Consumer products have proven themselves to be excellent long-term investment options. The track record goes as far back as the 19th century when companies like Coca-Cola and Procter Gamble began to established decades-long track records of growth.

Virtually nobody alive today was around to benefit directly from those initial public offerings (IPOs), so their history of growth is less beneficial to today's investors. Fortunately, some of the consumer growth stories I found actually occurred during the lifetimes of many current investors.

Additionally, some of these stocks were priced at a point where an average investor might have been comfortable buying $1,000 worth of shares. Three of the best examples of this growth over the last 30 years are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST).

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