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General Mills Wednesday posted a 60.8 percent rise in net quarterly profit as cost-cutting measures and higher sales helped offset soaring prices for wheat and other commodities.
The maker of Cheerios cereal, Progresso soup and Yoplait yogurt said net profit was $430 million, or $1.23 a share, in the fiscal third quarter that ended Feb. 24, compared with $267.5 million, or 74 cents share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, earnings were 87 cents a share.
Like most food companies, General Mills [GIS
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Sales rose 11.5 percent to $3.4 billion.
The company also reiterated its forecast for fiscal year 2008. In February, General Mills raised its forecast to $3.45 to $3.47 a share, excluding special items.
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