- On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
- On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was their lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and
- also on the most recent date February 14, 2014.
The historical common stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 22 largest US Processed & Packaged Goods Companies had their average stock prices decline by 30% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But in the slightly less than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 22 largest US Processed & Packaged Goods Companies have increased by a very robust 293% through February 14, 2014, led by Waterbury, CT-based Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. All 22 Companies have experienced stock price increases since March 6, 2009.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 22 largest US Processed & Packaged Goods Companies must be very pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 22 largest US Processed & Packaged Goods Companies on February 14, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007:
Market | Market | ||||||
Price | Price | ||||||
% | % | ||||||
Change | Change | ||||||
Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
Processed & Packaged Goods Company | 2-14-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-14-14 | 3-6-09 | ||
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters | Waterbury | VT | 116.03 | 8.74 | 9.04 | 1227% | -3% |
Inventure Foods | Phoenix | AZ | 13.13 | 1.23 | 2.23 | 967% | -45% |
MGP Ingredients | Atchison | KS | 5.54 | 0.58 | 9.42 | 855% | -94% |
B&G Foods | Parsippany | NJ | 28.87 | 3.99 | 10.21 | 624% | -61% |
Omega Protein | Houston | TX | 11.08 | 1.95 | 9.29 | 468% | -79% |
Hillshire Brands | Chicago | IL | 35.96 | 7.08 | 16.06 | 408% | -56% |
John B Sanfilippo | Elgin | IL | 22.35 | 5.58 | 8.42 | 301% | -34% |
Ingredion Inc | Westchester | IL | 64.41 | 18.46 | 36.75 | 249% | -50% |
J&J Snack Foods | Pennsauken | NJ | 89.35 | 30.99 | 31.28 | 188% | -1% |
Treehouse Foods | Oak Brook | IL | 71.75 | 26.56 | 22.99 | 170% | 16% |
JM Smucker | Orrville | OH | 91.81 | 35.01 | 51.44 | 162% | -32% |
Boulder Brands | Paramus | NJ | 13.94 | 5.57 | 10.93 | 150% | -49% |
McCormick & Co | Sparks | MD | 65.50 | 30.32 | 37.91 | 116% | -20% |
Flower Foods | Thomasville | GA | 20.20 | 9.78 | 10.40 | 107% | -6% |
ConAgra Foods | Omaha | NE | 29.36 | 14.71 | 23.79 | 100% | -38% |
General Mills | Minneapolis | MN | 49.89 | 25.48 | 28.50 | 96% | -11% |
Campbell Soup | Camden | NJ | 43.01 | 26.55 | 35.73 | 62% | -26% |
Kellogg | Battle Creek | MI | 60.19 | 37.16 | 52.43 | 62% | -29% |
Farmer Brothers | Torrance | CA | 20.98 | 15.19 | 22.99 | 38% | -34% |
Seneca Foods | Marion | NY | 29.91 | 21.69 | 23.75 | 38% | -9% |
Diamond Foods | San Francisco | CA | 26.63 | 21.11 | 21.43 | 26% | -1% |
Snyder's-Lance | Charlotte | NC | 26.75 | 21.64 | 20.42 | 24% | 6% |
Average % Change all 22 | 293% | -30% |