LDC, the France-based poultry processor, has posted a 7% increase in first-quarter sales, with an 8% rise in volumes driven the growth of the company’s top line.

The group booked sales of EUR942.9m (US$1.07bn) for the three months to the end of May, reporting an 8.2% jump in the volumes sold.

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On an organic basis, stripping out the impact of M&A activity, LDC’s revenue grew 6%, with volumes up 6.8%.

Excluding upstream operations, LDC said its French poultry business saw its sales increase 6.8% to EUR676.6m. Volumes were up 8.7%. Stripping out the results from Groupe Lionor, the French poultry firm LDC acquired this year, the group’s domestic poultry arm grew sales by 5.3%, with volumes rising 6.7%.

Including LDC’s upstream business in France, the company’s domestic poultry unit saw its sales rise 6.6% to EUR735.6m, or by 5.2% on an organic basis.

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In all, LDC said growth from its brands, from sales to industrial customers and from sales to the foodservice sector were factors in the higher revenues from its French poultry arm.

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The sales LDC generates from its international division grew 15% to EUR62.8m. Volumes increased 9.3%. LDC pointed to efforts to improve its mix of products and customers.

LDC’s third arm, its convenience foods division, saw its sales rise 6% in the company’s first quarter, hitting EUR144.5m. The company described the performance of the ready meals-to- sauces unit as “good” in a context marked by rising raw-material prices.

The group said it would give a forecast for its financial year when it publishes its half-year results in October.