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Posts related to ‘Food’

Annie’s… Anatomy of a Hot IPO (BNNY)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 10:30 am

Annie's Inc (NYSE: BNNY) was already going to be a hot IPO, but somehow this one went up, up, and away in the category of "hot IPOs" in its debut.  ...
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Chinese Food Processor Gets Buyout Proposal (HOGS)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 11:25 am

Chinese meat and food processor Zhongpin Inc. (NASDAQ: HOGS) announced today that the company’s chairman, Xainfu Zhu, has submitted an offer to acquire all the outstanding shares he doesn’t already ...
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Green Mountain Chairman Sold $66 Million in Shares Just Ahead of Dip (GMCR, SBUX)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm

On March 8th, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) announced that Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) would be making a single-cup coffee machine to compete with Green Mountain’s Keurig system. ...
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Light Beers Looking for More Drinkers (TAP, BUD, SBMRY)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 9:02 am

The light beer revolution that was launched in the mid-1970s has been having a rough time lately. Though the global market for light beet remains around $50 billion annually, beer ...
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Weight Watchers Manages Successful Tender Offer To Retire Shares (WTW)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 9:17 am

Weight Watchers International Inc. (NYSE: WTW) managed a success with its dutch tender offer to repurchase shares out of the public float.  The company now is going to repurchase about ...
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Headlines Bad For Diamond Foods, But…. Light at the End of the Tunnel? (DMND)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 11:53 am

Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is adding insult to injury this morning.  The company was never known for its great dividend, but the company is suspending its dividend in an ...
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Starbucks To Challenge Red Bull In Super-Caffeine Drinks

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 5:32 pm

Will the diversification of Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) ever end? It has entered the instant coffee arena with its Via brand. It sells fruit smoothies. It has begun to open its own ...
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Hamburgers Going Gourmet (MCD, WEN, SONC, JACK)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 12:15 pm

During the recent Great Recession, the big fast food chains like McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD), The Wendy’s Co. (NASDAQ: WEN), Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC), Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Kraft Identifies New Names & Units (KFT)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 10:34 am

Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) today announced plans to change its corporate name to Mondelez International, Inc.  Does this name sound silly?  It does here, but you can decide for ...
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Green Mountain… In Favor Again With Starbucks? (GMCR, SBUX)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 9:59 am

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) had been lower on word that Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) was going to have its own brewing initiative despite the partnership that exists between ...
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Wendy’s New Number 2 in Burger Sales (WEN, MCD, MCG, SBUX, PNRA)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 4:25 pm

There’s a new number two among hamburger restaurant chains. The Wendy’s Co. (NASDAQ: WEN) has surpassed privately held Burger King in total sales, with $8.5 billion in 2011 sales compared ...
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A Lucky Escape For Dunkin’ Holders From Secondary Offering (DNKN)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 3:22 pm

Usually when you get a filing for a large secondary offering of stock into an IPO lock-up period it tends to hurt the shares of the underlying company.  Dunkin' Brands ...
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Starbucks Gets Into Juice Business

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 6:10 am

Starbucks will open its first juice bar, under that name of Evolution Fresh. The coffee store chain has moved into other businesses before. This includes the sale of its coffee ...
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Potash Fertilizer Makers Get Bump on US Planting Estimates (POT, MOS, CF)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 1:03 pm

US plantings of wheat and corn this year will be higher than the most recent US Department of Agriculture survey according to new survey results from Allendale Inc. cited by ...
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Starbucks Hits New High as Coffee Prices Stay Low (SBUX, DNKN)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 11:47 am

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) raised the bar this morning, posting a new 52-week high of $53.37. Almost certainly the share price rise is due to the continued low prices for ...
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