Are healthy menu options important to the American fast-food consumer? A recently released study found one restaurant where consumers couldn't care less about healthy choices. Yet this company is emphasizing nutritious menu items with even more vigor.
Healthy menu choices: Offer the whole enchilada?
A recently released Placed survey, "Dining Out in America, Part 2: The Impact of New Menu Items, Value, and Nutrition," found that consumers who would fork over more money for healthy menu options were 10% more likely to visit Wendy's (NASDAQ: WEN ) , which ranked at the top of the list among big burger chains. In fact, Wendy's was the only burger joint where consumers stated a willingness to pay more for healthy menu items.
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Best Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Alliance Resource Partners L.P.(ARLP)
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. engages in the production and marketing of coal for utilities and industrial users in the United States. It operates nine underground mining complexes, which offer low, medium, and high-sulfur coal. The company also leases land and operates a coal loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mt. Vernon, Indiana; and purchases and resells coal. In addition, the company provides mine products and services comprising design and installation of underground mine hoists for transporting employees and materials in and out of mines; design of systems for automating and controlling various aspects of industrial and mining environments; and design and sale of mine safety equipment, such as its miner and equipment tracking, and proximity detection systems. Further, it offers ash and scrubber sludge removal, coal yard maintenance, and arranging alternate transportation services. As of December 31, 2010, the company had approximately 697.4 million tons of coal reserves in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC serves as the general partner of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Bill]
Coal is also an attractive investment to protect investors against runaway inflation. Industrial use of coal is particularly quite high. Flexible electricity producers switch between coal and other energy sources and this causes a high correlation in prices. The price of coal also collapsed from $200 per ton to $60 per ton during the financial crisis. The current level of $120 is 40% lower than its peak price. ARLP is a very profitable company, and it will benefit from the rise in coal prices. Current P/E ratio of 10 and dividend yield of 5% suggests ARLP is a very good buy.
- [By Richard Young]
The market storyline says coal will soon be run to extinction because of new EPA regulations curtailing pollutants and forcing upgrades to scrubbers on coal plants. But the real losers will be small coal power plants with no scrubbers. They’re simply not worth the cost of upgrading. But coal isn’t going anywhere. The driver of growth at U.S. coal mining companies may not be domestic demand, but rather rapidly increasing demand for coal from Asia. China and India are expected to double their energy consumption by 2035. Buy ARLP to gain exposure to the fourth-largest coal producer in the Eastern U.S. My relative strength chart shows ARLP’s long record of outperformance compared to the S&P.
Best Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Claim Post Resources Inc (CPS.V)
Claim Post Resources Inc., a junior exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in Canada. The company primarily focuses on exploring and developing base metals and gold properties located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt Region near Timmins in Ontario, Canada. It holds a 100% interest in the Kamiskotia property comprising 1,195 claim units located in the Godfrey, Turnbull, Jamieson, Robb, Cote, Massey, Mountjoy, and Bonar townships; and a 100% interest in the Dayton Porcupine claims consisting of 49 patented claims in Deloro and Ogden townships, as well as has an option to earn up to 100% interest in the Racetrack Project comprising 103 claim units and 12 patented claims located in Ogden township. Claim Post Resources Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Top Stocks To Own For 2014: Alix Resources Corp. (AIX.V)
Alix Resources Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of mineral properties in North America. It has an option to acquire up to 70% interest in the Golden Zone gold-silver-copper deposit that covers an area of 24,500 acres and is located in the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska. The company also has interests in the Money Rock/West Pogo project, which covers an area of 5,439 hectares and is located to the southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. In addition, it has interests in the Cougar claims that cover an area of 2,550 hectares and are located to the northeast of Prince George in British Columbia, Canada, as well as has an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a portfolio of 5 properties in Yukon Territory, Canada. The company was formerly known as NPN Investment Group Inc. and changed its name to Alix Resources Corp. in August 2007. Alix Resources Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Best Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Clover Corporation Ltd (CLV.AX)
Clover Corporation Limited engages in the refining and sale of natural oils; production of encapsulated powders; and the research and development of functional food and infant nutrition ingredients primarily in Australia. The company primarily supplies refined tuna oil and a range of other encapsulated ingredients for use in infant formulas. It also provides a range of microencapsulated powders that enable the addition of Hi-DHA tuna and/or algal oils to various products in a dry powder form under the Driphorm name. Clover Corporation Limited was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Best Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Gemini Corporation (GKX.V)
Gemini Corporation, a professional services company, engages in designing, building, and maintaining energy and industrial facilities in western Canada and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Field Solutions and Engineered Solutions. The Field Solutions segment offers engineering, construction, fabrication, and maintenance services. The Engineered Solutions segment provides engineering, procurement, and construction management services. Gemini Corporation principally serves conventional/unconventional oil and gas, in-situ heavy oil, and heavy industrial facilities markets. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Best Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Owens & Minor Inc.(OMI)
Owens & Minor, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides distribution, third-party logistics, and other supply-chain management services to healthcare providers and suppliers of medical and surgical products. Its services include logistics, supplier management, analytics inventory management, outsourced resource management, clinical supply management, and business process consulting. The company also offers various services comprising PANDAC, an operating room-focused inventory management program that helps healthcare providers to control suture and endo-mechanical inventory; SurgiTrack, a customizable surgical supply service that includes the assembly and delivery of surgical supplies in procedure-based totes; OMSolutions, a supply-chain consulting, customer technology, and resource management service; and WISDOM Gold, an Internet-based supply spend management, data normalization, and contract management solution. In addition, it provides Clinical Supply Solutions, a n inventory and contract management service; and Implant Purchase Manager, a technology-based service, as well as owns OM HealthCare Logistics, a customized third-party logistics and business process outsourcing service. Further, the company distributes medical and surgical supplies to the acute-care market. It serves federal government, including the U.S. department of defense; and alternate-site providers, such as ambulatory surgery centers, physicians? practices, clinics, home healthcare organizations, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities, as well as provides distribution and supply-chain management services that include third-party logistics and business process outsourcing services to manufacturers of medical and surgical products. Owens & Minor, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
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