food and beverage

The energy drink space may have a lesson for the budding cannabis industry, Bank of America Merrill Lynch says. While there was all kinds of buzz around energy drinks when Red Bull came along in 1997, and several companies got in on the trend, a couple decades later the market has streamlined and...

The buzz around single-serve coffee like the kind you make in a Keurig machine is wearing off, according to Morgan Stanley, which downgraded Keurig Dr Pepper Inc (NYSE: KDP) Thursday.  The Analyst Dara Mohsenian downgraded Keurig Dr. Pepper from Equal-weight to Underweight...

With the broad market at all-time highs, it is getting more and more difficult to find value in the market. That rise makes it all the more tempting to examine issues that recently have been on the decline. One such issue that meets this criteria is McDonald's (NYSE: MCD). Since making a...

Due to disappointing earnings, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has had a rough couple of days. That is costing short term traders who drove the stock up earlier this month, expecting better results. For long term investors, however, the temporary dip should be looked at as an opportunity to build up a...

Recent market action has not been kind to McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), the global fast food restaurant giant. Disappointing earnings, a meat scandal and a downgrade have McDonald's down for the last week, month and quarter of market action. For the year, McDonald's is off by nearly one...

Traders and investors playing the “lotto” style of buying out of the money calls ahead of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) earnings have been rewarded. On Monday, the company announced much better than expected earnings and revenues, exceeding Wall Street estimates for EPS by $0....

It is rare for a former momentum stock to rebound after its initial run and ensuing decline. Of course, one can cite issues such as Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), but NFLX and others that do rebound do so only if the fundamentals improve. One such issue that is attempting to rebound for the second...

Like many millennials, Brian Rudolph cares about nutrition. He loves pasta, but he's also gluten-free. And the gluten-free pastas that are already on the market have little nutritional value, Rudolph said. “There wasn't a single pasta I could eat, and I like pasta,” he...

With the merger and acquisition market really heating up as of late, the Street has been sending mixed signals to the shareholders of the acquirers. In several instances, the market has looked kindly on the move and rallied the share price of the company being acquired, as well as the share...

On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court apparently ruled for common sense: yes, POM Wonderful can sue Coca-cola (NYSE: KO) for advertising its Minute Maid drinks as “pomegranate blueberry,” when the juice blend has only  0.3 percent pomegranate juice and 0.2 percent blueberry juice...

Fighting back against disruptive protests outside its corporate headquarters and strong criticism inside, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) CEO Don Thompson defended his company's wage scale, as well as its marketing practices, during the company's annual shareholders' meeting. Disgruntled McDonald's...

The recent Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) shareholders meeting showed that 83 percent of shareholders voted in favor of the company's compensation and equity plans. Billionaire investor and major stakeholder Warren Buffett later appeared on CNBC, to discuss why he chose to step back from the vote, as...

Things are heating up in the already competitive fast-food sector. Along with the recent Taco Bell (NYSE: YUM) breakfast menu campaign – that takes direct aim at industry giant McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) – and Mickey-D's counter-offensive, there have been other developments all along the fast food...

Is powdered alcohol a product for our times or a concept that still needs some tinkering with? The blogosphere has been chock ablock with references to the story about Lipsmark LLC, a Tempe, Arizona-based company and its “Palcohol” powered cocktails. Palcohol's products were reportedly approved...

If you haven't already noticed, a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs, with some coffee and orange juice on the side, is costing you more – at both the local diner and the supermarket checkout. A combination of drought, disease and supply chain issues are creating problems worldwide for many...