I just logged in to post this - I already ranted about how bad these
have gotten since the Nestle acquisition, but I still had one in the
freezer so figured it was still OK in a pinch - even worse than the
last one. Wow.

ADRs traded in the US under NSRGY. Also includes Hot Pockets, Lean
Cuisine, Stouffers. How long have they owned these? I used to eat
something or other from Stouffers now and then. Now I am strongly
inclined to avoid anything Nestle.

Nestle is a huge company, worldwide. Stock has been doing well.
Could it be time to short it? Most food stocks have done very well,
what with Warren Buffett buying up Kraft and Heinz over the last
couple of years - I made a couple of dollars when he bought Heinz, I
had a few shares.

Gaah.

J.

On 5/16/2015 10:26 PM, JRStern wrote:
> Nestle is a huge company, worldwide. Stock has been doing well.
> Could it be time to short it?


You want the trade?

Or the spanking?

Clue - you get neither!

Unless...you know how to make a covered call.

Fool.

On Sat, 16 May 2015 21:26:24 -0700, JRStern >
wrote:

> I just logged in to post this - I already ranted about how bad these
> have gotten since the Nestle acquisition, but I still had one in the
> freezer so figured it was still OK in a pinch - even worse than the
> last one. Wow.
>
> ADRs traded in the US under NSRGY. Also includes Hot Pockets, Lean
> Cuisine, Stouffers. How long have they owned these? I used to eat
> something or other from Stouffers now and then. Now I am strongly
> inclined to avoid anything Nestle.
>
> Nestle is a huge company, worldwide. Stock has been doing well.
> Could it be time to short it? Most food stocks have done very well,
> what with Warren Buffett buying up Kraft and Heinz over the last
> couple of years - I made a couple of dollars when he bought Heinz, I
> had a few shares.
>
> Gaah.
>
If you think you'll get decent advice about how to trade stocks here,
you're talking to the wrong crowd.

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sf

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 16 May 2015 21:26:24 -0700, JRStern >
> wrote:
>
>> I just logged in to post this - I already ranted about how bad these
>> have gotten since the Nestle acquisition, but I still had one in the
>> freezer so figured it was still OK in a pinch - even worse than the
>> last one. Wow.
>>
>> ADRs traded in the US under NSRGY. Also includes Hot Pockets, Lean
>> Cuisine, Stouffers. How long have they owned these? I used to eat
>> something or other from Stouffers now and then. Now I am strongly
>> inclined to avoid anything Nestle.
>>
>> Nestle is a huge company, worldwide. Stock has been doing well.
>> Could it be time to short it? Most food stocks have done very well,
>> what with Warren Buffett buying up Kraft and Heinz over the last
>> couple of years - I made a couple of dollars when he bought Heinz, I
>> had a few shares.
>>
>> Gaah.
>>
> If you think you'll get decent advice about how to trade stocks here,
> you're talking to the wrong crowd.

I have a dandy chicken stock in the freezer I could trade.



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"Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>
> "sf" wrote:
> > If you think you'll get decent advice about how to trade stocks here,
> > you're talking to the wrong crowd.
>
> I have a dandy chicken stock in the freezer I could trade.

;-D

"JRStern" > wrote in message
...
>I just logged in to post this - I already ranted about how bad these
> have gotten since the Nestle acquisition, but I still had one in the
> freezer so figured it was still OK in a pinch - even worse than the
> last one. Wow.
>
> ADRs traded in the US under NSRGY. Also includes Hot Pockets, Lean
> Cuisine, Stouffers. How long have they owned these? I used to eat
> something or other from Stouffers now and then. Now I am strongly
> inclined to avoid anything Nestle.
>
> Nestle is a huge company, worldwide. Stock has been doing well.
> Could it be time to short it? Most food stocks have done very well,
> what with Warren Buffett buying up Kraft and Heinz over the last
> couple of years - I made a couple of dollars when he bought Heinz, I
> had a few shares.
>
> Gaah.
>
> J.

I never really liked any of those things. The Stouffers lasagna was okay
but I prefer to make my own.

On Sun, 17 May 2015 02:01:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>
> I never really liked any of those things. The Stouffers lasagna was okay
> but I prefer to make my own.

I used to love Stouffers vegetable lasagna. It was pretty bland so I
had to add grated parmesan cheese and seasonings to it, other than
that it was pretty good. As much as I like the vegetarian style made
with béchamel sauce, I've never made it at home. I always end up
making lasagna with meat and tomato. As far as eating out, my
favorite lasagna was actually a square of baked ricotta drowned in a
meat sauce. They wrapped the cut edge with a lasagna noodle so they
could call it lasagna. Never did figure out how they got it to stick
to the edges. Baked ricotta is another thing I've never made at home.
I may do it someday when there are lots of people over for dinner so I
can serve it as a side and not have any leftovers.

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sf

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 17 May 2015 02:01:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> I never really liked any of those things. The Stouffers lasagna was okay
>> but I prefer to make my own.
>
> I used to love Stouffers vegetable lasagna. It was pretty bland so I
> had to add grated parmesan cheese and seasonings to it, other than
> that it was pretty good. As much as I like the vegetarian style made
> with béchamel sauce, I've never made it at home. I always end up
> making lasagna with meat and tomato. As far as eating out, my
> favorite lasagna was actually a square of baked ricotta drowned in a
> meat sauce. They wrapped the cut edge with a lasagna noodle so they
> could call it lasagna. Never did figure out how they got it to stick
> to the edges. Baked ricotta is another thing I've never made at home.
> I may do it someday when there are lots of people over for dinner so I
> can serve it as a side and not have any leftovers.

