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ConAgra Foods News

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Yesterday | Marion Star

KAPOW Kids and the Power of Work

ConAgra Foods Inc. in Marion has partnered with Cardington Intermediate School to participate in KAPOW , a program designed to teach children about work and how the things they're learning in the classroom will ...

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Related Topix: Marion, OH, Kids, Family, Food

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Tulsa World

Port grain terminals under new owners

The longtime Peavey Co. grain terminals at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa are operating under new ownership but keeping the same name locally, according to reports.

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Related Topix: Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK, Catoosa, OK, Food

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Fool.com

Spicy Times Ahead for Food Stocks

In last week's fourth-quarter earnings report, General Mills reported a 13.4% increase in net sales, with pricing and product mix contributing 8 points toward revenue growth.

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Related Topix: Food, Financial Markets, Del Monte Foods, Smithfield Foods, Campbell Soup

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Business Insurance

ConAgra seeks OK for benefits in captive

ConAgra Foods Inc. has asked the Labor Department for permission to fund employee benefit risks through its Arizona-domiciled captive.

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Related Topix: Food, Omaha, NE Metro

Milling Journal

ConAgra Foods Initiates $900 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

Omaha, NE- ConAgra Foods, Inc ., one of North America's leading packaged food companies, initiated July 1 an accelerated share repurchase program under which the company will spend $900 million to repurchase ...

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Food

Seeking Alpha

ConAgra Foods, Inc. F4Q08 Earnings Call Transcript

Davenport & Co. of Virginia, Inc. Robert Moskow - Credit Suisse Chris Growe - Stifel Nicolaus [Tom Trucillo] - Banc of America Securities Andrew Lazar - Lehman Brothers David Driscoll - Citi Investments ...

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Related Topix: Food

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Blogging Stocks

General Mills expected to post Q4 profit gain; ConAgra a profit decline

Food giants General Mills Inc. and ConAgra Foods Inc. are scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings this week.

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Related Topix: General Mills, Agriculture, Food, Kellogg

MarketWatch

Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises

Kroger Co. said Tuesday that its first-quarter earnings rose to $386.0 million, or 58 cents a share, from the year-earlier $336.6 million, or 47 cents a share, which included 2 cents of labor-related charges.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, FactSet Research Systems, IT Services, Kroger, Retail, Grocery, MarketWatch, Startups, Food

Sat Jun 28, 2008

BusinessWeek

Movers: UBS, UPS, Kodak, ComScore, Kroger, ConAgra, Dow Chemical

UBS AG is up 1.07 to 21.67 after Dow Jones wires report says that UBS is higher on market talk that HSBC could bid up to $80 billion to take over the Swiss bank.

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Related Topix: Trucking, United Parcel Service, Air Courier, Transportation, Food

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Brandweek

Chef Boyardee, Hunt's Boost ConAgra

ConAgra Foods saw its revenues rise 4.8% for its most recent quarter versus a year ago, but its stock fell 3% as the forecast for the coming fiscal year trailed analysts' projections.

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Related Topix: Food

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Reuters

ConAgra sees higher-than-expected quarterly profit

ConAgra Foods Inc said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings would be higher than expected, boosted by results at its trading and merchandising unit, whose sale was completed after the quarter ended.

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Related Topix: Food

Bakingbusiness.com

ConAgra completes trading, merchandising unit sale

ConAgra Foods, Inc. has completed the sale of its commodity trading and merchandising operations conducted by ConAgra Trade Group.

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Related Topix: Food, Financial Services, Investment Services

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Social Media Optimization

Brand Examples of Social Media Marketing

Interesting article in the Chicago Tribune about how big brands are using social media.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Recipes, Public Relations, Food

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Quamnet

ConAgra Foods, Proctor & Gamble enter new licensing and capabilities deal

ConAgra Foods Inc. and The Proctor & Gamble Co. entered a new licensing and capabilities agreement, the companies said late Thursday.

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Related Topix: Food, Omaha, NE Metro

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Forbes.com

Smucker Profits Need A Jolt From Folger's

Peanut butter-and-jelly maker J.M. Smucker is hoping the coffee is brewed strongly enough at Folger's to help offset the rising commodities prices that have been spreading its profits thin.

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Related Topix: Food, J M Smucker, Financial Markets

Tue Jun 17, 2008

TradingMarkets.com

3 Top PowerRatings Food Stocks for Investors: K, CAG, GIS

Learn to professionally swing trade! Click here. Whether or not the markets are merely setting up for a test of the year-to-date lows - or are actually planning to plunge through them - investors know that some ...

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Food, General Mills, Agriculture

Sat Jun 14, 2008

The Motley Fool

The Demented Dividend Guru

That's Charlie Munger's opinion of academic Jeremy Siegel. But we'll soon get to see just how demented the Wizard of Wharton actually is.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, General Growth Properties, Food, Sara Lee, Apparel, Financial Markets, Environmental, Waste Management

Mon Jun 09, 2008

9NEWS

Colorado's first case of tomato linked salmonella

Consumers who have recently eaten raw tomatoes or foods containing raw tomatoes and are experiencing any of these symptoms should contact their health care provider.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Food

Sat Jun 07, 2008

CNN Money

Food's next billion-dollar brand?

Success has followed Steve Hughes wherever he has roamed in the food industry the past two decades.

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Related Topix: Food, Marketing

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Fool.com

Stocks That Defeat Inflation

One trip to the grocery store and you know something's gone amiss. What with the rationing of rice and rising food prices, putting dinner on the table can be somewhat stressful.

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Related Topix: Food, General Mills, Agriculture, Hormel Foods Corporation, Financial Markets, Kraft Foods, Heinz H J

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