date:Nov 27, 2013
ter climbed to $157,340,000, or 60c per share, from $132,601,000, or 50c per share, during the prior-year period. Net sales during the quarter increased to $2,323,202,000 from $2,170,184,000 in the same quarter of the previous year.
Skippy drove a large portion of sales during the quarter, with strong results from the Jennie-O Turkey Store and value-added products in the Refrigerated Foods segment that offset a decrease in profit from the Specialty Foods segment.
We expect to deliver continued