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Not sure if many people would have had this horrible incident but picture this; Day 1:.9 Calves escape paddock whilst we are over at dairy milking. We get home in the dark, as usual.
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As I recently moved to a new area I was in search of a new lcal bank. My parents were already members with First Citizens and so it was natural for me to join as well. I met with a representative and had my checkings account set up quickly. Beyond that not much was different then other institutions. However, two thinkgs stick out in my mind. I needed a new debit card, as my old one was no longer readable, and it was sent to me quickly. Also, the banks new app allows depositing a check by simply taking a picture of it with my phone...very convenient.
I have been with first citizens bank fot almost 10 to 12 years everything seemed ok I had my teenage son open a bank account their since his little after school grocery store job did direct deposit.
We were not having any issues everything went ok . Untill my now 18 year old son is gping into the air force now rember he already has an account at first citizens bank he never been over drawn .
The teller tells us she never seen this type of paper work and calls for a manger she looks at me says she does not know what it is or how to fill it out turns her back on me walks away. I should have left that day never returned this is government paper work for direct deposit and a manger never seen it She Just did not want to be bothered with it. I went back to the air force they laughed said First citizens is know for nor wanting military they gave me a name of bank that was wounderful filled out all paper work faxes it back to me . Like I said I should have left that day .
Everything resume to normal no issues no problems untill they decide to install a new banking app that was 7 fays ago I still can not acess my acount with the app or phone banking . I went into the branch on Monday was treated with less than nice behavior. Today I called bank the lady was nice helpful ,but I can still not acess my accounts online or with phone banking .
I am in customer service I would be fired for picking up the phone and not saying anything just hanging it up that happened 2 third time I get its message due to long hold times you waite will be three hundred and 86 mins really .
I am unsure what first citizens bank is going to do they have lost.my bussiness not to mention over the last month the drive threw lady been rude telling me I can only make one transaction when I have 2 accounts with them and want cash back .
Again I am in customer service I get glowing reviews this not how you treat a customer over YOUR MISTAKE .
I have made arrangements to move to anouther bank . I have been sick very sick this week also had a very sick animal I do not need crapp from my bank when I have so much else going on in my life .to mess with a person money or their acess to it .my husband said I never understood why you banked their to start with .
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I live in SC and I have been a customer of the SC First Citizen's for years. With the SC First Citizen's I received amazing customer service, I was made to feel like as a customer I mattered. Recently the SC First Citizen's merged with the NC First Citizens. Since the merger I have been charged fees for NSF checks when the money was in the available balance, reason being NC First Citizen's policy is to charge fees if the money is not posted and the electronic deposits are not posted for at least 24 hours. So when I asked for these fees to be reversed, I was advised by the branch and customer service that this is not their job. They no longer do "those little customer service things". Fees are charged when using the ATM for mini statements without disclosure the fees will be charged. Messages on the website go over 28 days without a response. My bank which I loved and recommended to everyone has turned into a nightmare and I would not recommend to anyone, I have received horrible customer service and fees for no apparent reason. Stay away from this bank
Opened an account with them online yesterday, got everything setup for use today after they sent me their approval e-mails and then I was prevented from accessing my online account.
I called them and they said they were closing my account because of something found with Chexsystems. I just got my Chexsystem report last week and there is nothing negative in it so it has to be because of the inquiries made by other banks/ credit unions I've opened this year. My credit is excellent with all the major credit reporting agencies.
Since they also ran a hard credit pull to sign up with them, that will further count against me somewhere down the line. Not worth it. Will never deal with these clowns again.
3 months ago I opened a basic checking and was told that it was free checking if I had direct deposit. This was true until I reduced my direct deposit amount with them and all of a sudden I started getting hit with an 8 dollar a month service fee. There are too many banks out there that offer free checking without a direct deposit. I figured I would give this bank a try since they brag about customer service and the person to person experience but I quickly found out that you have to have the makings of a rockerfella or a Hefner to get that treatment. Calling for information about your account to their national office in Raleigh NC can cost you after your first call. Try 5 bucks a call. I've switch to a credit union and it is truly free checking with no hidden fees for statements and or information inquired about my account. If you want a good ole' boy bank then this old school bank is for you.
