over to domestic and overseas
11:58subcontractors and plants in Vietnam.
12:00The number of domestic employees also
12:02shrunk to 279 by the end of 2024.
12:04During the process of closing the
12:05Anseong plant, the company offered
12:07voluntary retirement three times to
12:09around 140 factory workers. What
12:11awaited the 30 or so who stayed until
12:13the end was a layoff notice effective
12:15January 31, 2024. The Labor Relations
12:17Commission ruled this an unfair
12:19dismissal, and in December 2025, the
12:20Seoul Administrative Court also
12:22dismissed the company's lawsuit. The
12:23court acknowledged the management
12:25crisis but determined that the
12:26selection process was unfair, as they
12:28had pre-selected who to keep and fired
12:30the rest. The company appealed, and the
12:32verdict has not yet been finalized.
12:34Even right before closing the factories
12:36, the company was returning money to
12:38shareholders through dividends and
12:39capital reduction. However, as long as
12:41it remained a listed company, it could
12:42not avoid the eyes of minority
12:44shareholders and the market. And one
12:46year before delisting, a notable
12:47decision appeared in the company's
12:49books. It was an agenda item that
12:51appeared as a single line in a public
12:52disclosure that anyone could open and
12:53view. About a year before delisting, on
12:55December 22, 2023, an agenda item was
12:57raised at LocknLock's extraordinary
12:59general meeting of shareholders. It was
13:01an agenda to reduce capital reserves by
13:03292.5 billion won and transfer it to
13:05retained earnings. Since capital
13:06reserves are essentially the seed money
13:08provided by shareholders, the funds are
13:10originally locked away and cannot be
13:11taken as dividends. Within the limits
13:13allowed by law, they removed that label
13:15and moved the funds to an account that
13:16allows for dividend payouts. Retained
13:19earnings swelled from 251 billion won
13:21to 488.2 billion won. It was as if they
13:25had pre-installed a massive drainpipe
13:27in the books to legally siphon cash out
13:29of the company vault. Four months after
13:32the drainpipe was installed, in April
13:342024, an announcement of a tender offer
13:36shook the stock market. Affinity
13:39announced it would buy out shares from
13:41minority shareholders, pushing for a
13:43voluntary delisting to take the company
13:45off the stock market. The purchase
13:47price offered across the first and
13:49second rounds was 8,750 won per share.
13:52This was less than half of the 18,000
13:54won per share they paid to acquire
13:55management rights from the founding
13:57family. Minority shareholders
13:59immediately protested, calling it a
14:01dirt-cheap price. This price
14:03represented a price-to-book ratio of
14:050.76 as of the end of 2023. In other
14:08words, it was barely three-quarters of
14:10the net assets recorded on the books.
14:13Some argued that the offer should at
14:16least match the book value of 31,569
14:19won per share. On the other hand, the
14:22company maintained that it was a
14:24premium price over the stock price,
14:26which had been fluctuating between
14:275,000 and 7,000 won. Shareholders who
14:29decided to hold out ultimately refused
14:31to sell their shares. In late May 2024,
14:33during the second tender offer, the
14:35company publicly announced that it
14:37would not pursue dividends for the year
14:39. They explained that decisions on
14:40dividends for next year and beyond
14:41would be made based on future financial
14:43conditions. Industry insiders
14:45interpreted this as pressure to force
14:46out shareholders who were holding on in
14:48hopes of year-end dividends. With the
14:51first tender offer alone, Affinity had
14:54already raised its stake to 85.45%.
