Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL) reported earnings of 90 cents per share for the final quarter of fiscal 2010, compared with 77 cents per share a year earlier.
Sales rose 23% from a year earlier to $2.1 billion, the company said in a statement.
“We hit the…
Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) reported earnings of 82 cents per share for the quarter ending Oct. 31, down from 87 cents per share a year earlier.
Sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 dropped 1% to $2.17 billion, the company said in a statement. Higher promotional spending hurt sales, the company said.
Sales of soups in the U.S. dropped 5%.
“The key negative factor impacting our…
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