When a recession hits, Walmart tends to do better. This is because their prices are low and therefore people would prefer to shop there.
Target, like Walmart, beat the recession of 2008, and now they have put in the work into their online presence as well. They invested in their online sales.
As people were stuck at home, they no longer could go to bars. So the cocktail mixers sold by Pepsi Co. rose by 36% in 2020 alone.
The pandemic caused many people to be stuck at home. As a result, home projects increased for households. The revenue for Lowes rose 23.5% in the first nine months of 2020.
In two decades, Rollins has had uninterrupted growth. They are now the largest pesticide company in the U.S. and possibly the largest in the world.
Half of the stock is owned by Hormel Foundation. They work on trying to continue to grow their income and dividend each year.