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I opened a money market account in June with a guaranteed rate of 1% for the first 6 months. I noticed in the 4th month's statement that the interest was not what it should be and the rate was noted as .2 %. I called the bank representative that opened the account for me and was told that he would get it fixed. After several phone calls, a half dozen emails and 5 weeks, it is still not corrected. The representative says he need to get an "area executive's" approval (who seems to be always on vacation or in meetings) and the email response I get is to call the local branch. No one is taking responsibility to fix this problem. At this point they owe me a lot of interest. I have just opened an online account and will transfer the funds.
What happened today in North Carolina with my account balance?
Sudden loss to a large negative number and unable to withdraw money just put into the account last week.
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Drivers today are large and utilize groundbreaking technology. The right driver can add yards to anyone's game. Receive help from the experts on which driver is right for you and how to use it.
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Bolthouse Farms Celebrates National Salad Month by Encouraging Americans to Reject Mayonnaise
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As we near the end of National Salad Month, the month-long celebration of all things salad, California-based health & wellness company Bolthouse Farms is issuing a call to action to America's salad-loving citizens: go slow on the mayo this summer.
"Mayo is the secret sauce in refrigerated salad dressings that helps keep Americans struggling with their health," said Bryan Reese, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Bolthouse Farms. "We made a decision to minimize the mayo in our dressings. We swapped in creamy yogurt as the primary base, which cuts the calories sharply without impacting taste. Listen, we love the taste of mayo, too. But this National Salad Month, we're advising people to cut the mayo and enjoy the yogurt!"
While the Association for Dressings & Sauces (this organization actually exists) did not officially recognize National Salad Month until 1992, Bolthouse Farms has been quietly honoring salads for generations. Annually, Americans consume 9 billion pounds of lettuce, 5.4 billion pounds of fresh tomatoes, 2 billion pounds of carrots and 252 million pounds of cucumbers. Unfortunately, they often undo that collective good by slathering millions of pounds of creamy high-calorie mayo-based dressings atop those vegetables.
Bolthouse Farms' team of salad scientists created two lines of dressings that complement the natural flavors of salad rather than masking them. The company replaced the dressing base with yogurt which yields an all-natural, low-calorie, low fat and full-flavor dressing.
Flavors include: Chunky Blue Cheese, Caesar Parmigiano, Classic Ranch, Thousand Island, Honey Mustard, Original Coleslaw and Creamy Italian. All flavors have at least 50% less fat and 50% fewer calories than the next-closest competitor.
Bolthouse Farms also created a line of dressings with olive oil, which are rich in Omega 3. The company's vinaigrette flavors are Asian Ginger Vinaigrette, Chunky Blue Cheese Vinaigrette, Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette, Raspberry Merlot Vinaigrette and Tropical Mango Vinaigrette. These flavors have up to 95% less fat and 50% fewer calories than the next-closest competitor.
"Perhaps the holiday needs a spokesperson," Reese added. "Because there's no faster way to good health than to up your intake of vegetables, and there's no more pleasurable way to do so than with a crisp, fresh salad."
The Bolthouse Farms dressings can be found in grocery stores nationally for a SRP of $3.99. More information and images can be found by visiting: http://bolthouse.com/our-products/dressings.
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Established in 1915, Bolthouse Farms is a fourth-generation farm located in California's fertile San Joaquin Valley. Known for quality and innovation, Bolthouse Farms is a market share leader in carrot growing and processing. In addition to growing and harvesting premium fresh vegetables and fruits, Bolthouse Farms produces a popular brand of super-premium refrigerated juices, smoothies and protein drinks. Bolthouse diversified its offerings in recent years by launching a line of all natural, premium refrigerated yogurt dressings and extra virgin olive oil vinaigrettes. To learn about the entire line of current Bolthouse Farms products, visit www.bolthouse.com.
