Word: kingsford
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...consumers, it all depends on your shade of green. Peiros acknowledges that Clorox's daring "to mainstream the idea of natural cleaners" has fueled a healthy amount of skepticism among consumers all too aware that Green Works was sired by a company that sells carbon-releasing Kingsford charcoal and petroleum-based Glad bags, not to mention cat litter and even water filters. Karen Hernandez, a jewelry designer in Sarasota, Fla., who considers bleach a "necessary evil," says that given Clorox's product portfolio, she would not buy their green line of products. "Something's amiss that makes me feel uncomfortable...
Bell isn't the long-shot candidate he might seem. Growing up in a blue-collar Sydney suburb, he helped out his father's travel business by playing passenger when tour buses weren't full. He got his first real job at 15 at the Kingsford McDonald's, became the youngest store manager Down Under at 19 and was managing director of McDonald's Australia by 35. Bell went on to run the company's Asia-Pacific and Europe operations before becoming COO last January...
...long-term opportunity. It provides specialized software into the financial-services market and recently bought Comdisco to make it a larger player in that area. Comdisco was one of the companies to help businesses get back up quickly following 9/11. In the consumer area we like Clorox. It owns Kingsford charcoal and Hidden Valley, interesting and sustainable franchises. It's not growing at a rapid rate, but it is a very sustainable franchise, and we think that it's an industry that will consolidate over time, though that's not why we own the stock...
...July 16]. Managing resources and the challenges of growth is not easy, and our rich natural legacy is weakened with each generation. Without the kind of dialogue that your report raises, discussion of the policies governing public lands will remain behind closed doors in private, special-interest boardrooms. STEVE KINGSFORD-SMITH Seattle...