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The largest consumer conglomerates are cutting their financial forecasts for the year, predicting lower sales and profits than before. That includes Pepsi (which also owns Frito-Lay and Quaker Oats), Kimberly-Clark (which makes Kleenex, Huggies and Scott toilet paper) and Procter & Gamble (which makes Tide, Pampers and Charmin).

This is the first wave of corporate earnings reports since President Trump imposed 145% tariffs on Chinese goods and a 10% tariff on all global imports earlier this month. A 25% tariff on imported aluminum also affects companies that need a lot of cans or foils.

Until recently, most consumer giants stuck to the word "uncertainty" to describe the future. Now, they've begun offering more specifics.

Kimberly-Clark estimates that the trade war will add $300 million in new costs for the company. Procter & Gamble warned it may raise prices to offset new expenses. Chipotle saw anxious shoppers cut back on burrito bowls.

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Fixed title.. "Worried about their profits".

[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

US shoppers are worried about big business. But not in the way the execs think

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Shouldn’t have backed trump, then. It wasn't like analysts didn’t predict what trump would do to the market.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Should've voted for Harris. We wouldn't have had any of these problems had we elected a Democrat. This shit literally only happens when you elect republicans.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Add tariffs on junk food like soda and other shit. Suddenly people buy water instead.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We've already made junk food great again by producing it stateside. Instead of an import tax we'd need a sales or vice tax of some sort.

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