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Pepsi Gets Back on Track With Earnings (PEP, KO)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 7:45 am

PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has not been living up to its defensive stock nature like rival Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO).  The beverage snack food giant reported earnings this morning that ...
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Can Yum! Buck the Downtrend in Casual Dining? (YUM, DRI, MCD, SBUX, CMG)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 11:18 am

After the markets close today, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will report its third-quarter earnings. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.83 on revenue of $3.1 billion, compared with second-quarter EPS of ...
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Daily Deals & Coupons Heading To Blogs

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 5:01 pm

The world of daily deals and online coupons is changing so fast and the distribution model is changing so fast that it is hard to keep up with.  Our biggest ...
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Demand for Grain to Lift Fertilizer Prices (MOS, POT, AGU, MON, CF, SYT, MOO)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 10:29 am

Fertilizer maker The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2012 after markets closed yesterday, and the company posted earnings and revenues that were in-line ...
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Cargill Trusts Uses Mosaic S&P 500 News To Sell More Shares (MOS)

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 8:35 am

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) might have been indicated higher on the news that it was going to be added to the S&P 500 Index, but news of yet another ...
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SABMiller & Fosters: A Huge Deal in the Beer Business (BUD, SBMRY, MO, TAP, SAM)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 9:29 am

Everything about Australia's Foster's Lager seems big -- starting with the brew's over-sized can. Today the beer's maker, Foster's Group Ltd., agreed to be acquired by the world's second largest ...
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ConAgra Misses on EPS, Ralcorp Acquisition (CAG, RAH, KFT, GIS, HNZ, SLE)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 8:33 am

Food processing giant ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported first quarter 2012 earnings before the markets opened this morning. Even after lowering expectations for EPS from $0.36 to $0.31, analysts ...
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Chipotle Going Asian (CMG, PFCB, MCD)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:38 am

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) opens its first Asian-themed store today, called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, in a move calculated to take advantage of consumer demand for limited-service Asian ...
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Dunkin’ Donuts Problems Rise

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 6:32 am

Stock in Dunkin’ Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) has soared 34% since an initial public offering in July at $19 a share, driven by investor optimism on the coffee and doughnut chain’s ...
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Yum! Dividend Hike Poses A New Challenge To McDonald’s (YUM, MCD, EAT)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has raised its dividend yet again.  Today's news of a 14% increase in the payout rate for the quarterly dividend comes to $0.285.  Based upon ...
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McDonald’s Great Expansion Over The Great Wall of China (MCD, SBUX, YUM)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 1:42 pm

If we can't get the Chinese to ease up on US solar panel makers, at least we're getting them to eat our food. A new research note indicates that McDonald's ...
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The Best Value Stocks in Food & Beverages (CPB, KO, CAG, DPS, GIS, HRL, K, KFT, PEP, TSN, SFD, DF, BRK-A)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm

When it comes to defensive investing, food and beverages are two of the go-to sectors for getting equity market exposure but protecting your assets.  The logic is simple enough: “You ...
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The Eight Beers Americans No Longer Drink

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 2:55 pm

Some of America’s most famous beers have lost a tremendous amount of their national sales over the last five years. Mostly, they are full-calorie beers, and they have lost sales ...
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McDonald’s Misses… Has Its Cycle Finally Peaked? (MCD, YUM, SBUX, DNKN)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 10:27 am

Same-store sales figures out this morning from McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) have come in weaker than the consensus estimate and that is dragging shares down by more than -4% in ...
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Google’s Buy of Zagat May Target OpenTable (GOOG, IACI, OPEN)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 11:54 am

OpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) is coming under more fire.  The stock had already sold off significantly since May, but the news that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is buying Zagat is ...
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