Citigroup analyst David Driscoll cut the stock to "hold" from "buy" due to the explosion, and was quoted as saying that Slim Jim generates $200 million in annual sales and $0.06 a share for ConAgra.
"Slim Jim loyalty is very high," food industry consultant Jim Degan told the New York Post. "If you eat Slim Jims, you aren't going to find brand B or C to be an acceptable substitute."
It's no tragedy, it's true, but it shows how an accident in one factory can affect a major company—and, more importantly, corner stores across the country.
Sudden Shortage of Slim Jims Causes Widespread Panic [Minyanville]
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]]>Strange but delicious.
]]>@Smashville: eventhough I doubt they contain more than 2% meat as I've stated prior...I love them. They're never big enough though, I want it to actually hurt inside after only one.
]]>@pecan 3.14159265: Those contain actual meat though. Slim Jims can't possibly contain more than 2% meat.
]]>I must be the only one on here that actually likes Slim Jims...they used to be a necessity when I'd go backpacking...
]]>@morlo: Too funny. Too, too funny. I wish I was alone at work today, because that deserves a big laugh, instead of muffled chortles.
]]>ConAgra gets an F for business continuity.
]]>@Yoko Broke Up The Beatles: OH yeeeAH!
]]>from their about page:
"THE MINYANVILLE PROMISE
Secure Your Future: We will help you understand how the financial world works to make you more confident and successful.
Feed Your Brain: We will provide our best thinking to make you smarter so you can make better decisions.
Make You Smile: We will deliver it in a way that will help you laugh while you learn."
That doesn't sound like a journalistic outlet to me.
]]>I feel pretty confident saying Slim Jims have killed more than three people
]]>pshh the Acadians/Cajuns knew something right when they built the French Corridor: only build things on land that is ABOVE sea level because no one, NO ONE, has the elite land making skills of the Dutch.
]]>@Yoko Broke Up The Beatles: I second the nomintation. Now who the hell is he?
]]>Speaking of getting back in the studio, I'm waiting for the Macho Man's follow-up diss to the Hulkster. I feel like there was some unanswered questions in his last LP.
]]>@HiPwr:
I would like to nominate Randy "Macho Man" Savage for the position.
]]>Step into a slim jim!!!!!
*I swear, it was until the Slim Jim explosion last month that I found out that they sais snap and not step*
]]>Tragic about the people that got hurt and killed, but I think the world would be for the better without these abominations being sold as "meat".
]]>I will place some Slim Jim on the ground for them.
]]>@HiPwr: Given the Car Czar's qualifications, he might be better suited for overseeing meat snack related issues.
]]>We need a Meat Snack Czar to address this situation.
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