Sentences with phrase «higher commodity costs»

While the restructuring shift should protect profitability despite higher commodity costs, its primary purpose is to free up cash to invest in growth.

Oak Brook, Illinois - based McDonald's, the world's biggest restaurant chain, raised U.S. menu prices 1 percent in March to help offset higher commodity costs, Chief Financial Officer Peter Bensen said during an April 21 conference call.

* MONDELEZ - QTRLY ADJUSTED GROSS PROFIT MARGIN WAS 39.4 PERCENT, DOWN 110 BASIS POINTS, DRIVEN BY UNFAVORABLE MIX, HIGHER COMMODITY COSTS & FREIGHT INFLATION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

Food makers such as Kraft and Mondelez have reported soft volume as they've boosted the prices of their products to help offset the higher commodity costs.

The household products maker also saw revenue beat estimates, but did see its profit margins impacted by higher commodity costs.

HERERA: And higher commodity cost could ripple through the stock market and the economy over the next week and a half or so.

Ford, the US's third - biggest automaker, is already struggling with high commodity costs.

Not exact matches

A rally in oil and other commodity prices have raised fears about higher raw material costs.

The streamers thus have their pick of low - cost, high - grade projects and can drive a hard bargain, setting themselves up for strong earnings growth if and when commodity prices rise.

While fluctuations in the global price of coffee on the commodity markets led industry behemoth Starbucks to boost its per - cup price tag last month, a growing share of consumer dollars are going to higher - cost specialty or craft coffee.

Packaged food companies, such as Conagra Brands Inc and General Mills Inc, have flagged higher transportation costs and rising commodities prices in recent months.

The main topic was commodity inflation around higher metal prices (aluminum and steel) and higher oil prices, which translated into higher packaging costs for many companies, but it also included wage concerns.

There's a familiar pattern in the company's history: keep high - stakes R&D in Toronto; punt lower margin commodity business to sites where labour costs are lower (Celestica operates 20 facilities in 14 countries including Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia).

Wohlers explained 3D - printed items cost an average of $ 4 a cubic inch, which means it's only cost effective to 3D print commodities that are produced in low volumes with high markups — such as airplane parts or hip replacements.

-- it will face continued margin pressures «due to higher labor content in certain areas of manufacturing where we have temporarily dialed back automation, as well as higher material costs from recently imposed tariffs, commodity price increases and a weaker US dollar.»

Others expect that gradually firming demand will allow them to pass on some cost increases, such as higher commodity prices, to their customers.

Energy and materials stocks will push higher as commodity costs rise.

What's really killing earnings and standing in the way of developing new coal reserves are plunging commodity prices that have left many producers stranded with high cost structures that are no longer commercially viable.

Rival chocolate maker Hershey Co (HSY.N) last week blamed higher commodity and freight costs for a cut in its full - year sales forecast.

Pricing increased 3.7 percentage points, despite deflation in key commodities, due to significant pricing to offset higher input costs in local currency.

After the analyst asked a question about whether the company could reach its 25 - per - cent gross margin target on the Model 3, chief financial officer Deepak Ahuja said recently imposed tariffs, more expensive commodities and higher labour costs factored into the company's guidance.

In textbook examples, commodities are usually sold for their marginal cost of production, though in the real world the price may be higher due to tariffs and other trade barriers.

Important near - term influences on prices will be the significant increases in production costs that have occurred recently, arising from higher fuel prices, increases in a range of other commodity prices and the effect of the lower exchange rate on prices of imported inputs.

Hershey reported Thursday that higher shipping and commodities costs will shave off 1.25 % on its margins compared to last year.

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We also expect valuations to improve after the release of better - than - expected first quarter results from the sector leaders, on the back of higher commodity prices without cost inflation.

The fun, however, lies in the exploration companies, or in the companies that have a higher - cost resource in need of a commodity price rally in order to render the resource «economic.»

Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest heavy equipment maker; 3M Co; and Stanley Black & Decker Inc are among companies that have pointed to higher material, commodity or other costs in their reports to investors.

Now, they «re mainly talking about commodity inflation around metal prices like aluminum and steel and oil prices, which translates to the higher packaging costs for many companies.

Charges add up while the cost of living constantly rises, from higher bank fees and insurance premiums to rising property taxes and commodity and food prices.

Headline consumer price inflation across the region continues to be affected by the high cost of crude oil and other commodities.

The decline pushed profitability down by 0.7 percentage points to 35.9 % of sales since Kimberly Clark couldn't use higher prices to offset rising commodity costs.

Merricks Capital, which specialises in soft commodities, helped to create derivative contracts with the major US hamburger companies to allow them to hedge the cost of Australian beef while allowing them to profit from anomalies in global beef prices, such as the perceived high price of Australian cattle.

Despite high volumes, Australia's historically commodity - based markets have low margins, with high labour costs decreasing competitiveness and significant competition in saturated markets driving down prices.

The decision reflects the increasing pressure on dairy processors to look to new markets and higher value production to offset increasing commodity costs.

Steep hikes in world prices for black vanilla could mean higher production costs for premium ice cream makers, according to commodity analyst Mintec, which is advising ice cream producers to book their contracts for the spice now.

Nevertheless, in 2011 financial year Fonterra expects higher milk costs to affect earnings within its commodities and ingredients businesses.

Price premiums for organic commodities are 20 percent lower in countries with a high involvement of general food retailers (e.g. Austria, Denmark, Switzerland), mainly due to lower distribution costs.

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

The Federal government has explained to Nigerians why the cost of commodities are on the higher across the country.

«Because of our high cost structures here starting with land — let alone utility costs, taxes and everything else — the Town of Southold's agriculture can't afford just to be a raw crop commodity agricultural industry anymore,» Mr. Baiz said.

The University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is working with FuelCell Energy, Inc., an integrated stationary fuel cell manufacturer, to develop a durable, low - cost, and high - performance electrochemical cell to convert natural gas and other methane - rich gas into methanol, a major chemical commodity with worldwide applications in... Read more →

Most municipal curbside recycling programs do not accept plastic bags of any type, and high separation and processing costs often limit their profitability in the recycled commodity market.

The Huawei Ascend P1 S looks to be the first handset in a bid for Huawei to move beyond low - cost, commodity smartphones with a high - resolution OLED display, dual - core processor and Google Android 4.0.

As commodity prices move down, the recent acquirers and developers of high - cost capacity fare the worst.

In practice, they roll into the futures contract with the lowest implied roll cost when a commodity trades in contango, and roll into the futures contract with the highest implied roll benefit when a commodity trades in backwardation.»

«When a rise in the price of the commodity occurs, there will ordinarily be a larger advance, percentagewise, in the shares of high - cost producers than in the shares of low - cost producers.

The energy and materials sectors have been the sore spot for the high yield market, given the anxiety over credit quality, as current low prices in oil and commodities, along with a Fed increase in rates, may be a cause for concern for future earnings and the cost of capital.

This can be due to high supply and / or low demand in the spot market or aided by low storage costs associated with the commodity.

Furthermore most DP (used in Rayon and other synthetic materials) is consumed in China which has their own high - cost mills and is looking into «dumping» by non Chinese manufacturers (perhaps as a way to support employment at home rather than enjoy lower commodity prices).