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KeyBanc Capital Mkts initiated coverage for Del Monte Foods Company with a recommendation of Hold.
Dec 17 · 8:29:00 PM
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by Rich Pike
Janney Mntgmy Scott initiated coverage for Diamond Foods Inc. with a recommendation of Buy.
Dec 17 · 8:29:00 PM
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Rite Aid said it posted a third quarter loss of $83.9 million, or 10 cents a share, compared with a prior-year loss of $243.1 million, or 30 cents a share. Revenue declined 1.8% to $6.35 billion primarily because of store closings and a drop in front-of-the-store sales.
The loss was smaller than analysts had expected.
Dec 17 · 11:41:00 AM · Source: Company News
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by Larry Etter
Cereal maker General Mills said its fiscal second quarter profit rose to $565.5 million, or $1.66 a share, from $378.2 million, or $1.09 a share, a year earlier. Excluding a gain from commodity hedges, earnings were $1.54 a share. Sales rose 1.7 percent to $4.08 billion as a 4 percent increase in the U.S. retail segment, the company's largest business, helped offset a 16 percent decline in the bakeries and food service unit.
Earnings were above analyst expectations.
Dec 17 · 11:04:00 AM · Source: Company News
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by Larry Etter
Gatorade, a unit of PepsiCo, is looking to innovate itself out of a sales slump and will spend some $30 million on product and packaging development to do so, according to Advertising Age. The granddaddy of the sports-drink category, Ad Age says, is pushing forward with plans to introduce "G Series," a grouping of three product categories, while giving another facelift to its core product lines.
Dec 15 · 12:54:00 PM · Source: Advertising Age
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by Larry Etter
Coca-Cola Enterprises Tuesday announced that it had elected Véronique Morali, vice chairman of the Fitch Group, as a director, effective February 11, 2010.
Dec 15 · 12:18:00 PM · Source: Company News Release
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by Larry Etter
Coca-Cola Enterprises Tuesday announced that it had elected Véronique Morali, vice chairman of the Fitch Group, as a director, effective February 11, 2010.
Dec 15 · 12:17:00 PM
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by Larry Etter
Costco reported for the 1st-quarter 2010 earnings of $266 million, or $.60 per share, on sales of $17.3 billion. That compares to the prior year earnings of $263 million, or $.60 per share, on sales of $16.92 billion.
Same-store sales rose 3 percent, which is encouraging. However, much of that increase was from overseas and was helped by the weaker dollar.
Dec 10 · 9:23:00 PM · Source: NY Times
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by Rich Pike
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