" This is Money Markets & More for Thursday June 11 209. Steve Potisk here in the market watch dot com radio newsroom coming up. USA today wants to delivered to your email box. And I'm John were not coming up in a moment we -- gonna talk about how some restaurants are trying to go where in case they're going into grocery stores -- want to keep their names alive then we'll talk about that in a moment but first."

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" On the day book we get the official government take on May retail sales analysts are looking for something better than the four tenths of percent drop we saw back in April. But chuck Carlson of horizon investment services does not expect to be pleasantly surprised."

" Obama going to be very good guys and again the consumer is still. Played it real close to the past and I don't see that changing in the in the short run and at some point. You know it would. The market needs to do better than just and they are not as bad as we -- that that's good to drive the markets off its lows and we've seen that happen here where that kind of settlement with things aren't as bad. And we thought they would be. This create a nice rally of 2500 points but we get that that next level want to take that. -- 8610000. Or 11009. You're gonna need more than just say it's not as bad as we thought it was going to be you're gonna need. Hey these numbers are pretty good and that's kind of where the rubber meets the road on this market. Terms of its ability to push the next significantly higher. -- far away are we gonna I'm starting to see results that are hey they're pretty good and not just the better than you know that that they're not as bad as we thought and I think that. That the land there I think is key and I don't I don't see retail sales turnaround at dime here and I don't think they're going to be very strong. Quite honestly for the remainder this year."

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" The next time you go to the supermarket would you like Fries with that Burger King wants to let you have became Fries. This is just the latest effort by some fast food joints out there to get in your face in the supermarket. And in my face right now as it can accept a."

" That's my job yes BK apple Fries that you can get -- kids meal from -- came they're gonna start selling them next fall. In the produce section of grocery stores there if you haven't seen them there in their fry it that -- apples cut to look like French Fries there -- French fry container and -- A caramel dipping sauce. Other. Retailers are doing the same -- Starbucks majority he can buy a lot of their products in the grocery store has just launched some coffee flavored ice cream. And California pizza kitchen which has also been grocery stores for a number of years has a new flat breads sandwich milk available in the frozen food section."

" It's going to be interesting to see at this flies I know with California pizza kitchen particular they already have their pizzas out there. But I look at the price and know how much further I don't."

" Well that that's analysts say that sometimes it can be tricky to bring a branded food into a grocery store because brand it's considered premium. But. -- 599 California pizza kitchen pizza from your groceries are still cheaper -- going to the restaurant and getting one and getting a -- can tipping the waiter."

" All black and I look at that box I go California pizza kitchen. Not quite as big as the state of California not even the size of Rhode Island here vote reason and I put it back and even want to have coupons I don't buy it I mean it's. I don't team at a good value but I guess if on the parent and I go to Burger King a lot of the home of the whopper. With my kids and and I see these apple Fries in the store I may go well okay we can experience the delight of Burger King at home now."

" Right if it's a way to get your kids to eat something reasonably healthy for them that the forms of the apple slices it's also way for restaurants to. Muddle through this economic downturn people are not eating out as often. And this way they can keep the brand name alive somewhere safe -- not actually going to Burger King you're going to California pizza kitchen. You see it in the stories in the freezer case from the -- dissection so if and when you do decide to start going out again then you can. Move your brand loyalty right to the restaurant itself."

" And I think a lot of this will hinge on how brands are perceived out there the Starbucks ice cream I know Safeway has been giving out coupons. Practically begging people here buy this Starbucks ice cream. And sorry not gonna pull the trigger -- what does this -- four dollars five dollars eight dollars."

" Yeah look at our co worker just candidates more coupons Starbucks coupons Starbucks of course is one of the retailers that has seen sales dropped pretty dramatically. This is a way to to cross promote to go to go to the store and get Starbucks at the grocery store --"

" Soon I wonder Paul this is going to work of course. If the economy gets better we may have to throughout this entire equation because people may go back to spending reams and reams of money again."

" That they may although one. Analysts cited in The Wall Street Journal said it's gonna be basically another year to a year and a half before the restaurant industry gets into recovery mode."

" that that's a good stretch of time and has and you know in that time it's gonna take."

" Maybe a rebuilding of confidence among people out there just in general and and for -- for brands absolutely."

" Consumer base and Kate's joining us to talk about this and and if someone out there wants a rightists."

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" Thank you. And here is our outrage of the day. Molson is getting rid of a major perk for its retirees it's cutting off the supply. Of free beer."

" That's right Molson says it's looking to standardize its complimentary beer policy. But what's really behind this outrage -- other 2400. Molson retirees and Canada. And they are free beer costs the company about a million dollars Canadian or about 900000. US every year. One retiree is calling it totally. On there. And Steve has totally on American and it welled Canadian. -- That it I think had to speak -- effort John Wordock nice today. The guy that says it's unfair we're with you. Right that's it from Money Markets & More I'm Steve Potisk coliseum next."