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How Jon Favreau's New Food-Truck Movie Is Actually A Metaphor For His Career
Though Chef may appear to be about cooking, it's actually about Favreau's career as an actor and director from Swingers to Iron Man 2. And what we can all glean from his growing pains.
Let's be clear: Chef, the new film written, directed by, and starring Jon Favreau, does not shortchange food. If you go into it hungry, you may end up gnawing on your armrest (or the arm of whomever's unlucky enough to be sitting next to you) in frustration. In lusciously shot sequences, Favreau's character Carl Casper makes carne asada and grilled cheese, plates exquisite-looking prawns and whips up a gorgeous pasta, munches on fresh beignets and nibbles on Texas-style brisket, and prepares countless Cuban sandwiches in loving detail. Carl's a chef who flames out of the high-end L.A. restaurant scene and builds himself back up by running a food truck, and the movie is also careful to prove its foodie bona fides with scenes of him working in and out of the kitchen, butchering a pig, or buying plantains at the market.
But underneath all the deliciousness and the divorced-dad-bonds-with-adorable-son storyline is an unmistakable meditation on Favreau's own movie career, from his 1996 indie hit Swingers (which he wrote and starred in) to his more recent career as a director of giant (and not all universally loved) studio films, like the first and second Iron Man installments and Cowboys & Aliens.
Here are four lessons to take from Chef, which opens in limited release on Friday, about artistic integrity — whether it be in movies, in food, or otherwise.
3. Selling out's a personal problem.
Carl begins the film as the head chef of a high-end restaurant called Gauloises that offers popular but unimaginative luxury food — caviar eggs, French onion soup, chocolate lava cake. When he tries to put more daring and "artsy" fare on the menu, like sweetbreads, no one orders it. The place is a neat stand-in for the studio system in which Favreau's been working, where Carl might be the talent running the show, but he's not the one footing the bill. That responsibility falls to Riva (Dustin Hoffman), the owner of Gauloises whose focus is on getting asses in seats and who pushes Carl to serve the "greatest hits" on the night a famous food blogger is coming in to review the place.
Chef is actually refreshingly even-handed about the balance between commercial appeal and artistic fulfillment, which is only fair coming from someone who's responsible for one of the best and one of the worst installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It'd be hypocritical for Favreau to completely damn the structure he worked his way into and has experienced so much success with, and so Riva's not really a villain, just the intractable voice of the business side of things ("Be an artist on your own time!").
Carl's frustrations are the result of his own situation, not the system — his boss wants him to stick with what's working and to give the people what they expect (explosions, special effects, ahi tuna). His desire to prove he can be edgy and innovative is ultimately his own problem.
5. Criticism smarts, especially when it's the truth.
Critic Ramsey Michel (Oliver Platt) sparks Carl's meltdown when the famous food blogger brutalizes Gauloises in his review, leading social media newbie Carl to call him out on Twitter. Critics are rarely portrayed in a flattering light in movies, but aside from being snarky and pompous (and slipping in a line about his target's "dramatic weight gain"), Ramsey's not that bad. His review is harsh, but what really hurts Carl is that he knows he's not doing his best work, and that he's never going to be able to do it in the context of the place he's working. He gets himself in a lather, cooking an ambitious meal he won't get to serve at home, then heads off to confront Ramsey in a sequence that makes him YouTube infamous.
Favreau's clearly been nursing some wounds from the reviews of Cowboys & Aliens, which were far from the overwhelming praise Swingers received 15 years earlier. "A lot of these guys, they got it in for me," Carl tells his son Percy (Emjay Anthony), blaming this on the good notices when he was starting out. But Chef doesn't allow Carl the comfort of pinning Ramsey's review on revenge, and while he eventually gets to have his say about how hurtful the piece was, the film suggests that critics and chefs might actually be in agreement about what's good.
