CHICAGO, March 16 - Hormel Foods Corp <HRL.N>, the maker of Spam processed meat and a host of other foods, plans to spend more on marketing in 2009 than in 2008 as it tries to...
CHICAGO, March 16 - Hormel Foods Corp <HRL.N> is seeing some signs that customer traffic trends at restaurants are improving, its chief executive said on Monday. Improvement in the restaurant industry could be an early...
* Heinz EPS $0.67 vs Wall St $0.62 view * Hormel EPS $0.57 vs Street $0.52 view * Strong dollar hurts Heinz sales * Hormel helped by lower feed costs * Heinz shares up 1.7...
* Against idea of putting food-safety oversight under 1 roof * Rival proposals would combine or split food safety duties CHICAGO, March 16 - Hormel Foods Corp <HRL.N> Chief Executive Jeffrey Ettinger said on Monday...
* EPS $0.77 tops Wall St view $0.68 * Q4 sales $1.68 bln miss Wall St view $1.82 bln * Raises annual dividend to $0.84/shr from $0.76/shr * Sees 2010 EPS $2.63 to $2.73 CHICAGO,...
* Q1 EPS of 60 cts tops Wall St estimate of 51 cts * Spam, Dinty Moore sales up in double-digits * Affirms '09 EPS outlook of $2.15-$2.25 * Shares up nearly 7 pct (Adds...
* Q1 EPS of 60 cts tops Wall St estimate of 51 cts * Sales up 4 pct; volume down 1 pct * Affirms '09 EPS outlook of $2.15-$2.25 * Shares up nearly 8 pct...
* Q1 EPS of 60 cts tops Wall St estimate of 51 cts * Sales up 4 pct; volume down 1 pct * Affirms '09 EPS outlook of $2.15-$2.25 * Shares flat in thin, premarket...
* Q2 profit 59 cents/shr; average Street forecast 50 cents * Sees full-year earnings near top of previous forecast * Shares slightly higher (Adds analyst comment, share price, byline) CHICAGO, May 21 - Hormel Foods...
* Spam, Dinty Moore sales up, other products hit * More value focus in new products * Local restaurant customers seeing traffic trend improve (Adds company comments, background, byline) CHICAGO, March 16 - Hormel Foods...