For Campbell's, Another Weak Soup Season

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Mon, 05/21/2012 - 12:31pm

Campbell's profit fell 5.4% as soup sales dropped 3% in the U.S. Continued weakness in soup was offset with better results in the quarter from the V8 juice brand and Pepperidge Farm's Goldfish Crackers and in Canada.

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