US: Kraft lowers outlook despite Q1 beat
By just-food.com | 6 May 2011
Kraft Foods has lowered its earnings outlook for 2011, despite expectation-beating first-quarter profits, due to the loss of a contract to manufacture Starbucks-branded products.
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Kraft Foods has lowered its earnings outlook for 2011, despite expectation-beating first-quarter profits, due to the loss of a contract to manufacture Starbucks-branded products.
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