date:Feb 12, 2014
r share in the quarter ending March.
Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 28 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
We expect our first quarter will be our most difficult quarter of this year ... Tanner said in a statement.
Dean Foods has been closing factories to cut costs.
The company's milk sales volumes have declined since it lost a contract with Wal-Mart Stores Inc last year.
Dean Foods said on Tuesday it did not expect to fully lap the impact until the second