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Never mind the rocky market. Mutual fund manager Ken Heebner is putting up the best numbers of his career.
Never mind the rocky market. Mutual fund manager Ken Heebner is putting up the best numbers of his career.
| 1 | PepsiCo | 59 | 39,474.0 | 12.3 | 5,658.0 | 0.3 |
| 2 | Kraft Foods | 63 | 37,241.0 | 0.0 | 2,590.0 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sara Lee | 203 | 13,179.0 | -28.9 | 504.0 | -9.2 |
| 4 | ConAgra Foods | 210 | 12,755.8 | -10.0 | 764.6 | 43.2 |
| 5 | General Mills | 214 | 12,442.0 | 6.9 | 1,144.0 | 5.0 |
| 6 | Dean Foods | 224 | 11,821.9 | 14.3 | 131.4 | -41.7 |
| 7 | Kellogg | 227 | 11,776.0 | 8.0 | 1,103.0 | 9.8 |
| 8 | H.J. Heinz | 293 | 9,001.6 | -3.5 | 785.7 | 21.7 |
| 9 | Land O'Lakes | 294 | 8,924.9 | 25.7 | 162.1 | 82.8 |
| 10 | Campbell Soup | 320 | 7,883.0 | 1.4 | 854.0 | 11.5 |
| 11 | Dole Food | 354 | 6,944.6 | 11.7 | -57.5 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Hormel Foods | 390 | 6,193.0 | 7.8 | 301.9 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Wm. Wrigley Jr. | 448 | 5,389.1 | 15.0 | 632.0 | 19.4 |
| 14 | Hershey | 471 | 4,946.7 | 0.1 | 214.2 | -61.7 |
| 15 | Del Monte Foods | 611 | 3,415.9 | 3.2 | 112.6 | -33.7 |
| 16 | Interstate Bakeries | 688 | 2,917.3 | -4.7 | -112.8 | 0.0 |
| 17 | McCormick | 689 | 2,916.2 | 7.4 | 230.1 | 13.8 |
| 18 | Ralcorp Holdings | 830 | 2,233.4 | 20.7 | 31.9 | -53.3 |
| 19 | J.M. Smucker | 852 | 2,148.0 | -0.3 | 157.2 | 9.7 |
| 20 | Flowers Foods | 883 | 2,036.7 | 7.8 | 94.6 | 16.7 |
| 1 | PepsiCo | 9.6 | 9.3 | 23.8 | 185,000 | 10.1 |
| 2 | Kraft Foods | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 103,000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sara Lee | -3.6 | -1.2 | -3.4 | 52,400 | -51.9 |
| 4 | ConAgra Foods | 1.2 | 0.3 | -9.3 | 24,500 | -25.8 |
| 5 | General Mills | 8.7 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 28,500 | 1.4 |
| 6 | Dean Foods | 12.2 | 8.3 | -11.6 | 25,585 | -2.9 |
| 7 | Kellogg | 7.7 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 26,500 | 1.9 |
| 8 | H.J. Heinz | 11.3 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 33,000 | -8.3 |
| 9 | Land O'Lakes | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8,709 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Campbell Soup | 3.8 | -2.0 | -6.1 | 22,500 | -6.2 |
| 11 | Dole Food | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66,000 | 8.2 |
| 12 | Hormel Foods | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 18,500 | 2.2 |
| 13 | Wm. Wrigley Jr. | 9.3 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 16,400 | 3.8 |
| 14 | Hershey | -1.8 | 4.4 | -18.9 | 11,900 | -7.0 |
| 15 | Del Monte Foods | 0.0 | 0.0 | -13.0 | 13,200 | 9.1 |
| 16 | Interstate Bakeries | 0.0 | -54.5 | -99.5 | 25,000 | 0.0 |
| 17 | McCormick | 10.3 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 7,500 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ralcorp Holdings | -23.0 | 14.0 | 19.5 | 7,800 | 20.0 |
| 19 | J.M. Smucker | 9.4 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 3,025 | -13.6 |
| 20 | Flowers Foods | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.6 | 7,800 | 0.0 |
From the May 5, 2008 issue