date:Feb 16, 2013
Dairy Direct, our employees are to be commended for the results they delivered through continued focus on the fundamentals of the business, including volume performance, cost control and effective pricing, Tanner said.
Despite the challenging rise in costs in the back half of the year and fourth quarter in particular, fourth quarter gross profit per gallon was above third quarter and year ago levels, he added.
For the full year 2012, net earnings increased to $167.5m, compared to a loss of $1.