Profits increased from $28.8 to $43.5 million.
After the quarter ended, it paid $2 million for a
one-quarter share of a producer of artisan crackers in Seattle.
It also completed construction of a 212,000-square-foot
sandwich production facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
The company is best known in Ontario for owning Piller’s
Sausages and Delicatessens Ltd. of Waterloo.
