US: Hormel lifts earnings forecast
By: just-food.com | 18 February 2010
Hormel Foods has raised its full-year outlook, after booking bumper first-quarter profit gains on the back of improved margins and earnings growth at its refrigerated food and grocery units.
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Hormel Foods has raised its full-year outlook, after booking bumper first-quarter profit gains on the back of improved margins and earnings growth at its refrigerated food and grocery units.
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