date:Feb 12, 2014
y, Barclays analyst Andrew Lazar wrote in a note.
ConAgra blamed the higher prices that Ralcorp had been charging and the disruption caused by restructuring before the acquisition for the weaker-than-expected results at its private-label business.
Our biggest issue is that the private brands operations are taking longer to fix than we thought, Chief Executive Gary Rodkin said on a conference call after forecasting a weaker-than-expected profit for the third quarter ending February.
Analysts,