Joseph Backofen

My Biggest Turkey: Aurora Foods

I too lost some money in Aurora Foods ... as well as Imperial Sugar, Northland Cranberries, and Chiquita -- all as a result of buying food stocks in 2000 as defensive stocks that might be turned around due to their branding.... and, all of which fell apart / reorganized in roughly the same manner. If I had put the money into the oil & gas companies where I had feared that I had already put "too many eggs" -- companies that were tettering on backruptcy such as KCS, BNO (now HNR), CHK, ForceEnergy (now FST), etc. ..... I would be far better off financially today.