Just damn.
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Posted on 07/14/2004 1:48:26 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater
I think its good to include all their products instead of just Slim Fast.
She can go make love have sex with/ (yechh!) to herself.
I have never understood the conserves lack of response to the power we hold in our wallets. When everyone rallied to support Mel Gibson, Hollyweird was brought to it's knees. Now they are on a campaign to prove they are REALLY more powerful than us. Evey person that backed the Passion effort should also make sure that not one dime is spent on any of these evil dum movies. i don't like lists, BUT, the evil Dums seem quite content to put themselves on the Fascist/Socialist/Commie/ Evil Dum list, therefore I suggest we use it to identify those that need boycotting.
Just damn.
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Its amazing the kinds of sludge a thorough plunging of a backed up bathtub will bring up.....
Boycott?
I think they finally just realized that no one wants to look like Whoopi...
WOW! That's a big backlash!
Now, I think I'll go get some "suds" after seeing only part of THAT kindly hidden body! ;)
'Burgher here, beyond the sea ......... 3Rivers
This is priceless! I love the Marines with the sign!
I've always used Lipton tea, but it's just a
habit. There are other brands.
Unilever shares down on sales stall 'Action being taken' to address sales disappointment By Emily Church, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 9:46 AM ET April 28, 2004 LONDON (CBS.MW) - Shares of Unilever dropped over 6 percent on Wednesday after the Anglo-Dutch consumer and food products giant said sales of its key brands rose a disappointing 1.3 percent in the first quarter amid flat pricing and growing competition.
Unilever (UN: news, chart, profile) (UL: news, chart, profile) said it was "not happy with its short-term sales performance.. While there are clear signs of an improving economic outlook we are also currently seeing an increased level of competitor activity in some key markets."
Swiss rival Nestle SA (NSRGY: news, chart, profile) last week posted a 3.4 percent rise in its key real internal growth sales measure, bolstered by pet food sales.
At Unilever, faltering sales in the Slim Fast diet drink, Prestige Fragrances and frozen foods cut leading brands sales growth by 1 percent.
The group has a long-term target for 3-5 percent growth in its leading brands. Analysts had been looking for the key sales measurement to show an increase of at least 2 percent in the first quarter after a 0.7 percent rise in the fourth quarter.
"We knew this was going to be a tough quarter, but we didn't know it was going to be this tough," said Lex Werkheim of Eureffect in Amsterdam. "They'll need a turbo quarter to reach their target (for 3 percent to 5 percent growth in leading brands), and that's going to be pretty hard to achieve."
Unilever said "action is being taken to address this" disappointment in sales.
Leading brands sales rose 2.5 percent in 2003. The segment accounted for 93 percent of sales last year. For this year, company executives confirmed on a conference call that they are maintaining expectations for leading brands sales growth to improve on 2003.
Unilever said pre-tax profit in the first quarter declined 8 percent to 931 million euros ($1.1 billion) while sales declined 2 percent to 9.788 billion euros, reflecting some disposals. Net profit dropped 15 percent to 530 euros, largely reflecting tax profits on disposals.
Shares in London (UK:ULVR: news, chart, profile) dropped 6.5 percent in morning trade to 525 pence a share, helping to drag the FTSE 100 lower. See London Markets
Analysts were cautious on the stock's prospects after the results.
"With this lackluster start to the year, we believe that the group's ability to deliver targeted low double-digit earnings growth this year will be questioned," Merrill Lynch told clients.
Deutsche Bank said Unilever's 30 basis point rise in margins missed its expectations and pointed to increasing competition in Europe and Japan.
"The contrast between Unilever's disappointing numbers and the good figures from Reckitt Benckiser, Danone (DA: news, chart, profile) and Nestle is stark," the German bank said.
Overall, underlying sales grew by 0.4 percent. Unilever said sales of leading brands rose 1.3 percent amid flat pricing. Brands include Lipton teas, Knorr soups and Hellmann's mayonnaise in foods and Dove soaps and Surf detergent in household products.
Commenting on European markets, "Germany, France and the Netherlands have been particularly difficult and we have lost some market share in spreads and laundry."
In the U.S., Unilever said underlying sales declined by 1.8 percent "in weak markets, including a positive 0.6 percent from price." It said Slim-Fast and prestige fragrances diluted growth by 2.1 percent and that sales, including the impact of disposals, declined by 4 percent.
Too good. Thanks again. Canteen ping. Check the link on this post.
All that doesn't explain why Whoopi's face disappeared. I believe we can make a difference.
Thanks - I was just about to go get breakfast, but I don't want any now. I'll save the carbs for lunch.
I bet O'reilly is mad he didn't think of it first.
Yeah I just didn't believe much of what I was reading here, I was about to go over to some of the finance boards and get the rest of the story. Thanks for getting it for me...
And I want the boycott to work, bigtime...we just need to be real about it.
I guess the power of email/boycott does indeed work. Now I want to see her ugly mug off of the tv or I *WILL* make good on my promise to never purchase anything of theirs again.
Very nice pic...thanks
Power to the people!!!
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