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Posts related to ‘Food’

Restaurateur J. Alexander Posts New High (JAX)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 10:32 am

Restaurant operator J. Alexander’s Corp. (NASDAQ: JAX) posted same-store sales growth for its 2011 fiscal year ended in January of 5.5%. Net sales grew by 5.5% to more than $157.2 ...
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Sector Shift: McDonald’s Peers May Finally Be More Attractive (MCD, YUM, WEN, JACK, CMG)

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 3:52 pm

Economic uncertainty, higher food costs, and higher labor costs... Those are not usually supposed to be a worry for the likes of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD).  After all, it has ...
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CME Lowers Energy & Metals Margin Trading Requirements (CME, GLD, USO, SLV, JJC)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 5:37 pm

CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, ...
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Pepsi Earnings Growth Meets Large Layoffs (PEP, KO)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 7:50 am

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is trying to turn a wrong-way ship.  Whether this is the right path is going to be up for debate.  During a recovery, layoffs are not always viewed ...
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Valuation Reality Check In Whole Foods (WFM, KR, SWY)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) may have posted a 33% gain to earnings and it may still have a lot of growth ahead of it.  The reality is that ...
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Coke Has Positive Earnings, and a Smile (KO)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 7:44 am

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has managed to beat earnings and shares are trading higher in the pre-market after the report.  On an operational and normalized basis, Coca-Cola's earnings hit ...
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Walmart Decides to Cut Sales of Unhealthy Foods

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:51 am

Instead of admitting that it has, in the past, sold food with too much sodium, salt and sugar, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has made a public relations bonanza of its decision ...
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Yum! Earnings Help To Challenge All-Time High (YUM)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 4:26 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is showing that not all international stories are cautious.  The owner of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC reported earnings for the fourth quarter.  For the ...
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Starbucks Valuation Catching Up To Share Price After Earnings (SBUX, GMCR)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 4:22 pm

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is out with earnings.  Some of the highlights are a record 11% earnings per share gain to $0.50 EPS on a 16% gain in sales to ...
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Full 360-Degree Starbucks Earnings Preview (SBUX, GMCR, CBOU, PEET)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is set to report earnings after the close.  As this one hit all-time highs in recent trading days, it would seem as though the broader opinion ...
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McDonald’s Shows What Continued Earnings Success Looks Like (MCD)

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 8:24 am

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) has managed to beat earnings again.  The Golden Arches sell fast food in good times and bad.  Earnings were $1.33 EPS on a near 10% revenue ...
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Starbucks Raises Prices Because It Can

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 6:43 am

It has been hard for most companies with consumer customers to raise prices in the past three years. The economy has been so weak and personal income has not moved ...
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Did Potash & Fertilizer Stocks Just Become Value Stocks? (MOS, POT, IPI)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings may have given agriculture, potash, and fertilizer investors an early, yet so far unnoticed, Christmas gift.  The Singapore fund has taken roughly a 6.5% stake ...
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Stocking Stuffer: Starbucks Hit All-Time High (SBUX, GMCR, CBOU, PEET)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has given its shareholders the ultimate gift of all this holiday season.  This stock did not just hit a new 52-week high today.  Starbucks shares hit ...
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ConAgra, General Mills Look Ahead to 2012… Quite Differently (CAG, GIS, KFT, HNZ, K)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Food producers have been battling rising commodity costs, higher fuel costs, and higher packaging costs by raising their prices. That appears to be working decently for ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: ...
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