好時恢複形式

好時食品似乎將完成一年之後出版一些堅實的財務業績。這代表了一個輕微的好轉在命運從一開始就令人失望的結果。集團的第三季度銷售額增加了3.4%,反映出即時耗材的銷售刺激李斯限量版的產品,以及價格上漲的影響在2002年12月宣布。截至2003年9月28日第三季度收益增長,淨銷售量為1191019000美元與2002年第三季度的1152321000美元。此外,2003年第三季度淨收入為143604000美元,相比之下,2002年可比時期的123065000美元。這個強勁表現反映了增加銷售,提高利潤,和高回報的業務。“我特別滿意第三季度業績好時,“公司董事長理查德·h·萊尼說。“這表現突顯出背後的動力,我們獲得我們的價值——增強策略。“在這個季度,我們提供了堅實的銷售額和市場份額的增長在我們繼續重塑我們的產品和品牌組合。同樣重要的是,持續的生產力提供適當水平的消費者和客戶的投資計劃。” Consolidated net sales for the first nine months of 2003 were $2,993,296,000 compared with $2,964,289,000 for the first nine months of 2002. Net income for the first nine months of 2003 was $312,646,000 compared with $273,258,000 for the comparable period of 2002. All this is good news for a company that reported slightly poor first quarter results. Sales were down compared to the same period of last year at $953 million (€871m), although net profits did increase from $87 million to $97 million. "Hershey's first quarter sales for 2003 were essentially flat on a comparable basis as a result of the buy-in associated with the price increase announced in December 2002 and continued rationalisation of the company's product line," the company said in a statement.