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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Nov. 02, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
Our operating segments, which are also our reportable segments, are as follows:
•Meals & Beverages, which consists of soup, simple meals and beverages products in retail and foodservice in the U.S. and Canada. The segment includes the following products: Campbell’s condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Pacific Foods broth, soups and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; SpaghettiOs pasta; Campbell’s gravies, beans and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; V8 juices and beverages; Campbell's tomato juice; and as of March 12, 2024, Rao's pasta sauces, dry pasta, frozen entrées, frozen pizza and soups; Michael Angelo’s frozen entrées and pasta sauces; and noosa yogurts. The noosa yoghurt business was sold on February 24, 2025. The segment also includes snacking products in foodservice and Canada, and beginning in 2026, the snacking and meals and beverages retail business in Latin America; and
•Snacks, which consists of Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, fresh bakery and frozen products, including Goldfish crackers, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels, Lance sandwich crackers, Cape Cod potato chips, Kettle Brand potato chips, Late July snacks, Snack Factory pretzel crisps, and other snacking products in retail in the U.S. The segment also included the results of our Pop Secret popcorn business, which was sold on August 26, 2024.
Through the fourth quarter of 2025, the snacking and meals and beverages retail business in Latin America was managed under our Snacks segment. Beginning in 2026, the business is managed under our Meals & Beverages segment. Segment results have been adjusted retrospectively to reflect this change.
We refer to the following products as our "leadership brands": Campbell's condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Chunky soups; Swanson broth, stocks and canned poultry; Pacific Foods broth, soups and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; V8 juices and beverages; Rao's pasta sauces, dry pasta, frozen entrées, frozen pizza and soups; Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers and fresh bakery; Goldfish crackers; Snyder's of Hanover pretzels; Lance sandwich crackers; Cape Cod potato chips; Kettle Brand potato chips; Late July snacks; and Snack Factory pretzel crisps.
Our chief operating decision maker (CODM) is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Our CODM uses segment operating earnings as the profit measure in evaluating segment performance during the annual plan and forecasting process and in monitoring actual performance versus plan. Segment operating earnings are comprised of earnings before interest, taxes and costs associated with restructuring activities, cost savings and optimization initiatives, impairment charges, accelerated amortization and corporate expenses. Unrealized gains and losses on outstanding undesignated commodity hedging activities are excluded from segment operating earnings and are recorded in Corporate as these open positions represent hedges of future purchases. Upon closing of the contracts, the realized gain or loss is transferred to segment operating earnings, which allows the segments to reflect the economic effects of the hedge without exposure to quarterly volatility of unrealized gains and losses. Only the service cost component of pension and postretirement expense is allocated to segments. All other components of expense, including interest cost, expected return on assets, amortization of prior service credits and recognized actuarial gains and losses are reflected in Corporate and not included in segment operating results. Asset information by segment is not discretely maintained for internal reporting or used in evaluating performance by the CODM.
Three Months Ended
November 2, 2025October 27, 2024
(Millions)Meals & BeveragesSnacksTotalMeals & BeveragesSnacksTotal
Net sales$1,665 $1,012 $2,677 $1,739 $1,033 $2,772 
Cost of products sold1,153 721 1,175 725 
Other segment items(1)
215 168 221 172 
Segment operating earnings$297 $123 $420 $343 $136 $479 
Corporate expense (income)(2)
81 106 
Restructuring charges(3)
3 6 
Earnings before interest and taxes$336 $367 
Interest expense81 87 
Interest income1 4 
Earnings before taxes$256 $284 
Three Months Ended
(Millions)November 2, 2025October 27, 2024
Depreciation and amortization
Meals & Beverages$40 $46 
Snacks53 58 
Corporate(4)
6 5 
Total$99 $109 
Three Months Ended
(Millions)November 2, 2025October 27, 2024
Capital expenditures
Meals & Beverages$71 $34 
Snacks43 46 
Corporate(4)
13 30 
Total$127 $110 
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(1)Other segment items for each of the reportable segments include marketing and selling expenses, administrative expenses, research and development expenses and expense for amortization of intangible assets.
(2)Represents unallocated items. Costs related to cost savings and optimization initiatives were $31 million and $29 million in the three-month periods ended November 2, 2025 and October 27, 2024, respectively. Unrealized mark-to-market adjustments on outstanding undesignated commodity hedges were losses of $2 million in the three-month period ended November 2, 2025, and gains of $4 million in the three-month period ended October 27, 2024. Litigation expenses related to the Plum baby food and snacks business, which was divested on May 3, 2021, and certain other litigation matters were $10 million in the three-month period ended November 2, 2025, and $1 million in the three-month period ended October 27, 2024. Insurance recoveries of $1 million related to a cybersecurity incident were included in the three-month periods ended November 2, 2025 and October 27, 2024. Costs associated with a pending acquisition were $2 million in the three-month period ended November 2, 2025. A loss on the sale of our Pop Secret popcorn business of $25 million was included in the three-month period ended October 27, 2024. Accelerated amortization expense related to customer relationship intangible assets was $7 million in the three-month period ended October 27, 2024. A postretirement actuarial loss of $2 million was included in the three-month period ended October 27, 2024.
(3)See Note 7 for additional information.
(4)Represents primarily corporate offices and enterprise-wide information technology systems.
Our net sales based on product categories are as follows:
Three Months Ended
(Millions)November 2, 2025October 27, 2024
Net sales
Soup$835 $852 
Snacks1,106 1,128 
Other simple meals562 613 
Beverages174 179 
Total$2,677 $2,772 
Soup includes various soup, broths and stock products. Snacks include cookies, pretzels, crackers, popcorn, potato chips, tortilla chips and other salty snacks and baked products. Other simple meals include sauces, yogurts, pasta, frozen entrées, canned poultry, frozen pizza, gravies and beans. Beverages include V8 juices and beverages, Campbell’s tomato juice and Pacific Foods non-dairy beverages.