Berkshire Hathaway’s Buy in Truck-Stop Operator Pays Off

Berkshire Hathaway investors may soon get a read on one of the company’s better deals in the past decade—a 2017 purchase for nearly $3 billion of a 38.6% interest in Pilot Flying J, the country’s lead...

Kraft Heinz Focuses On Its Core Customers And Iconic Brands

In North America, Kraft Heinz Mac & Cheese cup sales grew 18% for the third quarter as the company … [+] focuses on its iconic brands. Courtesy of Kraft Heinz Kraft Heinz has many lessons fr...

Recycling And Reuse? Ways To Win The War On Waste

Big F&B companies are taking steps to advance waste solutions, even as current product packaging … [+] continues to accumulate. getty No one can question that we have a global problem with f...

Why The Federal Reserve Can’t Solve Food Price Inflation

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Getty Images The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates another 50 basis points, in an attempt to tamp down inflat...

Jeff Bezos Backed Food Tech Unicorn, NotCo, Raises Another $70 Million In Series D Extension Ahead Of 2025 IPO

Matias Muchnick, founder and chief executive officer of Not Company, in New York, US, on Monday, … [+] Oct. 24, 2022. Eight months after announcing their joint venture, Kraft Heinz Co. and NotCo...

Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...

A Look At Some Of The Earnings Coming The Week Of October 24

Wall Street and Broad Street signs, color toning applied, New York City, USA. getty On the earnings front, I’m spoiled for choice this week as a truckload of companies are expected to weigh in. That’s...

Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Purchase of Albertsons to Create a Grocery Giant

Grocery giant Kroger said it was acquiring rival Albertsons in a roughly $24.6 billion tie-up that will help drive profitability and establish a larger footprint of nearly 5,000 stores. Kroger (ticker...

Squeezing Dividend And Options Premium From Mayo And Ketchup With Kraft Heinz Buy Write

John Dobosz is editor of Forbes Dividend Investor, which provides a weekly portfolio of high-yielding, value-priced income stocks, REITs and MLPs, and Forbes Premium Income Report, which sends out opt...

Kraft Heinz’s Earnings Beat Forecasts. Why the Stock Is Falling Anyway.

Text size Kraft Heinz posted second-quarter adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. Alex Wong/Getty Images Kraft Heinz posted higher earnings than analysts expected and raised its full-y...

Kraft Heinz’s Miguel Patricio: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Miguel Patricio, CEO of Kraft Heinz Courtesy of Kraft Heinz Text size This month marks the seventh anniversary of the merger that created Kraft Heinz . The deal, led by Warren Buffett and Brazil’s 3G ...

Biden Dropping China Tariffs Could Be Good News for Tech Stocks

If President Joe Biden rolls back tariffs on Chinese exports, it could have bigger implications than the impact on inflation. The U.S. is considering dropping the levies started by Donald Trump in 201...

Heinz ‘Meanz’ Business In Tesco Dispute

Kraft Heinz and Tesco are reportedly at loggerheads over a price increase with the supermarket … [+] blaming the manufacturer for upping its prices to “unjustifiable” levels. Kraft Heinz has tem...

Mix And Match Can Bolster Sales, But Does It Beat Buying A Brand?

F&B companies hope they can extend established brands by blending flavors and products such as … [+] mayonnaise and ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard, and ketchup and chili. getty Mayochup, an...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Stake in American Express Is Poised to Hit 20%

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway ‘s longstanding stake in American Express is set to hit the 20% threshold in the coming...