patty_c Introduction As most of my readers may know, I own two consumer stocks: one consumer discretionary and one consumer staple. The consumer staple is PepsiCo (PEP). The cyclical consumer stock is The Home Depot (NYSE:HD), the star of this article. I'm very picky when it comes to buying long-term dividend growth stocks, especially in the consumer space. I prefer to buy companies that operate further up the supply chain, which often comes with bigger moats, pricing power, and a different kind of comp ...