date:Jul 25, 2013
ng positive performance from new categories and the benefit of market share gains, partially offset by the divestiture in California that was completed in June, Bimbo said.
Operating margins in the United States rose to 5.2%, a 1.4 percentage point improvement from the 3.8% operating margin in the second quarter last year.
At 5.2% the B.B.U. margins were narrower than the 11.6% the company earned in Mexico. Profit margins were negative in Bimbos other regional segments, including a negative ma