<div id="subtitle">Hormel Foods 1st-quarter profit climbs; raises full-year guidance</div><div><p>Hormel Foods Corp. reported a tasty first quarter as shoppers continued to stock up on its food staples such as canned meats and Mexican food products.</p><p>The company boosted its full-year earnings ...

<div id="subtitle">Hormel Foods announces agreement to acquire Country Crock side-dish line from Unilever</div><div><p>Hormel Foods Corp. is acquiring the Shedd's Country Crock side-dish line from Unilever United States Inc., a move that adds potato and pasta side dishes to Hormel's product line that includes meat ...

<div id="subtitle">Hormel 4Q profit rises 50 percent, but sales slip as cash-strapped consumers limit spending</div><div><p>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 ...

<div><p>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 they spend more on marketing to win the attention of recession-weary consumers who are dining at home ...