Posted AT 6:33 AM EST on 03/07/08
Food companies' hedges remain hard to pin down
CHICAGO — Soaring commodity costs have taken a major bite out of food companies' profits for more than a year, but it's almost impossible to find out whether, like airlines and fuel, they have been able to hedge those costs.
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