you know them as duncan hines. maybe mrs.and turns them around. we got behind the stock before it became public at 20 bucks a share a year ago. 41% gain since then. they reported this morning, laid out the incremental sales increases and debt reduction statemeat the same time. maybe perfect for those who want a lower risk situation in the portfolio. with potential for excellent dividend growth over time. let's check in with the ceo of pinnacle foods. welcome to the show. thank you for coming on and have a seat. you have a collection of brands we grew up on. but i think you're reducing the cost of producing it which is terrific. but also the change subtly, the freshness and organic nature of what originally when we were growing up. >> a couple of things you touch on here. first of all, our mission is reinvigorating iconic brands. we take other brands that people declare nonstrategic and we make them fresh and relevant. we drive productivity really hard. that gives us fuel to invest back into the brands to bring them to life th

he what was in the duncan hines guide.then this could kentucky -- [inaudible] he loses his business. he picks up take the pressure program goes door-to-door to restaurant gulf coast convention he says let me show you how to make the best fried chicken. he asked like a thousand people and want one of them took him up on it and the rest is history. is everyone going to grow to be colonel sanders? obviously not. but how do you have the best shot? it's moving. policy wise we made mistakes on that. we now are looking at north carolina's unemployment benefits and i think that we do have evidence that the we willing been on deployment benefits causes people because it is the worst feeling not to be moral hazard in the sense of i'm just going to enjoy living on unemployment benefits. there's some of that. i know people who have done it. most of it is when i look for java i feel anxious and terrified and again stand. i'll do that later. and when you have money coming in, later is a lot later. the problem is the resumes over time fo

. >> number nine is the foods ,istributor behind duncan hines pinnacle foods said retail sales were upby the recent acquisition of wishbone. olive the parent of the garden and red lobster chain canceled its investor meeting and will instead meet with individual analysts. darden is facing ongoing pressure from activists investors to improve the performance of the restaurant chain. >> number seven is the children's place, fourth-quarter fiscal earnings dropped 18%. winterlaming severe weather. it has also closed 125 stores -- will close 125 stores through 2016. five -- number six is the book on. in russiaa revenue and ukraine jumped 25%. five, fiscal earnings were down and sales were down at joy global. metals prices were to blame. did reiterate its revenue outlook for the year. >> number four is the yen. -- siena.d it it has said it is well-positioned for the decisions it has made. >> number three, costco. percent --l three 15%, missing analyst estimates for a third quarter. revenue from ever should fees gained four percent. >> number two at staples. the office supply chain announced pl

it was in the duncan hines guide. he used to be a person before he was a cake mix.aughter] and then the kentucky freeway bypasses his business, and he loses his business. and he's 65 years old, he starts going door to door to restaurants, goes to convention, give me five cents a chicken and i'll show you the best fried chicken you've ever had. he asked like a thousand people, and one of them took him up on it, and the rest is history. is everyone going to grow up to be colonel sanders? obviously, not. but how do you have the best shot? it's to keep moving. and i think policy wise we made mistakes on that. we now are looking at north carolina's unemployment benefits, and i think that we do have evidence that the way that we lengthen unemployment benefits caused people -- because it is the worst feeling not to be moral hazard in the sense of i'm just going to enjoy living off my unemployment benefits. i'm not going to say that isn't, i know people who have done it. but midwest of it is i can't stand it, i'm going to do that later. and when you have money coming in, la

duncan hines used to be a person a travel guide before you as a cake mix.hey have built so through way that bypasses business. he's 65 years old at this point. at this point he goes door-to-door with a pressure cooker and he is cooking fried chicken for people to show them. one of them took him up on it. is everyone going to be a colonel sanders? obviously not but how do you have the best shot? keep moving and policywise we make mistakes on that. we now are looking at north carolina's unemployment benefits and i think we do have evidence that unemployment benefits cause people, because it is the worst feeling, not to be moral hazard in the sense that i'm going to enjoy living off of unemployment benefits. i know some people do that but most of it is when i look or a job is in terrified and i can't stand it. when you have money coming in later, it's a lot later but the problem is their resumes over time were scarring. we have could have done a lot better on the policy front. not forever but something that would have capped people the best place to look for a

i had pinnacle foods on, birdseye and duncan hines. and no one is talking about the obamacare pushback, in other words, that obama pushed back the regulations for small business, maybe they started hiring. >> the anniversary of the payroll tax increase, does that start to help in a way? >> i think so. these are all positives and you might say that they are -- >> whatever the sequester caused in terms of damage, anniversary of that soon, too. >> the government played a negative role and this is the first month when the government gets off the backs of its people. it's a reagan line. the trickle down. >> was it a reagan or trotsky line? >> no, trotsky believed the workers should own the means of production or it's russian prune juice. >> anyway, we'll keep an eye on all of that. as we said the anniversary of the market and the retail news. the euro is above 139 for the first time in 2 1/2 years. >> we've not even mentioned that. if you are an exporter in europe or you are doing the ppg and eating a lot of -- the big companies have big eu