AB Foods Profit Surges 26%
April 23, 2013 at 05:16 AM EDT
Associated British Foods PLC (OTC: ASBFY ) reported a 26% rise in its pretax profit for the 24 weeks to March 2 and also declared an interim dividend of 9.35 pence. AB Foods' profit before taxation for the period surged to GBP415 million, from GBP329 million, in the year-ago