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Greyhound absolutely fails most of Berkshire's criteria, and the size of the deal ($78 million) is well under the deal size Berkshire is looking for. As for be
by LurkingPenguin 5y ago
Greyhound absolutely fails most of Berkshire's criteria, and the size of the deal ($78 million) is well under the deal size Berkshire is looking for.
As for being "iconic", I'm not sure "iconic" is the word I'd use to describe Greyhound. It has a reputation for sure, but not a good one.
- quesera 5y agoFWIW, my instantaneous reaction on seeing the title of this post was "wait, isn't Greyhound a special entity designated by US govt, like Amtrak or the USPS?". I knew it couldn't be correct after half a second of reflection, but it's a measure of how "iconic" Greyhound is. Also, they have big real estate (often in beautiful old buildings) in the center of the big cities, and their branding is red white & blue. It seems likely that they don't own the real estate, and maybe the cities own the bus stations which only appear to be operated by Greyhound. I have only been inside about half a dozen bus stations though.