date:Aug 14, 2013
h compared with $1,439,000 of acquisition-related costs in the same quarter a year ago.
Quarterly sales were $898,153,000, up 32% from $681,561,000.
Gross margin as a percentage of sales in the quarter was 47.5%, up 120 basis points from 46.3% in the second quarter of 2012. Flowers said the increase was due primarily to higher sales volumes and decreased ingredient and workforce-related costs as a per cent of sales, partially offset by increased outside purchases as a per cent of sales.
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