7. Authenticity means getting back to your roots (and borrowing other people's).
Carl's road to redemption involves a food truck and Cuban sandwiches — "real" food, as he puts it, that he learned to make in Miami, where he got his start. He embarks on a road trip from Miami back to L.A. with Percy and his trusty second-in-command Martin (John Leguizamo), making stops along the way at cultural and foodie meccas like New Orleans and Austin, where institutions Cafe Du Monde and Franklin Barbecue lend their legitimacy to the fictional character. The politics of this appropriation are a little complicated, if totally in line with how a trendy food truck would work. But it's getting back to the basics that reminds Carl of his love of real, down-and-dirty cooking.
Favreau's own food-truck equivalent is Chef, which finds him returning to the smaller, character-driven kind of film he began in. He's hardly starting from scratch — no average indie director would be able to load his or her cast with the likes of Bobby Cannavale, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and Sofía Vergara in addition to Hoffman, Leguizamo, and Platt. But then again, neither is Carl, who's a big name and who had plenty of help getting his life back on track. There's never any doubt Carl is talented — the question is whether he'll be able to put that talent to use without getting in his own way.
9. When you're the director, you get to cast your own love interests.
Chef may include a few winking jabs at its protagonist's girth, but it's also true that Favreau's not really the type to be cast as even a quirky romantic lead anymore. One of the obvious indulgences in this affable, good-natured movie is that Favreau casts not just Vergara as his benevolent ex, but Johansson as the hostess with whom he fools around. Both characters are unfailingly loving and supportive, and Johansson even has a scene in which she lounges in bed watching Carl cook with a mixture of admiration and lasciviousness. When you're the one steering the ship…er, driving the food truck, who's going to stop you?
No one, which is the point. Favreau went smaller scale in order to make the movie he wanted to make, without studio oversight, and the result is warm and goes down easy, and if it's short on conflict, it's as comforting as the grilled cheese Carl cooks up for Percy. It's not the compulsively quotable classic Swingers was, but Favreau's not that struggling actor anymore, and as a reminder he can write, act, and direct something that's not an oversize blockbuster, Chef works perfectly well.
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Kubra prefers not to think about a return to anarchy. "If the NGOs didn't help us we would die - I mean, now we have a clinic and when we get we can get help. Most important for her are the new freedoms in her life and her hope that Afghanistan "will be good again like other countries" .
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The horrors of the civil war after the Soviet withdrawal came to her doorstep and continue to haunt her. "We only left the capital for two months when our street became the frontline between two warring factions," she says. "We were the only ones left and eventually we were warned that they would come and kill my father." He had been a police officer under the pro-Soviet government. "We went to hide in the provinces but even there we weren't safe. So we returned to Kabul but it was so dangerous we couldn't go out.
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"Wartime was not a good time to be a farmer in Afghanistan. I had 20 sheep and 12 cows, but I could not keep them, the armed groups kept stealing them." To make ends meet, Fazeleddin began working as a labourer in the opium poppy fields. His part of Badakhshan had grown poppies for many decades.
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degrees F.
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wet sand and cover with plastic wrap. (separate cup for each cross) We
continue this every other day for about a week. The ungerminated seed
can then be returned to the refrigerator for a minimum of two more weeks
and then the room temperature heat treating treatment repeated.
The germinated seed can be potted whenever you want. The other
ideal of this system is that only germinated seed are planted. No trays
of empty cubes from ungerminated seed. We raise the germinated seed on
wet sand in plastic cups near a window. When we have sufficient number
of seedlings with green shoots about one inch tall we transplant them
with tweezers to seedling trays filled with a soilless seedling potting
mix. The trays are set about six inches below fluorescent lights;
ideally the bulbs are about 1 to 2 inches above the tips of the plants.
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lights until the plants are 8-10 inches tall.
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fertilize every two weeks with a Miracid solution of one teaspoon per
gallon of water.
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Line out your seedlings in good organic rich soil and keep them
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will have bloom.
Edited from AIS Region 6 Newsletter, January 1995 issue. Coble and Bauer
run Ensata Gardens in Michigan state and have introduced many new
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| twilightobession chapter 12 . 3/2/2009
I am so excited for Leah. I can't remember...why have Jacob and Nessie been gone for so long? Bless Embry heart's. Surely there is someone out there for him.
