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Peet's Acquisition Heats Up the Coffee Battle
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 7:54am | 571Read More...Monday's acquisition announcement of Peet's Coffee & Tea (NASDAQ: PEET) for $73.50 per share by privately-held German firm Joh. A. Benckiser presents yet another development in what Piper Jaffray calls the "Year of the Restaurant." Piper Jaffray's report, published following the Peet's news...
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Nine Food Stocks for a Hungry Portfolio
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 12:06pm | 932Read More...A hungry portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these food-related stocks, all of which have had some momentum in the past few months, if not longer. Breakfast General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is up more than 13% from a nine-month low in August, as well as up about 18% from a year ago. This...
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Nine Beverage Stocks for a Thirsty Portfolio
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 10:17am | 836Read More...A thirsty portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these beverage stocks. All have had healthy momentum over the past year, though some have stumbled a bit with the recent market swings. Coffee Stocks Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) is up about 160% from a year ago,...
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Caribou Coffee and Denny's to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 8:22am | 496Read More...Caribou Coffee (NASDAQ: CBOU) and Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN) reached new 52-week highs of $15.51 and $4.37 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. Caribou Coffee recently announced a partnership with a leading sales and marketing services company to assist with the expansion of its...
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Green Moutain Coffee and Peet's Coffee to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 8:46am | 511Read More...Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) and Peet's Coffee and Tea (NASDAQ: PEET) both reached new multiyear highs of $111.42 and $63.48 per share, respectively, in Wednesday's trading session. Green Mountain posted better-than-expected earnings recently, driven by strong results from the...
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Krispy Kreme and Starbucks to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 7:52am | 274Read More...Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (NYSE: KKD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) reached new 52-week highs of $9.78 and $39.26 per share, respectively, in Tuesday's trading session. Krispy Kreme recently said it will be adding oatmeal, yogurt and fruit juice to its menu to better position itself to compete with...


