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Matt Miller

πŸ‘€ Speaker
1959 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

So I want to focus on the flavor too.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

I have a million questions about your products, but I want to ask first about the deal because the structure is interesting.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

It's a reverse Morris trust.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

I don't know what that means, but tell us about the mechanics of that and why you decided to do it this way.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

Well, and Unilever is a monster business, but they must have a lot of faith in you and your management team, because otherwise...

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

they would obviously replace you.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

I wonder about a couple of trends in the food business that everyone has seen, right?

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

The private label business, the white label business has gotten big.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

So how do you differentiate McCormick from, I don't know, Bowl and Basket or whatever private label brand is sitting right next to it in the spice aisle?

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

I want to get into mayonnaise a little bit because I grew up in Bexley, Ohio.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

My grandmother would make us peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

It's delicious.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

It's delicious, but she wouldn't have used anything other than Hellman's.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

And as a result, I never will try Mike's Amazing Lemonade or Duke's Mayonnaise or whatever QP is, this Japanese mayonnaise.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

But other people are increasingly starting to branch out.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

And there's also like a hyper local foods trend that's picking up.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

How do you look at this category, this all important category of mayonnaise?

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

What's next?

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

I mean, would you, you want scale, you know, you want more skews.

Bloomberg Talks
McCormick CEO Brendan Foley Talks Unilever Deal

Do you go after a jam smucker?