Show BUSINESS 8F Sunday October 1 1995 Standard-Examin- McDonald s to bypass stock brokers Freezer purchases indicator of bad economic times tor because they are By PHIL WEST ' NASHVILLE Tenn - Forget economists and their complicated They purchase freezers when they expect bad times small appliances when good times are ahead Right now freezer sales are on the rise while small appliance pur- chasing is steady That makes for an uninspiring Christmas selling sea- son according to Bob Holding - months of I M SUACTIIS S 55£tr ft 10 e kb H j l f f J "ii'i I w- - hSrTrnl REDS according to RESTAURANkJ Featuring Our Slow Roasted Barbecued Ribs Half Rack at 21st St (exit H50 w 2150 — Still the warming trend in freez- er sales portends a cooling economy Holding said The nation's home appliance industry sold more than 535 million units last year and projects sales of 523 million this year growing to fig- Serving Breakfast Lunch 8 Dinner Located just off htoMSW B 1995 346) S OGDEN 1996 despite the ris- - Your Fun McDirect Shares replaces the company's current dividend reinvestment plan and purchase plan i -" Mi ' il i— mil Their Fun i: - 36abjV! 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PAUL REVERE McDonald's of Oak Brook 111 said the new plan goes into effect Dec 31 riiiiifiiii1ri)Hiliiriiirirniiiiiiiinnir'ls-r- Pfjj'fCffigjf frLrT f — —i — according to a filing made last week with the Securities ana Exchange Commission Dow Jones News Service ing freezer sales McDonald's NEW YORK "I think we're going to have a bit Corp latest offering isn't a new of a downturn But this trough we're McSandwich but McDirect Shares in is rather shallow" Holding said a stock purchase plan that allows Appliance manufacturers are shareholders to buy stock directly looking for a small appliance to from McDonald's heat up the Christmas buying seaAs part of the plan the fast-foo- d son giant is seeking permission to issue "Right now retailers are cau- an additional 115 million shares tious" Holding said 'If iSf b1 J $ 528 million in ' J $ southwest Barbecue or Cajun Style Served with Choice of Salad Starch Vegetable and Corn Bread Muffins FPTHTmiT' er ures compiled by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers in Chicago Freezer purchases were 94 percent higher in August than in that "Freezers are an indica 'jK'fiKlJ economy But demand rose slightly because many freezers conked out in the unusually hot summer weath- - president of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers "Freezers are our bellwether product" Holding said Wednesday during the 1995 Appliance Manufacturer Conference and Expo in Nashville month of 1994 according to industry figures So far this year total freezer purchases are up by 24 percent over the same period of 1994 That's normally bad news for the al When people are freezing their food and buying in bulk quantities they're worried" Small appliance buying is more of a leading economic indicator projecting consumer spending over the next 12 months or so he said When consumers buy small appliances - coffee makers blow dry ers and the like - they're optimistic about the economy Sales of small appliance core things that consumers products buy year in and year out - were down 19 percent for the first six AP Business Writer formulas Consumers and what they buy are the nation's best economic indicators -- counter-cyclic- SEATS AND THE RAIDERS WARNING: Allergic Don't like rock to non-sto- laughing? p roll of he 60's? 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