Hormel Foods Corp. products line the shelves of a store in Berlin, Vt. , Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. Hormel Foods Corp. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 33 percent because of higher commodity costs and a big investment loss, but results still topped Wall Street expectations. AP Photo logo AP Photo 12 months ago

Hormel Foods Corp. products line the shelves of a store in Berlin, Vt. , Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. Hormel Foods Corp. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 33 percent because of higher commodity costs and a big investment loss, but results still topped Wall Street expectations.

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  1. A display of Hormel's Spam at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif., is shown Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Hormel Foods said Tuesday, its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer spending.

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  1. A display of Hormel's Spam at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif., is shown Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Hormel Foods said Tuesday, its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer spending.

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