US: Commodity cost hikes hit Smucker profits

By: Petah Marian | 9 June 2011

US food manufacturer JM Smucker has posted a fall in fourth-quarter profits as sales growth was offset by increased input costs.

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US food manufacturer JM Smucker has posted a fall in fourth-quarter profits as sales growth was offset by increased input costs.

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