The best way to check claims made in HFB press releases in respect to other firms is to call the firms themselves and ferret out the true facts as witness Foodtown and Canada Dry Bottlers (Olyphant, PA) and now Werther's Storck USA. This is otherwise known as due diligence.
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These are my opinions and sentiments. Buying stocks poses demonstrable risks; you could lose all or part of your principal investment. Use iBoxes for DD start.
Buying gold won't save your soul, but it might save your skin someday.