let's talk to irwin simon to hear more about this quarter and where his company is headed. irwin, welcome back. how are you, sir? have a seat. i had to come back. the electricity came on. i had to toss all my frozen food. everything. and i started thinking, i'm going to see irwin today, and i bet you in some weird way -- and i know you're doing some great charity stuff, too. i have to go back to the store and replenish. >> so first of all, my thoughts and my family's thoughts go with everybody affected by the hurricane. just terrible what happened out there. just absolutely inexcusable and horrible things. but last week, before the hurricane, everybody's out there stocking up. if you went to the supermarkets, they were wiped out. i visit a lot of stores last saturday, sunday, and it really wiepd out. everybody spent two days at home during the hurricane.ped out. everybody spent two days at home during the hurricane. and then we lost a lot of power. and those that lost power had to throw their frozen food out. >> just because it looks like it's good, you've got to throw it aw

in another fast exclusive ceo irwin simon joins us on the fast line. your response to that article? >> good afternoon everybody and good afternoon mandy and thank you and happy thanksgiving. i hope you ate your organic turkey. number one, there is no trouble. celestial is a 40-year-old brand and one of the first natural brands growing at 11%, sold in 65 countries around the world. if you look at starbucks they made a big investment in tea. tea is a big growth category and celestial is a great brand. in hain we reported sales up 33%. our consumption. barren's has compared us to our peers, companies like general mills, dannen, pepsi. you look at their growth and they're multiples and you can't compare me to multiples. if you look at whole foods and unify i think our multiple is lower. the big thing if you look at today 70% of our health care cost and spending is on self inflicted lifestyle. obesity today 40% of all men and women are obese. 35% of men. children obesity. so we have a major, major problem out there where eating healthy is not a trend. proce

irwin simon, hain celestial chairman and ceo.risis and worries, how have you done this, what is the biggest driver for you guys right now? >> great to be here. building hain over the last 18, 19 years have focused on brand, people, keeping to our strategy. we have some of the greatest brands today with arrowhead mills, 34%, chips up 21%, garden of eden up 43%. so our brands are growing. most important thing, the world is eating healthy. being health is not a trend, it is part of life. that is what is driving the consumption. no amazon just sold books. today they're one of our top five customers in selling baby products. liz: we were asking people what is the top selling baby products for the fancy pants. my kids are both only reason herb or its baby. they never get sick. >> and they will go to harvard. liz: i am a berkeley girl. smart investing equals healthy eating because i'm looking at your stock, which by the way hit another high up 70% this year alone, and sometimes you have a great company and a great product but the stock

i saw irwin simon on "fast money" and i thought he told god good stories.est of breed is haynes celestial. or mond in connecticut. >> caller: how are you. want to look at the fresh market earnings. the stock got hammered. i was wondering if it's over with or stay away from the stock completely? >> what do we got to be in the second-best? i like this, nice looking stores. don't get me wrong. if nice looking stores all that mattered i'd be a bye bye-byer. but we got whole foods and unbelievable players who run whole foods. why do we have to figure out to play whole foods fresh market? the way to play whole foods is whole foods. >> let's go to janet in the home state of new jersey. >> jim, boo-yah to you. i'm learning so much from you and your show. how i can help? >> caller: i was watching your show yesterday about private label goods and i just want to know, could private label grow or hurt or help kimberly-clark? >> that's the opponent. >> if you go and sit down with the jim seven gal he'll tell you with where they can crush is in paper towels. that's their

. >> tonight on "fast," irwin simon is going to respond to the article.ing to defend his company in another "fast money" exclusive, again, tonight at 5:00 p.m. only on cnbc. nat gas has been one of the comeback kids in 2012. could it be a sign this trade is finally cooling off? jackie is monitoring all of the activity in the trading pits today. >> good afternoon, scott. well, a steep plunge today down about 4%. part of what's driving that selloff, forecasts for a warmer than expected winter. which could bring a drop in demand for nat gas. so the question now, is the top in for one of the most surprising and hottest trades? jim, let's start with you, pretty big drop today. what do you see in the future? >> well, okay, the market says it's because it's warmer than expected forecast. okay, that's fine with me. but keep it in perspective. we had a seven-month dramatic rally. these dominos are going to be exacerbated. we only have five weeks left in the year, so there's a chance of that. but i do think this is probably an opportunity to buy it. the fundamental