date:Nov 23, 2012
igher sales and productivity plans.
In the rest of the world, sales increased 8.6% to $270m, organic sales surged 19.8%, and operating income declined 15.6% to $27m, due to unfavourable foreign currency exchange.
For the six months ended 28 October 2012, sales declined 0.5% to $5.62bn, organic sales increased 4%, while operating income grew 10.1% to $802m.
Heinz noted that it is on track to deliver its previously announced forecast for fiscal 2013, which includes earnings per share increase o