I'm not a Béchamel fan so I never got that kind.

On 2015-05-17, JRStern > wrote:

> Nestle is a huge company, worldwide.

Nestle started as a water based enterprise. They bought the entire
town's water works and have been doing the same, World-wide, since.
They are now the biggest food conglomerate in the World. But, water
remains a high priority and they have no qualms whatsoever about
draining a watershed dry to increase their profits, local populace be
damned.

They produce Pure Life bottled water (amongst many other brands). It
is sold in market places in 3rd world countries, while the water wells
and sources that have been purchased by Nestle and were once public,
are now closed. Buy or die.

They have a pumping station about 6 mi from where I live. They pump
the water out, put it in tanker trucks, and ship it to Colo Sprgs (100
mi) for bottling. The deal was protested, but big $$$$ won.

I boycott anything Nestle (providing I can keep up).

nb

On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-05-17, JRStern > wrote:
>
> > Nestle is a huge company, worldwide.
>
> Nestle started as a water based enterprise. They bought the entire
> town's water works and have been doing the same, World-wide, since.
> They are now the biggest food conglomerate in the World. But, water
> remains a high priority and they have no qualms whatsoever about
> draining a watershed dry to increase their profits, local populace be
> damned.
>
> They produce Pure Life bottled water (amongst many other brands). It
> is sold in market places in 3rd world countries, while the water wells
> and sources that have been purchased by Nestle and were once public,
> are now closed. Buy or die.
>
> They have a pumping station about 6 mi from where I live. They pump
> the water out, put it in tanker trucks, and ship it to Colo Sprgs (100
> mi) for bottling. The deal was protested, but big $$$$ won.
>
> I boycott anything Nestle (providing I can keep up).
>
> nb


Opting out of this increasingly rotten system as much as possible is an idea that looks a little better every day.

On 5/17/2015 7:32 AM, Christopher Helms wrote:
> On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, notbob wrote:
>> On 2015-05-17, JRStern > wrote:
>>
>>> Nestle is a huge company, worldwide.
>>
>> Nestle started as a water based enterprise. They bought the entire
>> town's water works and have been doing the same, World-wide, since.
>> They are now the biggest food conglomerate in the World. But, water
>> remains a high priority and they have no qualms whatsoever about
>> draining a watershed dry to increase their profits, local populace be
>> damned.
>>
>> They produce Pure Life bottled water (amongst many other brands). It
>> is sold in market places in 3rd world countries, while the water wells
>> and sources that have been purchased by Nestle and were once public,
>> are now closed. Buy or die.
>>
>> They have a pumping station about 6 mi from where I live. They pump
>> the water out, put it in tanker trucks, and ship it to Colo Sprgs (100
>> mi) for bottling. The deal was protested, but big $$$$ won.
>>
>> I boycott anything Nestle (providing I can keep up).
>>
>> nb
>
>
> Opting out of this increasingly rotten system as much as possible is an idea that looks a little better every day.
>

Hopeless misanthrope.

I thought about trying the "five cheese" version and adding my own
additional toppings. Those pizza's are only about $4 at Sam's Club.

William

On 2015-05-17, William > wrote:
> I thought about trying the "five cheese" version and adding my own
> additional toppings. Those pizza's are only about $4 at Sam's Club.

DiGiorno was great when it first appeared. For about two yrs it was
almost the best pizza to be had anywhere, better than most pizza
places in town. But, after the first couple yrs it, turned to classic
cold-case crud. Flavorless drek and has remained so, ever since. One
of the biggest problems was DiGiorno reduced not only the quality of
the sauce, but drastically reduced the amt of sauce, to the point
where it was indiscernible. So, no matter what you pil on top of it,
it's still basically flavorless drek on a crust.

nb

On Sat, 16 May 2015 21:26:24 -0700, JRStern >
wrote:

>I just logged in to post this - I already ranted about how bad these
>have gotten since the Nestle acquisition, but I still had one in the
>freezer so figured it was still OK in a pinch - even worse than the
>last one. Wow.
>
>ADRs traded in the US under NSRGY. Also includes Hot Pockets, Lean
>Cuisine, Stouffers. How long have they owned these? I used to eat
>something or other from Stouffers now and then. Now I am strongly
>inclined to avoid anything Nestle.
>
>Nestle is a huge company, worldwide. Stock has been doing well.
>Could it be time to short it? Most food stocks have done very well,
>what with Warren Buffett buying up Kraft and Heinz over the last
>couple of years - I made a couple of dollars when he bought Heinz, I
>had a few shares.
>
>Gaah.
>
>J.

Turns out they've owned Stouffers since 1973, and they've shipped a
lot of decent food over the years.

They're still destroying a DiGiorno/Tombstone product that was still
very good IMHO even two years ago, but I guess that's too small to
register on their overall operations. I'll give it a pause for a year
or two and see if it survives.

J.