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Beyond: New $100M Investment Amid ‘Disappointing’ Q1
Beyond Meat reported its Q1 earnings yesterday afternoon with sales slipping 9.1% year-over-year and volume down 11.2% as the company plots a path forward with a new $100 million capital infusion.
General Mills Slashes FY 2025 Profit Forecast as It Doubles Down on Promotions
Despite posting better-than-expected Q2 results, Cheerios and Betty Crocker maker General Mills announced yesterday that it has lowered its profit outlook for fiscal 2025 as it implements short-term promotions to attract budget-conscious consumers.
Instacart Posts Strong Q2 Results As It Embraces Grocery Tech
Instacart’s core business has moved well beyond its origins in the gig-economy, third-party delivery space as it diversifies deeper into tech-based services. And those efforts appear to be paying off.
Additional Content
Whole Foods Makes Changes Under Investor Pressure
This week natural products retailer Whole Foods Market held its 2017 second quarter earnings call. After weeks of speculation about a possible sale and pressure from activist investors, the market was eager to hear how the retailer would respond.
Earnings Roundup: Terravia Looks For Buyers, B&G For Acquisitions
In this week’s earning calls, Terravia Inc., B&G Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market, The Kellogg Company and Mondelez International talked Q1 sales and how they are employing new strategic initiatives to better work toward their 2017 goals.
Unilever Modernizes Portfolio, Pepsi Leverages Quaker
This week, Unilever, PepsiCo Inc., The Hershey Company and Pinnacle Foods released their quarterly earning reports. But beyond sales numbers, the companies shared insights into their wins, losses and goals for the rest of 2017 that will help set trends across categories in the months to come. Here are the main strategic takeaways from these CPG giants’ quarterly earning reports.
Earnings Roundup: B&G’s Lofty Innovation Plan; Hormel M&A Pipeline ‘Full’
Over the last week, B&G Foods Inc., The Hershey Company, Pinnacle Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market and the Hormel Food Corporation each had quarterly earnings calls for analysts and investors. Here’s what the companies had to say about growth, road bumps and road maps for 2017.
Q4 Earning Report Roundup: Turning 2016 Losses Into 2017 Gains
Snyder’s-Lance Inc., Flowers Foods, Dean Foods Company and the Campbell Soup Company all held their quarterly earning calls last week. The company’s leaders spoke to gains, losses and lessons learned that they hope to apply to 2017.
Kellogg, Hershey’s, Hormel and Post Talk Strategy in Hopes of Growth
Over the last two weeks, The Kellogg Company, Hershey Company, Hormel Foods Corporation, and Post Holdings all held quarterly earning calls and shareholder meetings. Though their brands and products span a myriad of grocery categories, each CPG giant saw growth and losses, and spoke to how it plans to move the needle for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Brand Innovation, Healthy Consumer Habits Propel Growth at General Mills
General Mills’ Q1 2016 earnings call featured little talk of its legacy brands. Instead the company focused on its natural- and health-focused brands, and the call revealed much about its new product innovation pipeline, a revised focus for marketing and new attention to non-traditional grocery retailers.