date:Feb 27, 2013
ts business benefited from price increases to manage higher input costs, an improved sales mix driven by higher margin product innovation and the discontinuance of lower-margin food service business, the company said. Other positive effects impacting earnings for the quarter included cost reductions from simplification of the company's product portfolio and C$5.9 million ($5.8 million) in provisions related to re-assessments of environmental remediation costs on facilities planned for closure. T