Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) said Friday its fiscal second quarter profits declined as US soup sales fell, but earnings still beat Street estimates.

Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE:CPB) saw its first quarter earnings fall as price increases were not enough to offset sales declines in some units, but the company still reaffirmed its full year fiscal 2012 forecast.

George Weston is keeping sales and price expectations modest this year after beating the Street in the first quarter. Adjusted net income came in at $0.88 per share, both one penny ahead of analyst expectations and its adjusted profit for the same period last year.

Loblaw Companies (TSE:L) has said it plans to create a real estate investment trust (REIT) with assets currently valued at more than $7 billion that will be sold by way of an IPO sometime in the middle of next year. 

Canadian cheese maker Saputo Inc. (TSE:SAP) Monday will pay $1.45 billion to buy Morningstar Foods, a U.S. company that makes a variety of dairy and non-dairy products such as creams, ice cream mixes, sour cream and cottage cheese.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR) late Tuesday posted fiscal fourth-quarter results that beat market expectations.

ConAgra Foods (NYSE:CAG) has made a $90 per share agreed bid for Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE:RAH) - a 28 per cent premium over Ralcorp’s closing stock price Monday.