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Janney Hosts U.S.D.A. Economist Q&A on Food Pricing/Value Chain
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Current Food Retail Trends Discussed on Conference Call, Open to Interested
Participants
PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC ("Janney"), a leading regional full-service
financial services firm, will be presenting the latest trends in the retail food
market by hosting a conference call with an economist from the Economic Research
Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) on Thursday,
June 11, 2009 at 11 a.m. EST. Ephraim Leibtag will discuss the food pricing
outlook, structural changes in food retailing, underlying food inflation
drivers, food consumption trends in 2009 and conduct a question and answer
session with participants.
Mr. Leibtag's research includes tracking, forecasting and analyzing trends in
retail food markets, integral to policy-setting and policy analysis. He
currently focuses on Food CPI forecasting and analysis, scanner data research,
food purchase behavior, supermarket characteristics, and supermarket costs and
performance.
WHO: Ephraim Leibtag, U.S.D.A. Economist
Jonathan Feeney, CFA, Large Cap Food, Janney Montgomery Scott
Mitch Pinheiro, CFA, Small/Mid Cap Food, Janney Montgomery Scott
David Strasser, Hard Line Retailing, Janney Montgomery Scott
WHAT: "Food Pricing & The Food Value Chain" Conference Call
WHERE: If interested in listening to this call, please contact Gary Schatz, Director of Research, Janney Montgomery Scott, at 215-665-6234.
WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 2009
11 a.m. EST
About Janney Montgomery Scott LLC:
Established in 1832, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC provides comprehensive
financial advice and superior service to individual, corporate and institutional
investors. A full-service, financial services firm, Janney is committed to
providing our clients advice through a wealth management approach by focusing on
the delivery of strategic financial plans that utilize a variety of financial
products and services best suited to help meet their financial goals. Janney is
equally committed to providing our corporate and institutional clients objective
advice for the successful execution of their unique business plans. Janney
provides advice and service to clients through a network of professionals in
branch offices located along the entire east coast. Janney is an independently
operated subsidiary of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, the seventh
largest mutual insurance company in the nation, and is a member of the New York
Stock Exchange, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and Securities Investor
Protection Corporation.
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Karen Shakoske
Senior Vice President & Director of Marketing
215-665-4458
kshakoske@jmsonline.com
or
Jason Rocker
Braithwaite Communications
215-564-3200 x 110
Jrocker@gobraitwhaite.com
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