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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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                                                                   Exhibit 23(a)










                       Consent of Independent Accountants



We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated September 6, 2000
relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 2000 Annual Report to
Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in Campbell Soup Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 30, 2000. We also
consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.




/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 31, 2001

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