date:Feb 22, 2013
, which compared with $29,864,000, or 83c per share, in the same period a year ago. The most recent quarterly results included an 18c per share charge related to the companys previously announced restructuring of its soup operations and the closing of the salad dressing plant in Seaforth, Ont. Net sales in the fourth quarter were $592,781,000, up 11% from $535,802,000.
We had a solid finish to the year and are encouraged by the fourth-quarter revenue growth across nearly all of our categories,