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ThinkstockWhen food retailer Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) reported earnings after markets closed on Wednesday, the stock price fell 8% in after-hours trading, and it was down even further...
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ThinkstockAs part of it ongoing efforts to trim down by shedding weaker brands, Swiss food giant Nestle has announced that it will sell most of its Jenny Craig unit to private equity firm North...
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ThinkstockWhole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) may have just telegraphed the peak of the growth trends in organic and high-priced groceries. For years we have argued that investors need to think of...
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Courtesy Starbucks Corp.If investors did not understand the victory that Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) was bringing home when it acquired Teavana, they simply were not looking at reality nor at...
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courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) made a brilliant acquisition when it acquired Teavana. The leader in coffee managed to acquire one of the most prominent names in tea...
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courtesy of McDonald'sThe “2013 World’s Best Multinational Workforces” report has just been released by the Great Place to Work organization. Among the list of the top 25 companies are several...
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ThinkstockTwo very defensive stocks for investors over the past generation or two have been the Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP). Coca-Cola has sales of soft drinks and other...
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courtesy of StarbucksStarbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is the latest global brand to be targeted by China Central Television (CCTV). The world’s largest coffee chain has pricing that is unfair and...
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ThinkstockNews made the rounds this week that convenience store chain 7-Eleven would start selling fine wines in many of its locations. While you might have been able to only buy MD 20/20,...
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Wikimedia Commons, Public DomainPepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. For the quarter, the food and beverage company posted adjusted...
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ThinkstockChocolate is big business, and Halloween is its biggest holiday. According to a recent survey from the National Confectioners Association, 72% of all candy spending this Halloween will be...
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Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ: PBPB) was among the hottest of the hot IPOs of 2013 when you count first day gains as a public company. The problem is that the sandwich chain became too hot to handle...
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ThinkstockFiled under “data to hard to obtain and analyze” are various estimates for what poverty or low wages cost the U.S. economy. Among the issues this kind of analysis creates are that...
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courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. For the quarter, the soft-drink maker posted diluted earnings...
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ThinkstockThe federal government has been buying sugar since June as it is required to do by law when the price falls below $0.21 a pound. Uncle Sugar indeed! A report at Bloomberg indicates that the...
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