<PAGE>   1
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              ---------------------
                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1933

                              CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
               (Exact Name of Issuer As Specified in Its Charter)


      NEW JERSEY                                           21-0419870
State of Incorporation                        I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

                                 CAMPBELL PLACE
                          CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08103-1799
                           Principal Executive Offices

                              CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
                SAVINGS AND 401(K) PLAN FOR HOURLY-PAID EMPLOYEES
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                 JOHN M. COLEMAN
                 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT - LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
                              CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
                  CAMPBELL PLACE, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08103-1799
                      Name and address of agent for service

   TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: (609) 342-4800

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Proposed             Proposed
Title of Securities      Amount              Maximum              Maximum
 to be Registered         to be          Offering Price     Aggregate Offering         Amount of
                     Registered (1)       per Share (2)          Price(2)           Registration Fee
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                 <C>                  <C>                <C>                     <C>       
Capital Stock       1,500,000 Shares         $89.94            $134,910,000            $40,881.82
 ($.075 par value)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1) Represents maximum aggregate number of shares of Capital Stock issuable
under the Plan that are covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
457(h). This amount represents Registrant's estimate of contributions for the
next 7 years of operation of the Plan.

(2) The amounts are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for
the Capital Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 27,
1997, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
1933.

In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit Plan described herein.

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to employees eligible to participate in the Campbell Soup Company
Savings and 401(k) Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees ( the "Plan") as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Those documents and
the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The Registrant incorporates by reference into the Registration
Statement the documents listed below:

         (a) Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
July 28, 1996, and the Plan's annual report on Form 11-K filed pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the Plan Year Ended December 31, 1995;

         (b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since July 28, 1996;

         (c) The description of the Capital Stock contained in Campbell's
Registration Statement dated November 16, 1954, filed under the Securities
Registration Act of 1933, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description;

         (d) The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8, Securities and Exchange Commission File No. 33-26444, for the Campbell Soup
Company Savings and 401(k) Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Campbell Soup Company Capital Stock is registered under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act.


                                       2
<PAGE>   3
Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act requires a
corporation to indemnify a director, officer or employee for expenses to the
extent that he or she has been successful in any legal proceeding involving that
individual by reason of his or her having served as a "corporate agent" as
defined in the statute. It permits a corporation to indemnify for expenses and
liabilities irrespective of the outcome, as follows: (i) in a civil proceeding,
other than by or in the right of the corporation, if the individual acted in
good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation; and (ii) in a criminal proceeding, if the
individual had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
In civil proceedings, by or in the right of the corporation, the law also
enables a corporation to provide indemnification for expenses if the individual
acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation. If the individual has been found
liable to the corporation for negligence or misconduct, such indemnification may
only be provided if an appropriate court determines that in view of all the
circumstances the individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
expenses.

           Article IV of the By-Laws of the Registrant provides as follows:

           Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent from
time to time permitted by law any present, former or future director, officer,
or employee ("Corporate Agent") made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or a
witness or other participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative,
legislative, investigative, or of any other kind, including by or in the right
of the Corporation ("Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that such person is or
was a Corporate Agent of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation
or, while serving as a Corporate Agent of the Corporation or any subsidiary of
the Corporation, serves or served another enterprise (including, without
limitation, any sole proprietorship, association, corporation, partnership,
joint venture or trust), whether or not for profit, at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent thereof (including service
with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any subsidiary
of the Corporation), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement, actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding or any
appeal therein. No indemnification pursuant to this Article IV shall be required
with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any
threatened or pending Proceeding unless the Corporation has given its prior
consent to such settlement or other disposition.


                                       3
<PAGE>   4
         Section 2. Expenses incurred in connection with a Proceeding shall be
paid by the Corporation for any Corporate Agent of the Corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such Proceeding promptly upon receipt of an undertaking
by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately
be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
Such an undertaking shall not, however, be required of a nonparty witness.

         Section 3. The foregoing indemnification and advancement of expenses
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person
indemnified may be entitled.

         Section 4. The rights provided to any person by this Article IV shall
be enforceable against the Corporation by such person, who shall be presumed to
have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a Corporate Agent. No
elimination of or amendment to this Article IV shall deprive any person of
rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures
to act occurring prior to such elimination or amendment. The rights provided to
any person by this Article IV shall inure to the benefit of such person's legal
representative and shall be applicable to proceedings commenced or continuing
after the adoption of this Article IV, whether arising from acts or omissions
occurring before or after such adoption.

