date:May 13, 2013
icely, up 2.8%, excluding the impact related to the previously-announced soup restructuring. In addition, all three of our reporting segments delivered direct operating income growth compared to last year.
The North American Retail Grocery segment had direct operating income of $65,588,000 in the first quarter of fiscal 2013, up 6% from $61,605,000 a year ago. Sales increased 2% to $386,081,000 from $379,041,000.
In a May 9 conference call to discuss first-quarter results, Dennis Riordan, exec