SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                               Synergy Brands Inc.
                          -----------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
                          -----------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   87159E-10-5
                          -----------------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)


Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

     Rule 13d-1 (b)

X    Rule 13d-1 (c)

     Rule 13d-1 (d)





CUSIP No. 87159E-10-5
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 1)  Names of  Reporting  Persons S.S. or I.R.S.  Identification  Nos. of Above
     Persons
     Lawrence K. Fleischman  ss# ###-##-####
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 2)  Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
     (a)   NA
     (b)   NA
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 3)   SEC Use Only
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 4)   Citizenship or Place of Organization
      United States
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 Number            (5)   Sole Voting Power 581915
 of
 Shares            ------------------------------------------------------------
 Beneficially
 Owned             (6)   Shared Voting Power none
 By
 Each              ------------------------------------------------------------
 Reporting
 Person            (7)   Sole Dispositive Power 581915
 With
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                   (8)   Shared Dispositive Power none
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 9)   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person  581915
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 10)  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

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 11)  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11) 6.8%
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 12)  Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
      inidividual (IN)
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ITEM 1(A):        Name of Issuer: Synergy Brands Inc.

ITEM 1(B):        Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

ITEM 2(A):        Name of Person Filing: Lawrence Fleischman

ITEM 2(B):        Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
                  c/o Capital Vision Group Inc.
                  150 Vanderbilt Motor PKWY.
                  Ste. 311
                  Hauppauge, NY  11788

ITEM 2(C):        Citizenship: United States

ITEM 2(D):        Title of Class of Securities:
                       Common Stock

ITEM 2(E):        CUSIP Number: 87159E-10-5


ITEM     3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS  240.13D-1(b),  OR
         240.13D-2(b), OR (C) CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

         Not Applicable

         (a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act

         (b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act

         (c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act

         (d) [ ] Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment
         Company Act of 1940

         (e) [ ] Investment Adviser in accordance with section 240.13d-1 (b) (1)
         (ii) (E) the Investment Advisers Act of 1940

         (f) [ ] An employee  Benefit Plan or endowment fund in accordance  with
         section 240.13d-1(b)(1) (ii)(F)

         (g) [ ] Parent  Holding  Company or control  person in accordance  with
         section 240.13d-1(1)(ii)(G)

         (h) [ ] A  savings  associations  as  defined  in  Section  3(b) of the
         Federal Deposit Insurance Act

         (i) [ ] A  church  plan  that is  excluded  from the  definition  of an
         investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act
         of 1940

         (j) [ ] Group, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

 ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP (Please refer to Exhibit A for additional information)

         (a)      Amount Beneficially Owned: 581915

         (b)      Percent of Class: 6.8%

         (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

            (i)      sole power to vote or to direct the vote
                     581915

            (ii)     shared power to vote or to direct the vote
                     none

            (iii)    sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
                     581915

            (iv)     shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

                     none

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ITEM 5.  OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS

         Not Applicable

ITEM 6.  OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON

         Not Applicable

ITEM 7.  IDENTIFICATION  AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE
         SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY

         Not Applicable

ITEM 8.  IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

         Not Applicable

ITEM 9.  NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP

         Not Applicable

ITEM 10. CERTIFICATION

         (a) The following  certification  shall be included if the statement is
         filed pursuant to section 240.13d-1(b):

         By  signing  below I  certify  that,  to the best of my  knowledge  and
         belief, the securities  referred to above were acquired and are held in
         the ordinary  course of business and were not acquired and are not held
         for the purpose of or with the effect of changing  or  influencing  the
         control if the issuer of the  securities  and were not acquired and are
         not in connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having
         that purpose or effect.

         (b) The following  certification  shall be included if the statement is
         filed pursuant to section 240.13d-1(c)

         By  signing  below I  certify  that,  to the best of my  knowledge  and
         beleif, the securities  referred to above were not acquired and are not
         held for the purpose of or with the effect of  changing or  influencing
         the  control of the issuer of the  securities  and were not acqired and
         are not held in connection  with or as a participant in any transaction
         having that purpose or effect.

                                   SIGNATURE.

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

Date:  April 29, 1999

By:  /s/ Lawrence Fleischman
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         Lawrence Fleischman