14:57However, even after two rounds of
14:58tender offers and additional market
15:00purchases, Affinity's calculations
15:01missed the mark. They only managed to
15:04secure around 89%of the shares. Under
15:06Korean regulations, a maximum
15:08shareholder must hold at least 95%of
15:10the shares to initiate a voluntary
15:12delisting. It became clear they could
15:14not cross the delisting threshold
15:16through normal means. So, did Affinity
15:18stop there? No, they did not. Affinity
15:21chose a detour. They established a new
15:24domestic entity called Consumer Phoenix
15:26and invoked the commercial law
15:27regarding a cash-out comprehensive
15:29stock swap. It is a mechanism where, if
15:31two-thirds of the attending shares and
15:33one-third of the total shares are in
15:35favor, the shares of dissenting
15:36shareholders can be acquired in
15:38exchange for cash. The moment the
15:40majority shareholder, who owned 89%,
15:42voted in favor, the result was a
15:43foregone conclusion. The motion was
15:45passed at the extraordinary
15:46shareholders 'meeting in October 2024,
15:48and the remaining shareholders were
15:50forced to give up their shares for
15:518,750 won each. They no longer needed
15:54to file quarterly performance reports
15:55or face minority shareholders to
15:57explain themselves, as they were no
15:58longer a listed company. Finally, on
16:01December 9, 2024, LocknLock was removed
16:03from the Korea Composite Stock Price
16:05Index. 14 years after its spectacular
16:08IPO in 2010, the company’s name tag
16:10was completely erased from the stock
16:11market. Now, the only window left to
16:14look into the company from the outside
16:16is the annual audit report. It's as if
16:18a thick curtain has been drawn halfway
16:20across a once-transparent glass window.
16:22198 minority shareholders, holding
16:23about 1.3 million shares, refused to
16:25accept the stock price and filed a
16:27petition with the court to set a new
16:28purchase price. The company made a
16:30final offer of 8,755 won, a mere 5-won
16:33increase from the original 8,750 won.
16:37This spring, the Pyeongtaek Branch of
16:40the Suwon District Court ruled that
16:428,755 won was indeed fair. The reason
16:45was that the market stock price
16:46represents an objective value
16:47reflecting the judgment of many
16:49investors. The shareholders' backlash
16:51was essentially met with a single 5-won
16:53coin. This case is currently under
16:55appeal, and no final decision has been
16:57made yet. And what was the actual
17:00amount of money that flowed out of the
17:02company in 2025? The amount that left
17:06the company's books in 2025, the year
17:08immediately following its delisting,
17:10far exceeded market expectations. The
17:13company paid 180.2 billion won in
17:14interim dividends to two
17:16Affinity-affiliated shareholder
17:17corporations and sent out an additional
17:1984.6 billion won through a paid-in
17:21capital reduction. In just one year,
17:24the payout to shareholders reached
17:27264.8 billion won. The company's cash
17:30equivalents, which exceeded 240 billion
17:32won, shrunk to under 100 billion won in
17:34just one year. Is it hard to grasp just
17:37how large a figure 264.8 billion won is
17:40? The reality becomes clear when
17:42compared to the company's consolidated
17:44net profit of 11.6 billion won that
17:46year. It essentially means they paid
17:49out more than 20 times—exactly 22.9
17:51times—the annual net profit at once.
17:54It is like paying the price for 23
17:55plates of side dishes with the profit
17:57made from selling just one. In terms of
17:59dividend payout ratio relative to net
18:01profit, it was a figure exceeding 1500%
18:04. If so, where on earth did this 260
18:07billion won-level of funds from the
18:09coffers go? The clue to the answer lies
18:12in the acquisition financing. According
18:14to the investment banking industry,
18:16Affinity paid off about 150 billion won
18:18of the remaining 230 billion won in
18:20acquisition debt by the end of 2025
18:22using held cash, and refinanced the
18:24remaining 80 billion won through Meritz
18:26Securities. Affinity has not disclosed
18:29specifically where the dividend and
18:30capital reduction proceeds were used.
