Consumer Products

Man Sues Conglomerate for Messing With Oreos

Posted: June 19, 2019 at 11:50 am

A class action lawsuit filed late last month against Mondelēz International -- the massive food company whose brands include Nabisco, Ritz, Cadbury, and Tate’s -- accuses them of falsely labeling ...
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Hawaiian Firm Wants to Grow Seaweed in the Ocean

Posted: June 19, 2019 at 10:28 am

A company known for its once-controversial unanchored offshore fish pens has plans to get into the specialty seaweed business in a big way. Kampachi Farms LLC, whose main business is ...
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Amazon Extends Plans to Crush FedEx

Posted: June 19, 2019 at 6:53 am

FedEx killed part of its deal to deliver goods for Amazon last week. Now, Amazon has returned the favor. It has announced it will buy more large Boeing jets for ...
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You May Never Have to Wait in a Supermarket Checkout Line Again

Posted: June 13, 2019 at 12:59 pm

The supermarket checkout line -- with its grocery-cart traffic jams and checkers who never seem to know the PLU code for jalapeños -- may soon be a thing of the ...
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The First Big Name to Jump on the Beyond Meat Trend

Posted: June 13, 2019 at 11:10 am

Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) has announced that it will be jumping on the plant-based meat trend. Beyond Meat Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) has seen a meteoric rise since its initial ...
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The Next AI IPO You Never Heard About

Posted: June 12, 2019 at 12:35 pm

Mohawk Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MWK) entered the market very quietly on Wednesday afternoon. While this firm might not draw that much attention on its face as a consumer products ...
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Short Sellers Raise Their Bets in Cannabis Stocks

Posted: June 12, 2019 at 9:40 am

Cannabis stocks had a huge showing on Wall Street last fall. In fact, most of the news flow surrounding these stocks had investors pouring money into them. Some of the ...
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How Beyond Meat May Change the Way Americans Eat

Posted: June 11, 2019 at 11:36 am

The wildly successful public stock offering of Beyond Meat has introduced many Americans to the idea of meat substitutes made from a variety of plant-based components. Meat substitutes are not ...
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Expect More Analyst Downgrades and Downgrade-Lite Calls on Beyond Meat

Posted: June 11, 2019 at 10:55 am

The so-called dot-com bubble is back, but this time it's in meatless meat. Beyond Meat Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) had a stellar initial public offering and has risen exponentially from its ...
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Why Tilray Shares Are Lighting Up

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 11:10 am

Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) shares jumped on Monday after the firm announced that it had signed a letter of intent with its largest stockholder, Privateer Holdings, for a transaction that ...
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Kraft Heinz Investors Now Must Trust That Things Are Normalizing and Restatements Are Not That Material

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 10:15 am

Kraft Heinz Co. (NASDAQ: KHC) has had a hard time finding friends as its share price continued to erode. On top of no real growth and changing consumer preferences on ...
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Shoplifters and Dishonest Employees Steal Fewer but More Valuable Things

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 9:42 am

Shoplifters stole -- or attempted to steal -- more than $75 million worth of merchandise in 2018, across 13,674 stores across the country representing 20 large retail companies in the ...
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The Pot Industry Will Soon Employ As Many People As the US Army

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 8:30 am

Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is legal for recreational use in 10 states and for medical use in 38. Growing, processing and selling cannabis has become a large enough business ...
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What Analysts Are Saying About Beyond Meat After Earnings

Posted: June 7, 2019 at 10:35 am

Beyond Meat Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) continued its meteoric rise on Friday after the firm reported its most recent quarterly results after markets closed Thursday. Analysts were quick to weigh in ...
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Can Paul Singer Resuscitate Barnes & Noble?

Posted: June 7, 2019 at 8:20 am

Just three months ago, Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) took a machete to its earnings guidance for 2019, cutting it from a range of $175 million to $200 million ...
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