Consumer Staples

Consumer staples stocks have underperformed the market, but they could provide a safety net should a hot year for tech turn cool.

The company will review underperforming mainstream and value brands in its vitamins, minerals, and supplements unit,

Much of Chipotle’s revenue growth was driven by footprint expansion. Same-store sales for existing restaurants, however, declined 4% from a year ago.

Coca-Cola is less exposed to the U.S. market’s weakness in snacks and soda, compared with other food and beverage companies.

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New CEO Kirk Tanner’s background in consumer packaged goods and brand building will help boost Hershey, one analyst says.

Wendy’s Chief Executive Officer Kirk Tanner will run Hershey, the latest management move at the snack and candy company.

For the three months ended in May, the company posted $2.52 billion in organic net sales, down 4% from a year ago.

The packaged goods company was hurt by inflation, tariffs, excessive debt, and consumers who seek fresher alternatives.

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The maker of Progresso soups and Lucky Charms and Cheerios cereals has seen declining sales and earnings in a tough market for packaged foods.

The Food and Drug Administration announced a plan in April for the food industry to phase out the use of synthetic dyes by the end of next year

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Any cuts would hit food and beverage companies that have low-income customers.

The egg supply is improving after an avian influenza outbreak last year led to the culling of millions of egg-laying hens.

Amazon.com, Nvidia, Tesla, and the rest of the Magnificent Seven stocks jump as the U.S. and China reach an agreement to temporarily slash most tariffs on each other’s goods.

Coke is primarily a beverage company with a big international footprint. Pepsi is a soda and snack giant, mostly in the U.S. In a year of tariff fears and weight-loss drugs, that’s a problem.

Consumer staples like Coca-Cola as well as healthcare and industrial stocks should hold up well. But don’t abandon tech just yet.

Dutch brewer Heineken, the fastest-growing premium brand in the industry, has limited exposure to the U.S. and trade wars.

Big food companies raised prices more than they needed to during the pandemic, and are now paying the price as consumers look for cheaper—and healthier—alternatives

Regulation, inflation, and more health-conscious consumers are weighing on purveyors of pop and packaged foods.

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The Justice Department is looking into whether egg producers violated antitrust laws to boost egg prices higher than what they should be.