Financial News Discussion of KFT - Kraft Foods, Incorporated Class A on Mad Money

Hence, this nasty val vita mid. Because velveeta is solid and tasty as a brick. Now not only did KRAFT give us a bogus beat, it also came through with a totally misleading guidance boost too which is one quarter left in 2009, KRAFT "raised" its full year guidance by four cents remember after beating the third quarter estimate by seven cents. So what was KRAFT do effectivelily downgrading in the fourth quarter. Despite headlines like "KRAFT profit falls but company raises outlook for the year" that came from the associated press. Earned 41 cent in the fourth quarter, that's seven cents below what the street is expecting. More going to here than just misleading headlines. KRAFT is in terrible shape. Its fundamentals are decline think and the more they see I think that it is botching to take over cadbury. This kind of company's success is about the war shelf in the small war of attrition, fought for feet and inches of space and right now KRAFT is losing. According to nielsen KRAFT gained or held market share in only 34% of its u.S. Retail business down from 45% a year it has gone from bad to worse, I want to own a food stock buy general mills or kellogg. Sell KRAFT. That the point I go so far that the bullish theseis on KRAFT relies on cad bur i. An acquisition they don't apure and it's looking less and less likely to me that KRAFT will be able to pull this takeover offer in a way that's good for KRAFT shareholders. KRAFT's initial bid was rejected by cadbury and now the company has until monday to make a formal offer given the fact that its stock has fallen since its initial bid and its disappointing results, I think that the deal much harder to execute than it could had been and KRAFT has tough conditions that simply may not allow it to pay now you have satisfy cadbury shareholders and especially given the good results that cadbury delivered in late let's just say that the aroma of cadbury -- ahh, as represented by this delicious chocolate fondue fondue, can't disguise the stink of KRAFT velveeta fondue. I don't think that these two necessarily mix. There's a great article in today's "financial times" about how cadbury's board met yesterday to discuss KRAFT's results. Here's the sentence that jumped out at me. "KRAFT led people to believe it would have been good results and then it did not. This could anger its they would have to be brought back on side." KRAFT's management now actually have to convince its own shareholders that the deal's a good idea. KRAFT has made itself into very, very simply, a -- >> and someone needs to bear the blame of this once proud american institution and that person is none other than irene rosenfeld who has been KRAFT ceo's since june 26th, 2006. Enough time to make a at that time KRAFT was at $31. The stock is off 13% since rosenfeld took over. Things are not improve, getting worse. I did rosenfeld clemency back on the 10th and although she was nominated on the position on the "wall of shame" by many of you home gamers. That was a respect and now

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