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Metro Canada's Q3 Net Surges Nearly 50 Percent
MONTREAL -- Thanks in large part to its acquisition of A&P Canada, Canadian supermarket operator Metro, Inc. yesterday posted net earnings of $85.1 million for the third quarter of 2006, compared with $56.9 million in the year-ago -- an increase of 49.6 percent. The company posted earnings per share of 73 cents, a rise of 25.9 percent from 58 cents last year. -
First UltraPure Milk Line Rolled Out by NYC's Largest Milk Supplier
JAMAICA, N.Y. -- Mountainside Farms here, an affiliate of Elmhurst Dairy, Inc., New York City's biggest milk supplier, is now offering Mountainside Farms UltraPure milk in Whole, 2% Reduced Fat, 1% Lowfat, and Fat Free varieties at select grocery stores such as Gristede's, Food Emporium, A&P, Foodtown, D'Agostino, and Associated Supermarkets in New York and New Jersey.