The Company faces competition across its product lines from other food companies with the primary methods and factors in competition being product quality, price, packaging, new product introductions, nutritional value, convenience, customer service, advertising, and promotion. In order to generate future revenues and profits, the Company must continue to sell products that appeal to its customers and consumers. Specifically, there are a number of trends in consumer preferences that may impact the Company and the food industry as a whole including convenience, taste, consumer dietary trends, and obesity, health, and nutritional concerns.

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Source-000026780
Title
The J. M. Smucker Company's Annual Form 10-K report 2011
Year
2008
2009
2010
Report Type
Form-10K
Annual Report