Hudson Foods Inc., headquartered at Rogers, Ark., reported net income of $8.8 million, or 29 cents in primary and fully diluted earnings per share during the fourth quarter that ended Sept. 28.
For the year, Hudson reported net income of $28 million, or 76 cents in primary and fully diluted earnings. Sales climbed 14 percent, to a record $1.4 billion, from $1.2 billion a year ago.
Hudson sells a variety of chicken, turkey, beef and pork products under the four brand names, Hudson, Delightful Farms, Pierre and Schweigert.
Hudson Foods is Stoddard County's largest employer. Following a $22 million expansion project in 1995, the company doubled its previous employee list to more than 800.
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