Smithfield Foods posts lower quarterly earnings
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Smithfield Foods Inc. , the largest U.S. pork company and a major beef producer, on Thursday reported lower quarterly earnings.
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CHICAGO The nation&#39;s largest food manufacturer, Northfield-based Kraft Foods Incorporated, posted a four percent decline in third-quarter profits today.
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Smithfield Foods offered up a surprise in its earnings conference call.
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Food company General Mills Inc.   on Thursday posted sharply lower quarterly profit,  pressured by higher costs, increased marketing spending and  restructuring charges.
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Kraft Foods Inc.  on Tuesday posted a 28 percent drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by restructuring and higher costs for commodities like cheese and coffee.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD.N, the top  U.S. hog and pork producer, on Monday said preliminary earnings  per share for the fiscal third quarter were stronger than Wall  Street expectations, helped by higher hog prices, sending  shares to an all-time high.
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Campbell Soup Co  posted lower quarterly profit on Friday, hurt by higher commodity costs and promotional spending.
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Smithfield Foods, the worldâs biggest hog and turkey producer, reported yesterday that quarterly net income doubled on rising beef and pork sales. Hormel Foods said its profit fell on higher costs to make Spam meat products and bacon bits.
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Prudential Financial Inc. , the  second-largest U.S. life insurer, on Wednesday reported its  quarterly earnings fell by 44 percent, missing analysts'  estimates and sending its shares down 5.5 percent.
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The Clorox Company, the consumer products maker, posted a lower quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by rising costs for raw materials but helped by a lower tax rate.
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Top U.S. hog and pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc.  reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday due to a weak market for fresh meat, and shares fell nearly 9 percent in premarket trading.
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The restaurant chain meets Q1 earnings, but lowers guidance for fiscal 2005.
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U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods  Inc.  said on Thursday that quarterly profits declined  because high feed prices hurt results in its hog production  unit.
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Kroger Co. KR.N, the largest U.S.  grocer, on Tuesday reported a lower quarterly profit, hurt by  debt costs even as sales rebounded in Southern California where  it was hit by a strike.
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Smithfield Foods Inc., the world&#39;s largest hog producer and pork processor, on Tuesday posted higher second-quarter earnings as sharply improved hog production results more than offset lower pork margins and a modest loss in the beef segment.
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Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Tuesday  posted a 28 percent drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by  restructuring and higher costs for commodities like cheese and  coffee.
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Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said quarterly earnings more than doubled due to higher hog prices and the hog and pork producer&#39;s acquisition of Farmland Foods last year.