date:Apr 02, 2013
Higher selling prices and improved sales of eggs contributed to a 17% increase in income at Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. during the third quarter.
For the quarter ended March 2, the company had income of $30,551,000, equal to $1.27 per share, which compared with income of $26,102,000, or $1.09 per share, during the same quarter of the previous year. Sales for the quarter were $360,373,000, up 19% from $303,660,000. Sales were positively impacted from the recent acquisitions of the commercial egg asset