---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023217-25-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAG"
cik: "0000023217"
company_name: "CONAGRA BRANDS INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:18:22.795890+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Conagra sells Chef Boyardee shelf-stable business to Hometown Food for $600M

## Summary
- Sale price $600M cash; business contributed ~$450M net sales in FY2024.
- Divestiture includes Milton, Pa. manufacturing facility; Conagra licenses frozen skillet meals back.
- Estimated ~4% dilutive to adjusted EPS for FY2025 if closed at start; proceeds to pay down debt.
- Expected to close in Q1 of Conagra's FY2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023217-25-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAG
- cik: 0000023217
- company_name: CONAGRA BRANDS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23217/000002321725000024/0000023217-25-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23217/000002321725000024/tmb-20250501x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023217-25-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023217-25-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023217-25-000024.txt

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