Performance
Demand drives Hormel Q1 earnings
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Meat & Poultry
The first quarter of fiscal 2015 got off to a double-digit start at Hormel Foods Corp. Adjusted net earnings jumped 22 percent from a year ago, while first quarter sales topped $2.4 billion, a 7 percent increase over the 2014 first quarter.