“All these consumer companies are floundering around trying to find green ketchup and blue ketchup. In this industry if you get 2 percent growth, that's great.”
“There's actually been very little buzz on this one. With the other deals, the bankers were leaking information out on seemingly a daily basis to drive up the price. With this, nothing.”
“It seems to be sensible in a period of consolidating grocery trades. When you go with the entire organization behind you, I'm sure it gets some advantage, but I'm not sure it will make a big difference.”
“helped disrupt shared cultural memory, undermining community unity and adding to the pressures that have induced millions of Americans, white and black, to leave the cities for the suburbs and small towns.”