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Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000
Zachary Elkins
University of Texas, Austin
Andrew T. Guzman
USC Gould School of Law
Beth A. Simmons
University of Pennsylvania Law School
August 2004
UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 578961
Over the past forty-five years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have become the most important international legal mechanism for the encouragement and governance of foreign direct investment. Their proliferation over the past two decades in particular has been phenomenal. These intergovernmental treaties typically grant extensive rights to foreign investors, including protection of contractual rights and the right to international arbitration in the event of an investment dispute. We argue that the spread of BITs is driven by international competition among potential host countries - typically developing countries - for foreign direct investment. We design and test three different measures of competition. The evidence suggests that potential hosts are more likely to sign BITs when their competitors have done so. We also control for diffusion via coercion, social learning, and cultural networks. We find some evidence that coercion plays a role, but less support for learning or cultural explanations. Our main finding is that diffusion in this case is associated with competitive economic pressures among developing countries to capture a share of foreign investment. We are agnostic at this point about the benefits of this competition for development.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48
Keywords: Bilateral investment treaties, investment, FDI, diffusion
JEL Classification: F00, F02, F20, F21, F23, K33
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Looking at one of the key risk management relationships we've been working with in calling for this 6% correction (the inverse relationship between the SP500 and the VIX), we're at a spot here today that I would consider a Short Covering Opportunity.
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Yesterday, in the Hedgeye Daily Outlook, our risk management call out was to watch the VIX. In it, I advised that "the VIX is going to blowout into bullish long term TAIL if it closes > 22.03; that's not something you want to mess with if it holds." Since the close on Monday, the VIX is up 23.3%, trading comfortable above 22.03.
Looking the chart below, it is clear that the VIX could still go a lot higher from here. Last year, during the peak of the Sovereign debt crisis, the VIX traded at 45.79. The average of the peak VIX levels during the past 6 major crises that impacted global financial markets comes to approximately 50, which would represent 48% upside from here.
As we always say, risk is always on. Clearly, events in Japan are tragic and deeply saddening. However, the systemic risks in Japan from an investment perspective remain: demographic headwinds and staggering government debt being the most prevalent. These risks will not go away and, if anything, the unfortunate severity of the earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing (and continuing) radiation crisis will likely increase uncertainty and heighten concerns about economic growth from here. Furthermore, the government's handling of the crisis is being heavily criticized, as is evident by the trend on twitter from Japanese people ordering Prime Minister Kan to wake up: #han_okiro. Tellingly, yesterday, some users were switching to #kan_netero, meaning "Kan, stay in bed".
The media is currently focused on Japan. As is tradition, mainstream media likes to focus on one thing at a time. As events in Japan continue to captivate viewers of the most prevalent news sources, the unrest in the Middle East continues. The uncertainty that this wave of political agitation can bring to global markets, particularly those most closely tied to oil, is likely to cause significant volatility if regimes continue to fall. Footage of unarmed civilians being shot at point blank range by Bahraini military forces speaks to the gravity of the situation in Bahrain at present.
Another small island country, Ireland, is also worth monitoring from a risk management perspective. A tiny economy by comparison to the larger EU, Ireland's economy is heavily burdened by a debt-laden financial sector that was 100% guaranteed by the country's last government. At present, the new Irish Taoiseach, or Prime Minister, is refusing to budge on EU demands to raise its corporate tax rate from its current level of 12.5% towards the European average of 23%. As a result, Ireland is being denied its request for a reduction in the interest rate on its bailout loan from the EU/IMF. Given the contentious nature of this issue, and the fact that a failure to reach resolution could spur contagion in the Euro zone, it is worth monitoring closely. Our Macro conviction is that the EU is likely to kick the can down the road as debt ratios go higher and higher. Markets applauded the European debt crisis package on Monday, to a degree, but Ireland is systemically important part of Europe's sovereign debt conundrum and the situation could deteriorate if the current impasse between Dublin and Brussels persists.
