The decline in organic sales was largely due to the performance of Americas Simple Meals and Beverages, where U.S.
soup sales decreased by 7 percent based on the key customer issue we discussed last quarter.
Not exact matches
Organic
sales decreased 4 percent driven primarily by declines in U.S.
soup and V8 Beverages, partly offset by gains in the retail business in Canada.
Excluding the benefit from the acquisition of Pacific Foods,
sales of U.S.
soup decreased 7 percent driven by declines in ready - to - serve and condensed
soups, while
sales of broth were comparable to the prior year.