Campbell's shares down slightly; WSJ reports co fires executive for comments

Shares of Campbell's CPB.O are down 0.4% in afternoon trading Wed, bucking the solidly higher trend in the broader market. The Wall Street Journal reported that Campbell's said it has fired the executive allegedly caught on audio disparaging the company's products

The WSJ reported on Tues that the food company said it had placed the executive on temporary leave after he was allegedly caught on tape saying the company made "highly processed food" for "poor people"

Campbell's stock down about 27% for the YTD