Sentences with phrase «offset higher commodity»

Oak Brook, Illinois - based McDonald's, the world's biggest restaurant chain, raised U.S. menu prices 1 percent in March to help offset higher commodity costs, Chief Financial Officer Peter Bensen said during an April 21 conference call.

Food makers such as Kraft and Mondelez have reported soft volume as they've boosted the prices of their products to help offset the higher commodity costs.

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Last week, CN's smaller rival Canadian Pacific Railway reported first - quarter profit above analysts» targets as it shipped higher volumes of commodities, offseting the impact of higher expenses.

Pricing increased 3.7 percentage points, despite deflation in key commodities, due to significant pricing to offset higher input costs in local currency.

Substantially improved Mining underlying EBITDA of EUR 16 million, up EUR 11 million year - on - year, driven by higher commodity prices and the successful restart of the Middle Tennessee mines, partially offset by the EUR 8 million negative EBITDA contribution from the restart of the Myra Falls mine

The decline pushed profitability down by 0.7 percentage points to 35.9 % of sales since Kimberly Clark couldn't use higher prices to offset rising commodity costs.

The decision reflects the increasing pressure on dairy processors to look to new markets and higher value production to offset increasing commodity costs.

But now, with a new baby to care for, time is more of a precious commodity and I the higher price I pay for this Wysong brand is offset by the convenience.