So far, fear has driven investors to sell consumer-exposed stocks. A basket of such companies — including Oreo cookies maker Mondelez International Inc. and Modelo beer producer Constellation Brand Inc. — is down nearly 9% since early August with losses roughly double those of the S&P 500 Index, while makers of things like insulin pumps have wiped out close to a third of their value over the same stretch amid concerns that fewer people will need their products.
Ah, I see. You mean fruit is actually changing in terms of nutrition.
We’ve done well with apples over the past 30 years in terms of variety, at least - it used to be basically all that was available was red delicious and Granny Smith. These days just about any supermarket has a dozen different kinds of apples.