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☆ Campbell Soup Names New CFO as It Looks to Continue Strong Growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | Kathryn Hardison | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Campbell Soup Co. appointed its next finance chief as the soup and snack maker looks to build on its recent growth. The Camden, N.J.-based company on Wednesday said Carrie Anderson will become chief financial officer, effective Feb. 6. Carrie Anderson, incoming CFO at Campbell Soup Co. Photo: Campbell Soup Co.Ms. Anderson is set to join Campbell from medical technology company Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. , where she has been CFO since June 2019. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CFO Journal The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team. Campbell’s brands include its namesake soup, Prego sauces, Pepperidge Farm snacks and breads, and Cape Cod potato chips.

☆ Why PETA—and Taxidermists—Approved of Kylie Jenner’s Lion-Head Dress
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fur has long been known to ruffle fashion critics’ feathers. But as couture week began Monday in Paris, it was a group of fake animal heads that got people up in arms. A lion’s face leapt off the front of Irina Shayk’s black velvet dress. The head of a wolf sat on the shoulder of Naomi Campbell’s faux-fur coat. Kylie Jenner, seated front row at the show, also wore a lion head fastened to her dress.

☆ Campbell’s Turnaround Has Reached Full Boil
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Aaron Back | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Campbell Soup has gone from one of the most troubled companies in the packaged-food sector to one of the strongest. That may be partly luck, as both the pandemic and the current inflationary environment turned out to be favorable for its portfolio of soup, sauce and snack brands. But it is also a vindication of the leadership of Chief Executive Mark Clouse , who chose to invest in some of the company’s aging brands that prior leaders seemed nearly ready to give up on.

☆ Campbell Soup Raises Outlook After Sales Rise 15%
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Dean Seal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The maker of Campbell’s soup and other products says it has been able to mitigate pressures from rising input and supply-chain costs. Campbell Soup Co. boosted its outlook after sales and profit rose at double-digit rates in its fiscal first quarter as the company kept raising prices to offset rising costs. The soup and snack maker said Wednesday that sales jumped 15% to nearly $2.6 billion in the quarter ended Oct. 30, topping analyst projections of $2.45 billion, according to FactSet. The top-line growth was once again driven by higher prices, though volumes, which have been shrinking as prices rise, fell 1%.

A Florida sheriff stunned many of his constituents this week by appearing to endorse spanking students, his comments coming during a press conference in which county officials announced plans to tighten discipline in Brevard County schools. Sheriff Wayne Ivey spins the "Wheel of Fugitive" board at the Brevard County Sheriffs Office in 2017. And he is a Brevard County political powerbroker who helped get two Republicans, Megan Wright and Gene Trent, elected to the county school board. Shortly after they were sworn in Nov. 22, Wright and Trent teamed up with school board chair Matt Susin to oust longtime superintendent Mark Mullins. There was agreement among the Brevard County school officials interviewed that disruptive students are a problem in the system.

☆ Alabama pauses executions after third failed lethal injection attempt
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. Ivey also requested that Marshall not seek additional execution dates for any other death row inmates until the review is complete. In September, the state called off the scheduled execution of Alan Eugene Miller because of difficulty accessing his veins. Alabama in 2018 called off the execution of Doyle Hamm because of problems getting the intravenous line connected. Alabama should have imposed an execution moratorium after Hamm’s failed execution for the benefit of everyone, said Bernard Harcourt, an attorney who represented Hamm for years.

☆ Rihanna would like Beyoncé to model for Savage X Fenty
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —If anyone has the power to manifest it’s Rihanna, right? The superstar singer and entrepreneur recently shared her dream model to walk the runway for her Savage X Fenty fashion line. “Beyoncé,” Rihanna told E! Now both women are not only two of the biggest stars in the music industry, but also have successful fashion lines - Rihanna with Savage X Fenty and Beyoncé with Ivy Park. Plenty of stars have already been featured by Savage X Fenty, with Taraji P. Henson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Marsai Martin among those who appeared at the line’s latest fashion show.

Brian Kemp to become the state’s first Black governor — she’d also be the first Black woman in the country’s history to hold a governor seat. In Maryland, Rep. Anthony Brown could be the state’s first Black attorney general if he defeats Republican Michael Peroutka. Smaller historic races include Rep. Karen Bass’ bid to become Los Angeles’ first Black woman mayor. Flowers would be the first Black woman to hold the office in Alabama, and she’s already made history as the first Black woman from either major party to win the nomination for governor. If successful, she would be the first Black woman elected to the chamber in the state’s history.

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