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    Saturday, May 11, 2024

    ConAgra to sell store-brand food business

           New York (AP) — ConAgra Foods Inc. plans to sell its faltering business that makes store-brand packaged food just two years after spending $5 billion to beef it up by buying the private-label foodmaker Ralcorp. The company said Tuesday that it wants to concentrate on improving business for its name brands, which include Chef Boyardee, Hebrew National hot dogs, Slim Jim meat sticks and others.

    ConAgra also reported fourth-quarter earnings that met Wall Street expectations. During the fourth quarter, the Omaha, Neb.-based company reported profit of $209.2 million, or 48 cents per share, marking a swing to a profit compared with a year ago. Earnings adjusted for one-time gains and costs were 59 cents per share.

    The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 59 cents per share. Revenue 3.7 percent to $4.1 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.14 billion.

    -- Associated Press

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