Hormel Foods Corporation

NEW YORK (AP) _ Consumers looking to slice their food budgets bought more canned Spam and Dinty Moore stews and shied away from more costly microwave meals, Hormel Foods Corp. said Tuesday. But double-digit sales increases for the company's canned...

The government is extending a program to bolster the money-market mutual-fund industry. The Treasury Department said Monday that the program, which provides guarantees for the popular investment products, will continue until April 30. The temporary...

Monday Report: October existing-home sales Earnings: Analog Devices Inc.; Campbell Soup Co.; Donaldson Co.; Hewlett-Packard Co. Tuesday Reports: Third-quarter gross domestic product; November consumer confidence; September Case-Shiller home...

Thanksgiving is bringing turkey producers little to celebrate this year, while diners anticipating the most poultry-centric of holidays may be grateful that they won't see much difference in the cost of their bird. Meat producers have been struggling...

Thanksgiving is bringing turkey producers little to celebrate this year, while diners anticipating the most poultry-centric of holidays may be grateful that they won't see much difference in the cost of their birds. Meat producers have been struggling...

Now that children are back in school, their worries may include homework, teachers and that pesky bully. But parents? They're leery about lunches. With food prices rising and packages shrinking, parents are wondering how to stretch food budgets. Children...

WASHINGTON An undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters. On the video, obtained by the Associated Press, a...

MILWAUKEE—Foodmakers may be worried about higher costs for key ingredients, pushing through price increases and still maintaining a profit. But for big names like Sara Lee, Kraft and others, these slim times don't mean doing away with their...

For the nation's lumber companies, automakers, home builders and other manufacturers, the final half of 2008 might be as sluggish as the first. Slow consumer spending and high gas prices have stalled manufacturing, and even some bright spots are expected...