Processed & Pakaged Goods: ConAgra Foods (NYSE:CAG), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR), General Mills (NYSE:GIS), Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE:MJN)

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) gets hit by another legal issue as the U.S. appeals court revived a lawsuit, filed against it over the disclosure of the amount of sodium on its labelling of sunflower seeds packages. San Francisco based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals noted that the federal law does not prevent claims to be made for the disclosure of sodium content on the food labels. In response, ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) said that they do not comment on pending lawsuits, but maintained on their accuracy of labelling and the quality of food. ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) stock opened at $28.43 in last session, and closed at $28.33, while the day range of CAG stock is $28.32-$28.57.The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -2.11%.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR) Insider Gerard Geoffrion sold 4,140 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.05, for a total transaction of $505,287.00.  Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR)  stock opened at $117.73, in last session and closed at $116.10, by loosed -1.19%.The 52 week range was $43.01-$124.42.Company’s market capitalization is $17.29 billion.

General Mills Inc. (NYSE:GIS) updated its FY14 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The General Mills Inc.  provided earnings per share guidance of $2.87-2.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.88. General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) stock loosed -0.78% and finished the last session at $49.66.The EPS of the stock remained 2.69.Company’s market capitalization is $31.01 billion.

Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE:MJN) CFO Peter Leemputte sold 30,704 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.59, for a total value of $2,474,435.36. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 46,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,733,976. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE:MJN) stock opened the session at $81.79, and closed the session at $80.73.The 52 week range of the MJN stock remained $66.80-$86.87 and the day range was $80.35-$81.90.

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