date:Mar 21, 2014
operating profit totaled $517 million, 11 percent below strong year-ago results. This primarily reflects the impact of higher dairy input costs and increased marketing and merchandising investment for the U.S. yogurt business.
Through the first nine months of fiscal 2014, U.S. Retail segment net sales totaled $8.17 billion. This essentially matched prior-year levels, as a 1 percent decline in pound volume was offset by higher net price realization and mix. Advertising and media expense was up