Clearly, risk is always "on", whether or not the media is focused on them at this particular moment. The recent downgrades of Portugal and Spain by Moody's remind us of this. As the current crisis in Japan intensifies, questions mount as to whether or not the FED suggested yesterday that QE3 will not be needed, inflation accelerates, global growth slows (downward GDP revisions), and the Euro-zone debt crisis looms large in the background, a melt up in volatility could be just around the corner.
The VIX is immediate-term overbought. Over the intermediate term, we have the range for the VIX getting as high as $35 or $40.
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Weekly athletic apparel sales remain healthy through the first two weeks of March extending a strong finish to February. Both the athletic specialty and department/mass channels improved on the week while sales in the family channel slowed on the margin. Most notably, ASPs declined in both the athletic specialty and family channel for the fourth straight week. However, unit volume continues to outpace ASP declines. On the contrary, ASP increases have impacted sales momentum in the discount/mass channel as unit sales remained negative for the third consecutive week. Sales growth was strong across all regions with very few exceptions. The Pacific region stands out as being a laggard with momentum still positive but slowing over the prior two weeks.
Lastly, we note that athletic apparel faces its toughest compares in the coming week as it faces the Easter shift. Once past last year's Easter comp (April 4th) compares get progressively more favorable over the next 3-months.
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Darden is scheduled to report fiscal 3Q11 earnings next week on Thursday, March 24 after the market close. The company held a two-day analyst meeting on January 31 and February 1 and provided a mid-quarter update on earnings and comp guidance. Although the company cited an estimated negative 80 bp impact from weather and a 20 bp hit from the Lenten season shift into fiscal 4Q11 this year on fiscal 3Q11 blended comps (60 bp Lent shift impact at Red Lobster), the company's second half blended comp guidance of +1.5% to +2.5% assumes a significant acceleration in two-year average trends across each of its three major concepts. Specifically, management guided to +3.0% to 3.5% same-store sales growth at the Olive Garden in fiscal 2H11, flat to -0.5% comp growth at Red Lobster and +4.0 to +4.5% growth at LongHorn Steakhouse.
For fiscal 3Q11, management stated that it expects comps to come in at +1.0%, or just below the mid-point of the targeted 2H11 comp range after adjusting for the negative weather impact. This +1.0% comp growth would translate into a 280 bp acceleration in two-year average trends from the prior quarter, which seems aggressive, particularly given the recent trends at Red Lobster. It is important to remember, however, that management gave this guidance two months into the quarter and recently reported Knapp track trends point to sequentially better casual dining trends in February. That being said, I am modeling a slightly lower 0.7% blended comp estimate for the third quarter as I am not yet convinced of the timing of the turnaround at Red Lobster. This 0.7% estimate still assumes a 260 bp acceleration in two-year average trends, and that includes the negative impact from weather.
Red Lobster's same-store sales growth has fallen short of street estimates for the last three quarters and its underperformance relative to Knapp Track trends widened to nearly 3% during fiscal 2Q11 on both a 1-year and 2-year average basis. Management attributed the weakness to the fact that affordability has become a more important consideration for its core customers and that Red Lobster's promotions were not properly addressing that need for value. In October of fiscal 2Q11, the company altered the way it was advertising its featured menu items to include specific price points rather than just starting price points in order to provide what it called "price assurance" for its customers. Management also introduced more affordable items across the menu.
The company highlighted the sharp jump in Red Lobster's comp growth in October and November to +1.8% from -6.6% in September as proof that these pricing changes are causing the tide to turn at Red Lobster. On a two-year average basis, comps improved an impressive 470 bps in October but then decelerated 125 bps in November, which is still much better than the extremely weak results seen in September. Management stated during its analyst meeting that trends in December and January, after adjusting for weather, were in line with October and November levels, which implies about 1.0% same-store sales growth on a reported basis when you adjust for the estimated negative 80 bps from severe weather.
