date:Mar 05, 2013
syrup and soybean oil as ingredients in many of its products, said that although the company experienced moderating costs for some ingredients in 2012 compared to 2011, unit costs for certain ingredients, packaging materials, freight and delivery, wages and benefits, and plant operations continued to increase further in 2012 compared to 2011.
The company has made progress toward restoring margins to their historical levels before the increases in commodity costs in recent years, but margins re