         Section 5. The Corporation's Board of Directors may from time to time
delegate

         (i)  to a committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or to
         independent legal counsel the authority to determine whether a Director
         or officer of the Corporation, and

         (ii) to one or more officers of the Corporation the authority to
         determine whether an employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary,
         other than a Director or officer of the corporation,

is entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to, and in
accordance with, applicable law and this Article IV, subject to such conditions
and limitations as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

          4     -   Campbell Soup Company Savings and 401(k) Plan for 
                    Hourly-Paid Employees as amended effective 
                    May 6, 1996.

         23    -    Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

         24    -    Power of Attorney


                                       4
<PAGE>   5
Item 9.  Undertakings

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

             (i)   to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

             (ii)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

             (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

             provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by 


                                       5
<PAGE>   6
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Camden and State of New Jersey, on the 3rd day of
March, 1997.

                                       CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY


                                       BY: /s/ Basil L. Anderson
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Basil L. Anderson
                                           Senior Vice President-Finance
                                           Chief Financial Officer and 
                                           Treasurer

Officers and Directors. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on date indicated:
Date:  March 3, 1997

                                       BY: /s/ Gerald S. Lord
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Gerald S. Lord
                                           Vice President-Controller
                                           (Principal Accounting Officer)


<TABLE>
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<S>                     <C>                               <C>  
David W. Johnson        Chairman, President, Chief      }
                        Executive Officer and Director  }
                        (Principal Executive Officer)   }
Alva A. App             Director                        }
Edmund M. Carpenter     Director                        } By:  /s/ John M. Coleman
Bennett Dorrance        Vice Chairman and Director      }      -----------------------
Thomas W. Field, Jr.    Director                        }      John M. Coleman                        
Kent B. Foster          Director                        }      Senior Vice President - Law  and Public
Harvey Golub            Director                        }      Affairs                                
David K. P. LI          Director                        }      
Phillip E. Lippincott   Director                        }
Mary Alice Malone       Director                        }
Charles H. Mott         Director                        }
George M. Sherman       Director                        }
Donald M. Stewart       Director                        }
George Strawbridge, Jr. Director                        }
Charlotte C. Weber      Director                        }
</TABLE>


                                       6
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Administrative Committee has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Camden, State of New Jersey, on March 3, 1997.


                              Campbell Soup Company
                              Savings and 401 (k) Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees



                              By:    /s/ Basil L. Anderson
                                     ----------------------------------------
                                     Basil L. Anderson
                                     Chairman of the Administrative Committee


                                       7
<PAGE>   8
                                INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Document

    4        Campbell Soup Company Savings and 401(k) Plan for Hourly-Paid
             Employees as amended and restated effective April 1, 1994.


   23        Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP


   24        Power of Attorney


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              ---------------------
                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1933

                              CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
               (Exact Name of Issuer As Specified in Its Charter)

      NEW JERSEY                                           21-0419870
State of Incorporation                        I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

                                 CAMPBELL PLACE
                          CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08103-1799
                           Principal Executive Offices

                              CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
                SAVINGS AND 401(K) PLAN FOR HOURLY-PAID EMPLOYEES
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                 JOHN M. COLEMAN
                 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT - LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
                              CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
                  CAMPBELL PLACE, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08103-1799
                      Name and address of agent for service

   TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: (609) 342-4800

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Proposed             Proposed
Title of Securities      Amount              Maximum              Maximum
 to be Registered         to be          Offering Price     Aggregate Offering         Amount of
                     Registered (1)       per Share (2)          Price(2)           Registration Fee
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capital Stock       1,500,000 Shares         $89.94            $134,910,000            $40,881.82
 ($.075 par value)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Represents maximum aggregate number of shares of Capital Stock issuable
under the Plan that are covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
457(h). This amount represents Registrant's estimate of contributions for the
next 7 years of operation of the Plan.

(2) The amounts are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for
the Capital Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 27,
1997, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
1933.

In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit Plan described herein.

================================================================================
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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to employees eligible to participate in the Campbell Soup Company
Savings and 401(k) Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees ( the "Plan") as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Those documents and
the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The Registrant incorporates by reference into the Registration
Statement the documents listed below:

         (a) Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
July 28, 1996, and the Plan's annual report on Form 11-K filed pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the Plan Year Ended December 31, 1995;

         (b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since July 28, 1996;

         (c) The description of the Capital Stock contained in Campbell's
Registration Statement dated November 16, 1954, filed under the Securities
Registration Act of 1933, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description;

         (d) The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8, Securities and Exchange Commission File No. 33-26444, for the Campbell Soup
Company Savings and 401(k) Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees

         All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Campbell Soup Company Capital Stock is registered under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act.

