date:Aug 19, 2013
.6m a year ago, driven by increased volumes of 22% and contributions from the Lepage Bakeries and Sara Lee/California acquisitions of 10.9%, partially offset by unfavourable net price/mix of 0.9%.
Commenting on the results, Flowers Foods president and CEO Allen Shiver said that, similar to the results reported last quarter, sales were up across all channels and earnings were strong.
Margins improved due to higher volume and capacity utilisation, Shiver added.
It is gratifying that our long-te