http://www.footnoted.com/pr-spin/peanut-butter-in-the-filings/ Michelle Leder's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.footnoted.com/pr-spin/peanut-butter-in-the-filings/comment-page-1/#comment-7510 Michelle Leder Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:24:46 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=3328#comment-7510 A press release is different than a filing. If sales are really down 24%, it seems to me that it warrants an 8K, if for no other reason than to err on the side of caution. As <a href="http://tbm.thebigmoney.com/blogs/daily-bread/2009/02/11/jarred-peanut-butter-punished rel="nofollow">this story</a> notes, consumers hear peanut butter and they don't often distinguish between jarred peanut butter and other forms. A press release is different than a filing. If sales are really down 24%, it seems to me that it warrants an 8K, if for no other reason than to err on the side of caution. As this story notes, consumers hear peanut butter and they don’t often distinguish between jarred peanut butter and other forms.

]]> http://www.footnoted.com/pr-spin/peanut-butter-in-the-filings/comment-page-1/#comment-7508 Elmer_Stoup Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:24:53 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=3328#comment-7508 ConAgra issued a news release on 28 Jan: "Peter Pan Safe to Enjoy; ConAgra Foods Reaffirms None of Its Products Involved in Peanut Butter Salmonella Investigation." ConAgra issued a news release on 28 Jan: “Peter Pan Safe to Enjoy; ConAgra Foods Reaffirms None of Its Products Involved in Peanut Butter Salmonella Investigation.”

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