A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week
Beyond Meat doesn’t use animal protein in its plant-based burgers and sausages. But the company’s chief operating officer seems to enjoy the taste of flesh. Police charged Doug Ramsey with battery after he allegedly bit a man’s nose during a road-rage incident following a college-football game in Arkansas last weekend. With Beyond Meat suspending Mr.
Kids may be cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. But adults are just as cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs’ parent company, General Mills. Shares of the food maker – whose other brands include Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Betty Crocker National Corp. and Bisquick – rose after it posted a 4-per-cent increase in net sales and a 32-per-cent jump in earnings per share for its fiscal first quarter.
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