Campbell Soup Co. Profit Falls 20 Percent
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Campbell Soup Co. CPB.N, the world's  largest soupmaker, on Monday said quarterly net profit fell 20  percent as it increased spending on marketing and took a charge  related to job cuts.
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Hershey Co  on Thursday posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit, hurt by sluggish sales, restructuring charges and soaring costs for ingredients.
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Retailer Sears Holdings Corp.  posted a 20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a legal settlement and other special gains, but sales declined at both its Sears and Kmart units.
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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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Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co. reported a 20 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Tuesday, citing a nearly $33 million one-time charge to settle three class-action lawsuits related to work force diversity.
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Food conglomerate Campbell Soup Co. posted a 20 per cent drop in fourth-quarter profits as the company began its latest restructuring effort.
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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 cheese, coffee and other  commodities.
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Campbell Soup Co., the world&#39;s biggest soupmaker, said fourth-quarter profit declined 20 percent, the biggest drop in more than two years, because of falling sales and costs to fire workers.
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Kraft Foods last night posted a 3.8% drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by higher marketing spend and increased costs for cheese, coffee and other materials.
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Campbell Soup Co  on Thursday posted quarterly profit below analysts' estimates despite strong sales of its V8 vegetable juice, as the company overhauled its supply chain in Australia and Indonesia.
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Shares in catering firm Compass slump nearly 20% after the firm says higher costs are set to hit profits.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell, pulled down by weaker natural gas prices and refining margins.
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Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Monday  posted a 3.8 percent drop in quarterly profit, weighed down by  higher marketing spending and increased costs for cheese,  coffee and other materials.
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Kerr-McGee Corp. on Wednesday said its third-quarter profit slid on a charge related to the shutdown of a pigment plant and higher environmental and capital expenses.
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Kroger Co. KR.N, the largest U.S.  grocer, on Tuesday reported a 25 percent drop in quarterly  profit, hurt by debt redemption costs.
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Campbell Soup Co.  posted higher  quarterly profit on Friday, helped by higher prices, and raised  its full-year profit forecast.
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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.