“Take Wrigley's. I don't think the Internet is going to change the way people chew gum.”
Wrigley Company
16 mentions across the corpus · positive 1 · negative 0 · neutral 15 · historical 0
2011 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter
“It has produced enormous and sustained profits for Coca-Cola since 1886 and Wrigley since 1891.”
2009 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter
“The remaining $6.5 billion satisfied our commitment to help fund the purchase of Wrigley”
"We're forced to do virtually nothing we don't want to"
“Well, you start with a balanced diet. Some Wrigley, some Mars, some C's, some Coke.”
Afternoon Session - 2008 Meeting
“the Mars people wanted to deal in terms of this financing aspect of the Wrigley situation”
Morning Session - 2008 Meeting
“if I see the financial statements on Wrigley, I know something about the business.”
Wesco 2005 Annual Meeting — Notes of Charlie Munger's Remarks (Whitney Tilson)
“If I invest in equities – the businesses are growing; for example, Wrigley's will make more gum.”
Wesco 2005 Annual Meeting — Notes of Charlie Munger's Remarks (Whitney Tilson)
“the businesses are growing; for example, Wrigley's will make more gum.”
“I may see Wrigley chewing gum alongside Glotz's chewing gum. Well, I know that Wrigley is a satisfactory product”
Wesco 2001 Annual Meeting — Notes of Charlie Munger's Remarks (Whitney Tilson)
“Wrigley is a great business, but that doesn't solve the problem. Buying great businesses at advantageous prices is very tough.”
Buffett on evaluating businesses' "moats"
“we own no Wrigley, so I use Wrigley's fairly often in class, pick a figure that you would expect unit growth of chewing gum”
Afternoon Session - 1999 Meeting
“we own no Wrigley, so I use Rigglies fairly often in class. So, pick a figure that you would expect unit growth of chewing gum”
Wesco 1999 Annual Meeting — Notes of Charlie Munger's Remarks (simpleinvestor)
“Mr. Munger told many great stories. A few about Wrigley Chewing Gum and an entertaining one about silver mining companies.”
USC Lecture: A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom (1994)
“I may see Wrigley chewing gum alongside Glotz's chewing gum. Well, I know that Wrigley is a satisfactory product”
USC Lecture: A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom (1994)
“Wrigley, simply by being so well known, has advantages of scale - what you might call an informational advantage.”
1993 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter
“Leaving aside chewing gum, in which Wrigley is dominant, I know of no other significant businesses in which the leading company has long enjoyed such global power.”