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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Food Companies (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action.
Updated 02/10/10 INDUSTRY: Food Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Kraft Foods * | KFT | 4.09% | $1.67 | | HJ Heinz Co.* | HNZ | 3.89% | $2.71 | | Sysco Corp * | SYY | 3.70% | $1.92 | | Lancaster Colony | LANC | 2.19% | $4.18 | | Nash-Finch Co. | NAFC | 2.19% | $3.91 | | Spartan Stores Inc. | SPTN | 1.50% | $1.40 | | Amcon Distributing Co. | DIT | 1.38% | $18.07 | | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | |
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KFT: is engaged in manufacturing and marketing packaged food products, including snacks, beverages, cheese, convenient meals and various packaged grocery products. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company have operations in more than 70 countries and sell the products in approximately 150 countries. The Company manages and operates, through two commercial units: Kraft North America and Kraft International. Kraft North America operates in the United States and Canada. On August 4, 2008, the Company completed the spin-off of its post cereals business. The brands of the Company span five consumer sectors: snacks, beverages, cheese, grocery and convenient meals. In February 2010, the Company announced that it has acquired control of Cadbury plc. HNZ: and its subsidiaries manufacture and market a line of processed food products throughout the world. The Company's principal products include ketchup, condiments and sauces, frozen food, soups, beans and pasta meals, infant food and other processed food products. The Company operates in five segments: North American Consumer Products, Europe, Asia/Pacific, U.S. Foodservice and Rest of World. The Company's products are manufactured and packaged to provide foods for consumers, as well as foodservice and institutional customers. SYY: . SYY: along with its subsidiaries and divisions, is a North American distributor of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. It provides products and related services to approximately 400,000 customers, including restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. The Company has aggregated its operating companies into a number of segments, of which only Broadline and SYGMA are the main segments. Broadline operating companies distribute a line of food products and a variety of non-food products to their customers. SYGMA operating companies distribute a line of food products and a variety of non-food products to chain restaurant customer locations. |
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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