18:32However, when looking at the timing and
18:34the amounts, it appeared that money
18:36from the sale of the Anseong plant and
18:38cash from the coffers acted as an ATM
18:40to pay down acquisition debt. It was
18:43like tearing down bricks from a house
18:44bought with debt to sell them and pay
18:46off the bank loan. Looking only this
18:48far, private equity funds look like
18:50predators destroying companies. But
18:52there is a case where the same private
18:54equity fund wrote a completely
18:55different history. That would be OB
18:58Beer, which Affinity bought for $ 1.8
19:01billion alongside KKR in 2009. Instead
19:04of selling off factories, the two funds
19:06actually poured over 200 billion won
19:08into facility investments. OB Beer,
19:10which had been the perennial runner-up,
19:12overtook HiteJinro in 2011 and boosted
19:15its market share to over 60%. Then, in
19:172014, they sold it back to the original
19:20owner, AB InBev, for $ 5.8 billion. The
19:23two funds 'profit was estimated at
19:25about 3.5 trillion won, marking a
19:27legendary success story. So why did
19:29they grow OB Beer before selling it,
19:31while they started by selling off
19:33LocknLock's factories? It wasn't
19:35because the private equity fund's
19:36morality suddenly changed. The secret
19:39lay in the numbers, not in morality. OB
19:42Beer generated massive cash flow from
19:44the market, leaving enough to cover its
19:47debts and reinvest. However, for
19:49LocknLock, the interest on acquisition
19:51debt alone was over 20 billion won a
19:52year, while the operating profit from
19:53its core business was less than that or
19:55even in the red. Once the path to
19:57growing and selling was blocked, the
19:59only remaining option was to dismantle
20:01the company by selling off assets to
20:03recoup the principal. It’s as if they
20:06filled the nest of a goose that lays
20:07golden eggs with unbearable debt, and
20:09when they couldn't cover the interest,
20:11they plucked its wings and bones one by
20:13one to sell off. The price of that cold
20:17financial surgery was borne entirely by
20:19the people left on the front lines.
20:24LocknLock barely managed to turn a
20:25profit, recording 450 billion won in
20:27revenue and 18.1 billion won in
20:29operating profit. Since performance
20:32jumped more than tenfold from the
20:33previous year, you'd think the
20:34employees might finally get some
20:36breathing room. But the company's
20:38choice was, once again, personnel
20:40reduction. In June 2026, they posted
20:42another voluntary resignation notice
20:45for all employees at the Seoul
20:46headquarters. Following the factory
20:49workers in Anseong, the office staff at
20:51headquarters became the next target for
20:53voluntary retirement. With no factories
20:56left and a reduced workforce, the
20:58National Assembly's Environment and
20:59Labor Committee summoned the head of
21:01Affinity Equity Partners Korea as a
21:03witness for the parliamentary audit in
21:04October 2026. The reason was to
21:06question the job insecurity of the
21:08companies acquired by their third fund.
21:10So, with all domestic factories closed
21:13and 260 billion won siphoned out, what
21:16remains of the LocknLock containers we
21:19open every day? Let’s go back to the
21:21side-dish containers on our dining
21:23tables. If you go to a nearby
21:25supermarket shelf, LocknLock is still
21:27the proud number one. Even this year in
21:302026, they maintained the No. 1 brand
21:32power in the container category for 23
21:34consecutive years and received the
21:35First Brand Grand Prize for 10 years in
21:37a row. On the shelves, the familiar
21:41blue logo we've always seen is clear,
21:43and the transparent plastic containers
21:45are neatly waiting for customers.
21:48Looking only at the surface, it appears
21:50as if nothing has happened to this
21:51brand. I take a food container from the
21:54cupboard and press down on the lid’s
21:56clips with my fingertips. Even now, it
21:59clicks shut perfectly, sealing tight
22:01without a single gap. The airtight seal
22:04, which doesn't let a drop of liquid or
22:07a molecule of air escape, is the same
22:10as it was 28 years ago. Yet, at the
22:14bottom of that transparent box that
22:16locks so securely, the sweat of Korean
22:19factory workers and the trust of
22:21countless small shareholders have
22:23vanished without a trace. Consumers
22:27only see the pristine exterior of the
22:29top-ranked food container on the store
22:31shelf. But the process of domestic
22:33factories disappearing, workers being
22:36laid off, and everything turning into
22:38cash was quietly buried behind a single
22:40disclosure and a few dry news reports.
22:43The name "private equity fund" itself
22:45is not what ruins a company. The real
22:47tragedy begins the moment a company is
22:50swallowed by unmanageable debt and
22:52interest payments far exceed operating
22:55profits. When the path to growing a
22:58company and normalizing it is blocked,
23:00all that remains is the cold blade of
23:02finance, selling factories and firing
23:04people to pay off debts. The empty
23:07factory hidden behind a functional lid
23:10poses a heavy question to us all. Is
23:13this sad bill left by a top brand like
23:15LocknLock really just the story of one
23:18food container company? Every week, we
23:21track the crumbling backstories of the
23:22familiar companies connected to our
23:24daily lives. If you found this story
23:26interesting, please subscribe and like.

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