In the investing world, we tend to focus on the numbers and big ideas, discussing concepts such as earnings, valuations, and leadership in our quest to assess the worthiness of...
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September 2 - News
Michael Karsch is returning client money in his $1.8 billion hedge-fund firm after 13 years, saying he wants to take time to contemplate the next stage of his career, according...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Obesity has become a central issue in the global health care agenda; both governments and their citizens are becoming increasingly more conscious about this problem, which is ...
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August 28 - News
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) are both stocks purchased for the real-money Prosocial Portfolio I manage for Fool.com.
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August 28 - News
In 2009 David Moore, then president of the Western Growers Associated, testified before Congress about how grocery stores were making it extremely difficult for small farmers ...
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August 28 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are plenty of gauges market participants can use to track publicly traded companies.
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August 28 - News
Even though shares of Whole Foods Market, Inc.
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August 28 - News
To many investors, hedge funds are viewed as bloated, old financial vehicles of an era lost to time.
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August 28 - News
Let's face it, organic food is pricey, but that doesn't stop folks from buying it. Whole Foods has been on a tear.
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August 27 - News
If you're in the grocery business, you know how difficult the economics can be. You might buy something for $1 and sell it for $1.30, which isn't a terrible margin.
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August 27 - News
Earnings season has almost come to a close, but there are still a few companies left to report.
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August 27 - News
The American food landscape is changing. Earlier this week, I discussed the rise of both the organic and local food movements.
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August 25 - News
If you were to ask many market players, hedge funds are seen as bloated, old financial tools of a period lost to current times.
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August 23 - News
Many investors may be missing a huge and growing investing factor. Americans are increasingly changing their views of food.
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August 23 - News
Earlier this year, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) made a big splash when it announced it was getting into the grocery business.
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August 23 - News
Grocery stores that sell organic food remain popular with investors. Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM) more than doubled in price on its first trading day, but that means...
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August 22 - News
Consumers have increasingly been gobbling up organic foods, driving U.S. sales from $11 billion in 2004 to $27 billion in 2012.
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August 22 - News
It's hard to say where and when it started in earnest. Maybe it was the publishing of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962.
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August 22 - News
Back-to-school season is officially underway.
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August 20 - News
Over the past two decades, Whole Foods Market, Inc.
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August 19 - News
Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser chats with Rick Engdahl in a side-of-desk interview about developing a personal investment philosophy, and shares his own four-point system for...
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August 19 - News
"And, by the way, the bulk of the billions in Berkshire Hathaway has come from the better businesses. ...
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August 19 - News
It used to be you could hit a bookstore wherever you threw a rock. There was B. Dalton's, Doubleday, and Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, Inc.
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August 13 - News
After the 123% gain following the IPO, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ:SFM) appears to have sprouted too far for new investors.
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August 12 - News
Having a baby changed a lot of things. One of them is my shopping list. Before baby, I never would have considered buying the more expensive organic products.
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August 12 - News
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) co-founder Sergey Brin used his big bank account to help develop an odd but possibly practical food innovation.
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August 10 - News
A cultural shift has occurred in America over the simple question of Bulk or Organic? It’s not an easy question to answer; both produce totally different lifestyles that Americans...
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August 7 - News
The organic food craze has been great for investors over the years. Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) is one of the biggest benefactors. The stock has been a four bagger...
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August 7 - News
Equities are back in favor. The pace of IPO issuance is rapidly approaching its best performance since 2007. New issues have raised some $18.7 billion in the U.S.
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August 6 - News
With the smashing success of the Sprouts Farmers Market IPO, one has to wonder if the Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NYSE:NGVC) stock is undervalued.
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August 6 - News
In a relatively new market like organic food, I believe the first company to gain significant market share will end up as the eventual market leader.
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August 5 - News
Organic food is “in” now. Consumers are becoming more health conscious and are preferring organic and natural-food products over fast food.
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August 5 - News
Here is a statistic for you - the human population is rising by 200,000 people per day. For a lot of companies, that means 200,000 new potential customers.
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August 5 - News
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) is now in the travel biz, organizing foodie tours, wellness adventures, hands on cooking, global volunteering, and more for a total of 15...
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August 1 - News
I love almonds, so when I discovered WhiteWave Foods Co (NYSE:WWAV), Blue Diamond Growers, and others produced almond milk, it was bye bye soy milk.
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July 31 - News
With sales nearly quadrupling over the last decade, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) has been quite a nice growth story, capitalizing on the trend toward healthier eating...
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July 30 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 29 - News
More Americans take a nutritional supplement than drink coffee.
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July 29 - News
The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) is planning to buy Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc (NYSE:HTSI) for $2.5 billion.
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July 25 - News
Coming from the world of retail, I'm happy for someone to market to me when that marketing is good.
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July 23 - News
Once you go down the rabbit hole of the government determining what's "natural" and what's not, it's hard to get back out, but food and beverage companies like PepsiCo, Inc.
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July 22 - News
Over the past five years organic grocer, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) grew trailing revenue and free cash flow 57% and 1600% respectively (see charts below).
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July 22 - News
The grocery business is not an easy one.
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July 18 - News
If you had a choice of eating food that contained "evaporated cane juice" or "sugar," you'd probably go with the former because it sounds healthier.
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July 17 - News
America just witnessed the making of its 22nd publicly traded company to have an annual turnover of over $100 billion. The Kroger Co.
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July 17 - News
You can be forgiven if you've never heard of Fairway Group Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:FWM).
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July 17 - News
If you’re looking for an exciting investment, then it’s not likely that you’re going to look at The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR).
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July 16 - News
The US is back to growth but wealthier families are benefiting much more than the rest.
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July 16 - News
Shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NYSE:NGVC) have recently skyrocketed. Like its larger peers Whole Foods Market, Inc.
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July 11 - News
At a glance, two recent retail success stories, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) don’t seem to have much in common.
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July 10 - News
