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10 Most Trusted Brands In America: US Postal Service, Amazon Top The List
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 3:15pm | 627Public trust isn’t taken for granted these days. Not with companies like Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) violating privacy expectations and raising consumer alarms. Some companies have been better than others at retaining public confidence. Through thousands of...
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Cereal Killers: Breakfast Food Makers Retool To Capture Elusive Millennial Market
Thursday, July 13, 2017 - 3:27pm | 898It’s come to this: A bag of squeezable oatmeal-to-go is coming to market because so many millennials think it’s too much trouble to pour a bowl of cereal. The world’s major breakfast cereal companies are improving ingredients, using more natural flavors, laying off workers,...
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Why Wal-Mart Is Investing In Shipping: JPMorgan Explains
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 2:46pm | 389Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced recently that it is rolling out a free shipping service similar to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Amazon Prime service, but at a price of $50 per year, which is almost half of what Amazon charges. Chris Horvers, JPMorgan Chase senior analyst,...
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Takeaways From Brian Sozzi's Interview With General Mills U.S. Chief
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 11:22am | 272Brian Sozzi of Belus Capital Advisors recently interviewed General Mills, Inc.'s (NYSE: GIS) Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Retail Business Jeff Harmening for an article on The Street. Harmening told Sozzi that the company continues to capitalize on...
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General Mills Boards The 'Ancient Grains' Marketing Train
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 4:10pm | 635In January 2015, General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) will begin selling a new variation on its Cheerios brand that will contain the usual oats as well as quinoa, spelt and KAMUT brand khorasan wheat. These grains are unified not by their healthful qualities, but by their age: They are all considered...
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General Mills Earnings Preview: Marginal Sales Growth Expected
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:30am | 342General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is set to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2011 results tomorrow, June 29, before the markets open. The report should offer a look at where things stand in terms of the cost of food and transportation. Analysts are looking for the maker of Wheaties and Lucky Charms to report...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 27
Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 9:56am | 1012As the calendar quarter winds down this week, S&P 500 components scheduled to report quarterly results include Family Dollar Stores, General Mills, Monsanto and Nike. Analysts on average are expecting to see year-over-year earnings growth from each of them. Here are the consensus per-share...