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Cramer on BloggingStocks: General Mills will kill with lower costs

 Aug 07, 2008 09:00 AM UTC
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-19.87% LOW
Tracked Blogger
Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
UL Positive 08/07/08 -22.88% 11/20/08
UN Positive 08/07/08 -18.72% 11/20/08
DIS Positive 08/07/08 -28.82% --
CLX Positive 08/07/08 +0.65% --
FCX Positive 08/07/08 -70.25% 10/23/08
GIS Positive 08/07/08 +1.25% 08/26/08
HNZ Positive 08/07/08 -26.52% --
NWS Positive 08/07/08 -41.76% --

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Filed under: Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), Clorox Co (CLX), General Mills (GIS), News Corp'B' (NWS), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), Unilever ADR (UL), Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks

TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says this consumer-products titan has weathered the storm and should enjoy lower inputs.

General Mills (NYSE: GIS) (Cramer's Take) hits another 52-week high. This company has been one of the great standout performers this year, just a juggernaut, even though it is a gigantic buyer of grains and a huge user of cardboard boxes and plastic wrapping. Plus, it needs gasoline to deliver product. Some of this move has to be attributed to projections of huge declines in raw costs. Those are going to happen, as we know from the commodities.

But perhaps it is worth noting that few packaged goods companies -- perhaps Heinz (NYSE: HNZ) (Cramer's Take) is ...



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