(Paul Sakuma / AP) A display of Hormel's Spam at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif., is shown Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Hormel Foods said Tuesday, its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer spending.
Spam Maker's Profit Rises 50 Percent
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NOVEMBER 26, 2009
Associated Press

Hormel, based in Austin, Minn., has benefited along with other food makers as consumers limit their spending and eat at home in response to the recession.
Its lower-priced foods like its namesake chili and its famed meat-in-a-can Spam have been rising in at least the past year as consumers look for value.
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