date:Nov 04, 2013
n due to incremental sales to third-party customers. However, manufacturing gross margin as a percentage of manufacturing revenues decreased 130 basis points to 22.3% from 23.6% driven by short-term operating inefficiencies related to an increase in sales of partially-baked product, which is more labor-intensive than frozen dough.
Overall, total gross margin was $21.3 million in the third quarter of 2013 compared to $21.0 million in the third quarter of 2012, and as a percentage of total revenu