Hormel Foods Corp. has made numerous changes to its product packaging, trimming more than 5.36 million pounds in materials from the supply chain. Full Article at Environmental Leader

Hormel Foods today gave its employees a record $15.9 million in profit-sharing checks, continuing a popular and longstanding pre-Thanksgiving tradition. Full Article at TwinCities.com

Hormel Foods Inc. plans to boost advertising next year to persuade cash-strapped shoppers to pay extra for its pricier items, like microwave meals, as they keep looking for ways to cut costs in the downturn. Full Article at TwinCities.com

The food makers H. J. Heinz and Hormel Foods reported on Tuesday mixed quarterly results, but said they expected sales to rise in the coming months as they spend more on marketing to win the attention of recession-weary consumers. Full Article at The New York Times

Hormel Foods Corp. announced an increase in net earnings but a decrease in sales for both the company's fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year, which ended Oct. 25, writes Jason Schoonover in the Austin Daily Herald. Full Article at MinnPost.com

Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) 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 on pricier items like microwave meals,... Full Article at TransWorldNews

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Hormel Foods Inc. plans to boost its advertising next year to persuade cash-strapped shoppers to pay extra for its pricier items, like microwave meals, as they keep looking for ways to cut costs in the downturn. Full Article at WCCO

higher-priced items in its Jennie-O Turkey Store, which accounts for 20 percent of net sales. Full Article at Daily Breeze

MILWAUKEE - 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 on pricier items like microwave meals. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune

U.S. food makers H.J. Heinz and Hormel Foods said they expect sales to rise in the coming months as consumers stick to more frugal habits such as eating meals at home instead of going out. Heinz [HNZ Loading... Full Article at CNBC

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Lower costs helped to push Hormel Foods' fiscal fourth-quarter profit sharply higher even as volumes remained under pressure, the food giant said Tuesday. Full Article at MarketWatch

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. food makers H.J. Heinz Co (HNZ.N) and Hormel Foods Corp (HRL.N) said they expect sales to rise in the coming months as consumers stick to more frugal habits such as eating meals at home instead of going out. Full Article at Reuters

MILWAUKEE (AP) - 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 on pricier items like microwave... Full Article at KIVITV.com

By Tess Stynes Hormel Foods Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 53% amid lower ingredient, freight and warehouse costs, as growth was led by its refrigerated-food segment. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

MILWAUKEE - 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 on pricier items like microwave meals. Full Article at MSNBC

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hormel Foods Corp <HRL.N> posted a 53 percent jump in quarterly profit, aided by lower hog prices and stronger sales of its namesake chili, and said earnings should rise in the current fiscal year. Full Article at CNBC

NEW YORK -- Hormel Foods Corp. , maker of Spam and Dinty Moore stew, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose to $103.9 million, or 77 cents a share, from $67.8 million, or 50 cents, a year earlier. Full Article at FOX Business

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AUSTIN, Minn. - Hormel Foods says 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. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor