Hormel Foods (HRL) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.38 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.35 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.40 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 8.57%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this maker of Spam canned ham, Dinty Moore stew and other foods would post earnings of $0.34 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.41, delivering a surprise of 20 ...