Chuck Carnevale submits:

People gotta eat. One thing that we all have in common is that we wake up hungry every day. Therefore, companies in the food business tend to be very stable and rather consistent long-term growers. Most pay dividends that grow with their earnings; some even grow earnings and dividends at above-average rates.

The stock market, on the other hand, is not always consistent, or for that matter, rational. Even though they possess the attributes mentioned above, below we report on five blue chip food related stocks that can be bought today at values (PE ratios) that are below S&P 500 Index levels. Better yet, they offer a higher blended yield than a ten-year Treasury bond. However, unlike the bond, the dividend grows each year, therefore, the yield increases over time. We call this growth yield.

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Hershey’s (NYSE: HSY) bid to acquire Cadbury PLC (NYSE: CBY) would require the approval of the Pennsylvania Attorney General.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Hershey Trust, the majority stakeholder in the Hershey Company has sought the approval of the Pennsylvania AG to carry out its acquisition plans. Hershey is contemplating on the exact modus operandi in bidding for Cadbury PLC.

It may either mount an independent bid or initiate a joint bid in collaboration with Italian chocolate manufacturer Ferrero. Hershey’s arch rival Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE: KFT) had made an unsolicited cash plus shares offer for Cadbury on September 7 2009.

New York, Dec 2nd (TradersHuddle.com) – Stocks inched higher, after the ADP job report showed an improvement, but still was weaker than expected. At 10:57 AM, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was gaining 25.16 points or 0.24%. The S&P 500 was adding 4.57 points or 0.41%, while the tech heavy NASDAQ was climbing 20.09 points or 0.93%. So fa. Read More --

The condiment king answers shareholders and potential investors' queries.

Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) closed yesterday at $26.50. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $20.81 and 52-week high of $29.84. Kraft Foods stock has been showing support around 26.25 and resistance in the 26.99 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bearish and S&P gives KFT a weak 2 STAR (out of 5...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

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The motto and strategy of my firm is “Capital Appreciation through Capital Preservation” and when implemented properly this strategy has shown to work very well. When I talk with potential clients, I always start off by telling them that the first thing I will do with their money is look at the world from a Capital Preservation point of view and only when I feel the environment is safe to invest their assets, do I then turn to the Capital Appreciation part of the equation.

I came up with this motto reading this quote:

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The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio continued to gain ground in November. Since I last reported on the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio October closing balance, this paper portfolio is up 2.7%. The portfolio had closing balance of $1,177,667.82 on November 30, 2009. I launched this paper portfolio back in September of 2004 on Marketocracy with a virtual [...]

Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) closed yesterday at $26.58. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $20.81 and 52-week high of $29.84. Kraft Foods stock has been showing support around 26.35 and resistance in the 26.79 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bearish and S&P gives KFT a weak 2 STAR (out of 5...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

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LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT is favorite to take over Cadbury Plc CBRY despite interest from Hershey Co HSY and Ferrero, and talk of Nestle SA NESN involvement, said analyst Andrew Wood at Sanford Bernstein."Kraft is still the favorite to get the deal done ... but not at...

LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT is favorite to take over Cadbury Plc CBRY despite interest from Hershey Co HSY and Ferrero, and talk of Nestle SA NESN involvement, said analyst Andrew Wood at Sanford Bernstein."Kraft is still the favorite to get the deal done ... but not at...

BloggingStocks: Cadbury PLC (CBY) closed at $53.37. Cadbury, the world's second largest confectioner, rejected Kraft's (KFT) buyout bid on Nov. 9. CBY December option implied volatility is at 26, March is at 23, versus its 26-week average of 29, according to Track ... Read more

Everyone likes getting a bargain, but when it comes to the stock market, the search for truly undervalued shares can be an arduous one. What most investors don’t realize, however, is that there is a way to buy even perfectly valued shares at a sizeable discount -- sometimes getting 20% or more off the current market price.

After weathering a hostile bid from Kraft (NYSE: KFT) , Cadbury (NYSE: CBY) is now mulling a possible tie-up with US confectioner Hershey’s (NYSE: HSY). Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer has stated that Hershey is a better cultural fit for Cadbury than Kraft. According to him, Both Cadbury and Hershey were founded by men of vision and principle who created company towns and supported charitable causes. He further stated that these values could have been lost in the case of takeover by Kraft.

Cadbury was founded by Quakers for marketing alternatives to alcohol. They seek to promote tea, coffee and cocoa drinks as substitutes. Hershey’s founder, Milton Hershey, drew his inspiration from Cadbury and built a company town called Hershey. Hershey, if it is able to finance the bid, is expected to make a friendly offer. Cadbury shares closed up 3p at 806p. Kraft’s were down 13 cents at $26.67.

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