John McMillin Quotes

"This is what I've been looking for, ... I think the landscape [for consolidation] of the packaged food industry is about to change for the better."

"I think Coke's shareholders are trying to send a message to their new CEO,"

"Over the last year, coffee and cheese have presented Kraft with its greatest challenges, particularly cheese,"

"I wouldn't look for a shotgun wedding. I'd look for a number that can settle the situation,"

"It's a startling level of operating earnings growth and it's happening really before the higher ethanol and high-fructose corn syrup prices really go into effect. I'm just taken back (by) how sustainable these earnings levels are."

"This is probably the best food asset that has been put up for sale in over a decade. What is surfacing as these first bids are coming in is there is a good deal of interest across the board."

"In this area you try to come up with a differentiated product. And that's what Sara Lee is trying to do here, innovate. This is a good start but the company needs about 100 more products like it."

"IBP wants to disappear as it becomes a stronger company over the next several years with a much more focused brand, ... [But] again, seeing the takeout price lower than IBP's 52-week high is not satisfying."

"Tootsie Rolls are part of everybody's youth,"

"They've had their franchise, particularly domestically, eroded in the last decade by the value sector. I think now they're going on the offensive. While this will hurt earnings, I think it's the right thing to do."