General Mills Posts Lower Sales in North America
June 26 2019 - 8:28AM
Dow Jones News
By Micah Maidenberg
General Mills Inc. struggled to lift sales in the latest quarter
in its business serving retail stores in the U.S. and Canada.
The Minneapolis-based company on Wednesday said organic sales, a
metric that excludes the effect of currency fluctuations,
acquisitions and asset sales, fell 1% in its fiscal fourth quarter,
reflecting lower volumes.
In the North America business, the company's largest by sales,
General Mills reported a weaker performance from its snacking
products in the U.S. Sales of other products, such as cereal and
yogurt in the U.S., were in line with a year earlier. Sales were
down 2% to $2.34 billion in the unit.
Overall, the company reported $4.16 billion in sales in the
quarter ended May 26, short of the $4.24 billion analysts
predicted, according to FactSet.
The maker of Cheerios cereal, Yoplait yogurt and Nature Valley
granola bars posted a profit of $570.2 million, or 94 cents a
share, up from $354.4 million, or 59 cents a share, a year
earlier.
After adjustments, the company's profit of 83 cents a share was
more than analysts' targets.
For its fiscal 2020 year, General Mills said it expects organic
sales to rise between 1% and 2%. It forecasts its adjusted profit
to increase 3% to 5% versus the prior fiscal year.
General Mills reported an adjusted gross profit margin of 35.3%
for the latest quarter, down compared with a year earlier due to
higher input cost.
Write to Micah Maidenberg at micah.maidenberg@wsj.com
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June 26, 2019 08:13 ET (12:13 GMT)
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