Keith Patriquin Quotations

Listerine would give Colgate added strength. It's a nice competitive edge.

The fact that both P.& G. and Colgate were able to pass on the higher costs to consumers without hurting sales is encouraging. These companies have been reshaping their portfolios toward higher-margin categories to drive profits. Over all, both the companies have done a decent job at new product introductions.

They've been able to realize higher prices and volume. Kraft's working through a restructuring, trying to get back to consistent growth.

Clearly he doesn't believe the current board of directors is doing the most effective job for shareholders.

The industry is quite happy with the ruling they have in hand. There's no guarantees as to what would have come out of a review, favorable or unfavorable.