General Mills (GIS-N)

Pays a 4% yield and is cheap at these prices. He thinks the health secretary is dead set against the weight-loss drugs, so will benefit GIS.

Was upgraded today based on accelerating pet food sales. It reports Wednesday. He thinks that the incoming Health & Human Services Secretary, Robert Kennedy, will promote healthy eating, which clashes with GM's money-making sugary cereals.

They report Wednesday. They just sold their North American yogurt business for $2.1 billion, while their snacks and pet food visions are strong. The stock is a bargain now.

It reports Wednesday. He suspects shares have been out of fears of the new weight-loss drugs eating into their snack-food sales. That said, every package food company that has reported has reported no slowdown, and those stocks rallied. GIS also had a good pet food business.

They report Wednesday; can they turn things around after sales faltered last quarter? Their high-end pet food business has stalled and Zoetis revealed that pet spending is slowing.

Their outlook is dimming as the wider economy weakens, and they're shifting to more value-oriented products for pets. He thought pet food was a more reliable product category but now this is can be slippery.