date:May 08, 2014
American food company Hillshire Brands has reported a 3.4% rise in its Q3 2014 net sales to $955m, compared to $924m in the same quarter a year ago.
The increase in sales is attributable to positive price/mix in both the Retail and Foodservice/Other segments more than offset volume that declined, resulting largely from pricing actions.
The company's income from continuing operations was $42m, unchanged from last year.
On a year-to-date basis, net sales were up 2.1% to $3bn compared to the cor