date:Aug 29, 2014
Christmas, fireworks on Fourth of July.
US pumpkin-flavoured sales jumped 14 per cent to about $308 million in 2013, according to Nielsen. The extra demand helped push pumpkin prices up 11 per cent last year, the US Department of Agriculture reported in March.
McDonalds stock was little changed at $93.83 at 9:50 a.m. in New York and has dropped 2.5 per cent this year through yesterday. Starbucks fell 0.4 percent to $77.60 and has lost 0.6 per cent in 2014.