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Consumer Staples

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Consumer Staples
The industries that manufacture and sell food/beverages, tobacco, prescription drugs, and household products.

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Proctor and Gamble would be considered a consumer staple company because many of its products are household and food related.

See also: Sector Fund
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The smaller proportion of analysts who track consumer staples may reflect the fact that the companies' business is relatively straightforward, some investors said.
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New Nordic Healthbrands is the second company to join First North this year and the company is a valuable contribution to our Consumer Staples sector", says Jenny Rosberg, President of Company Services at OMX.
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Those other consumer staples are bound to hold up well in a storm for the same reasons that food stocks should--most everyone finds money to pay for cleansers and toothpaste.
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