Given the concept's recent underperformance, I think investors will be most focused on whether Red Lobster was able to sustain these improved trends in February. For reference, it will be important to focus on two-year average trends in February because Red Lobster is facing a much more difficult comparison from February 2010 of +7.5% relative to the -8.5% comp in January 2010. In addition, the company's estimated 60 bp negative impact from the shift of the beginning of Lent into 4Q11 this year will hurt reported February results. Taking this all into consideration, I am modeling a -2% comp for Red Lobster in fiscal 3Q11 (slightly below management's -1% guidance), which assumes a nearly 450 bp acceleration in two-year average trends. This estimate is aggressive, but we know the December/January trends were positive and industry trends improved in February. The company will need to sustain the assumed significantly higher fiscal 3Q11 level of two-year average trends, relative to 1H11 levels, during the fourth quarter in order to hit its targeted fiscal 2H11 Red Lobster comp growth of flat to -0.5%, which could prove difficult.
As I stated earlier, DRI's fiscal 2H11 comp guidance for both the Olive Garden and LongHorn implies a sequential uptick in two-year average trends, but given these concepts' recent performance and the industry's recently reported improved trends in January and February, the guidance does not seem to be as much of a stretch. On a one-year basis, however, the comps will likely be much better during the fourth quarter than the third quarter as a result of easier comparisons and the expected reported weather impact in fiscal 3Q11. Management's fiscal 3Q11 blended comp guidance of +1.0% implies a 2% to 4% comp during the fourth quarter to achieve the targeted fiscal 2H11 +1.5% to +2.5% growth range.
Relative to earnings, rising commodity costs are definitely a concern for Darden. During the company's fiscal second quarter earnings call, management guided to a +1.0% to 1.5% increase in fiscal 2H11 commodity costs and to flat FY11 food and beverage costs as a percentage of sales. A little over a month later, the company raised this inflation guidance to up 1.5% to 2.0% but did not comment on food and beverage costs as a percentage of sales. Given that commodity costs moved higher and the company updated its blended comp guidance to +1.5% to +2.0% from 2.0%, food and beverage costs as a percentage of sales will likely move slightly higher on a full-year basis, which will have a negative impact on margins in 2H11 relative to the first half when food and beverage costs as a percentage of sales declined.
I am expecting restaurant-level margins to continue to improve during the second half of the year, however, as the YOY bp change comparisons get easier and same-store sales trends should come in better, particularly during the fourth quarter. Additionally, Darden achieved significant leverage on the labor line during the first half of the year, which I expect will continue and help to offset some of the commodity cost pressures. Further helping the labor expense line is the company's new direct labor optimization initiative, which it is rolling out later in the year. Management anticipates this effort will generate modest savings during fiscal 4Q11 and then ramp up significantly next year, ultimately delivering $30 million to $40 million in annual savings when fully implemented.
I am currently modeling full-year earnings of $3.37 per share, which is in line with both the street's estimate and the high end of management's full-year guidance. Relative to consensus EPS estimates, however, I am $0.02 shy of the third-quarter estimate and $0.02 higher for the fourth quarter.
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--- In firstname.lastname@example.com, "Francelle" <fjmjedwards@...>
I'm with Mike, breed it baby. The good news is it's not really
taking up that much room in your beds if it only has two rhizomes.
I really like the pattern... good description Mike "melted crayon".
If you decide you want to toss it after all... I'ld give it a good
home... it could be BFF with my 05-119-12.
Just spitballing... I get the impression that the two rhizomes
are "still" the original clump. What would happen if you divided
them? I wonder if that would stimulate a new growth pattern.
> This is the time I have to make final decisions on some of my
seedlings. I
> need suggestions about this one. It has bloomed four years for me,
and I
> have received more compliments on it than on most of my other
ones. I have
> been told that it is a unique color and pattern. Its problem is
that it a
> poor grower, subject to many problems in my garden. After all this
time, I
> have only two healthy rhizomes. I am tempted to toss them, yet I
hate to.
> What should I do?
> Francelle Edwards Glendale, AZ Zone 9