Archive for the 'food' Tag

What more could fans of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) want? Now, after getting their “food with integrity” to go, they can zip back home and eat it while watching a reality tv show with an integral connection to their favorite fast-food restaurant. Just how integral that connection is – and how tasty the payoff will [...]

Walk into a Cracker Barrel and you may feel like you’ve traveled back in time. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) creates that nostalgic feeling by selling sturdy wooden rocking chairs, retro toys, and old-fashioned candies such as Valomilks. Personally, we go for the reasonably-priced comfort food, which is consistently good. Judging from the proxy [...]

Last Friday, it was AIG (AIG) that was blaming the media for its woes. This week, it’s Smithfield Foods’ (SFD) turn. In this presentation filed as part of an 8-K earlier this week and given by Smithfield President C. Larry Pope on Wednesday, Smithfield noted that between April 23-26, “media and blogs speculate on possible [...]