date:Oct 28, 2013
lace across all channels, and our major customers have indicated their expectations for a solid confectionery holiday season. The fourth quarter will also benefit from the shipments of some select 2014 new products to retailers that will occur in December. Therefore, we expect solid fourth quarter net sales growth that will result in a full-year 2013 net sales increase of about 7 percent, including the impact of foreign currency exchange rates.
As described in the Note below, for the third quar