February 24, 2010 (FinancialWire) — B&G Foods, Inc.’s (NYSE: BGS) board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share of class A common stock. The dividend will be payable on April 30, 2010 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2010.

At the closing market price of the company’s class A common stock on February 22, 2010, the current dividend represents an annualized yield of 7.1%. This is the twenty-second consecutive quarterly dividend declared by the board of directors since B&G Foods’ initial public offering in October 2004.

New Jersey-based B&G Foods and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and distribute a diversified portfolio of shelf-stable foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

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