                                       2
3
Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act requires a
corporation to indemnify a director, officer or employee for expenses to the
extent that he or she has been successful in any legal proceeding involving that
individual by reason of his or her having served as a "corporate agent" as
defined in the statute. It permits a corporation to indemnify for expenses and
liabilities irrespective of the outcome, as follows: (i) in a civil proceeding,
other than by or in the right of the corporation, if the individual acted in
good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation; and (ii) in a criminal proceeding, if the
individual had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
In civil proceedings, by or in the right of the corporation, the law also
enables a corporation to provide indemnification for expenses if the individual
acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation. If the individual has been found
liable to the corporation for negligence or misconduct, such indemnification may
only be provided if an appropriate court determines that in view of all the
circumstances the individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
expenses.

           Article IV of the By-Laws of the Registrant provides as follows:

           Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent from
time to time permitted by law any present, former or future director, officer,
or employee ("Corporate Agent") made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or a
witness or other participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative,
legislative, investigative, or of any other kind, including by or in the right
of the Corporation ("Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that such person is or
was a Corporate Agent of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation
or, while serving as a Corporate Agent of the Corporation or any subsidiary of
the Corporation, serves or served another enterprise (including, without
limitation, any sole proprietorship, association, corporation, partnership,
joint venture or trust), whether or not for profit, at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent thereof (including service
with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any subsidiary
of the Corporation), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement, actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding or any
appeal therein. No indemnification pursuant to this Article IV shall be required
with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any
threatened or pending Proceeding unless the Corporation has given its prior
consent to such settlement or other disposition.

                                       3
4
         Section 2. Expenses incurred in connection with a Proceeding shall be
paid by the Corporation for any Corporate Agent of the Corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such Proceeding promptly upon receipt of an undertaking
by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately
be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
Such an undertaking shall not, however, be required of a nonparty witness.

         Section 3. The foregoing indemnification and advancement of expenses
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person
indemnified may be entitled.

         Section 4. The rights provided to any person by this Article IV shall
be enforceable against the Corporation by such person, who shall be presumed to
have relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a Corporate Agent. No
elimination of or amendment to this Article IV shall deprive any person of
rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures
to act occurring prior to such elimination or amendment. The rights provided to
any person by this Article IV shall inure to the benefit of such person's legal
representative and shall be applicable to proceedings commenced or continuing
after the adoption of this Article IV, whether arising from acts or omissions
occurring before or after such adoption.

         Section 5. The Corporation's Board of Directors may from time to time
delegate

         (i)  to a committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or to
         independent legal counsel the authority to determine whether a Director
         or officer of the Corporation, and

         (ii) to one or more officers of the Corporation the authority to
         determine whether an employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary,
         other than a Director or officer of the corporation,

is entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to, and in
accordance with, applicable law and this Article IV, subject to such conditions
and limitations as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

          4     -   Campbell Soup Company Savings and 401(k) Plan for 
                    Hourly-Paid Employees as amended effective 
                    May 6, 1996.

         23    -    Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

         24    -    Power of Attorney

                                       4
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Item 9.  Undertakings

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

             (i)   to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

             (ii)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

             (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

             provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by 

                                       5
6
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Camden and State of New Jersey, on the 3rd day of
March, 1997.

                                       CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY

                                       BY: /s/ Basil L. Anderson
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Basil L. Anderson
                                           Senior Vice President-Finance
                                           Chief Financial Officer and 
                                           Treasurer

Officers and Directors. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on date indicated:
Date:  March 3, 1997

                                       BY: /s/ Gerald S. Lord
                                           ------------------------------
                                           Gerald S. Lord
                                           Vice President-Controller
                                           (Principal Accounting Officer)
David W. Johnson        Chairman, President, Chief      }
                        Executive Officer and Director  }
                        (Principal Executive Officer)   }
Alva A. App             Director                        }
Edmund M. Carpenter     Director                        } By:  /s/ John M. Coleman
Bennett Dorrance        Vice Chairman and Director      }      -----------------------
Thomas W. Field, Jr.    Director                        }      John M. Coleman                        
Kent B. Foster          Director                        }      Senior Vice President - Law  and Public
Harvey Golub            Director                        }      Affairs                                
David K. P. LI          Director                        }      
Phillip E. Lippincott   Director                        }
Mary Alice Malone       Director                        }
Charles H. Mott         Director                        }
George M. Sherman       Director                        }
Donald M. Stewart       Director                        }
George Strawbridge, Jr. Director                        }
Charlotte C. Weber      Director                        }
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Administrative Committee has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Camden, State of New Jersey, on March 3, 1997.

                              Campbell Soup Company
                              Savings and 401 (k) Plan for Hourly-Paid Employees

                              By:    /s/ Basil L. Anderson
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                                     Basil L. Anderson
                                     Chairman of the Administrative Committee

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    4        Campbell Soup Company Savings and 401(k) Plan for Hourly-Paid
             Employees as amended and restated effective April 1, 1994.

   23        Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

   24        Power of Attorney

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