MINNESOTA STOCKS TUMBLE, TOO
After Thursday's market freefall, 89 of the Star Tribune 100 companies finished down while 11 were gainers. Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 dropped 3.2 percent. The Bloomberg Star Tribune 100 index lost 2.5 percent. Here's a selected list.
LOSERS
NamePX lastchg pct 1d
Supervalu Inc.13.99-6.7
Patterson Cos. Inc.29.53-5.2
Ameriprise Financial Inc.43.68-4.0
Fastenal Co.51.35-3.7
U.S. Bancorp25.48-3.6
Best Buy Co. Inc.41.51-3.2
![Hormel headquarters in Austin, MN. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday September 11, 2015 Despite woes throughout the food industry, partly due to consumers turning away some from processed foods, Hormel has managed to continue prospering -- even though a good part of its business -- Spam, chili -- is about as processed as you can get. But the company's turkey and pork offerings are riding a hot protein trend. And over the past two years, it's made some of the biggest acquisitions in](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/527MWWMEXAN6BDVVGMMGBOERGU.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)