date:Apr 25, 2013
cents per share, a year earlier.
The earnings were helped by an after-tax, one-time gain of C$266.4 million related to the sale of nearly half of its stake in Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned C$1.02 per share from continuing operations.
Sales fell 3 percent to C$2.51 billion. The fall was primarily due to the inclusion of the week preceding Christmas in the first quarter, compared with the second quarter a year earlier.
Sales at established stores, an i