Sales
from the July 2006 acquisition of AmSan represented a 17 percent increase in
sales for this nine-month period. Average organic daily sales growth for the
nine months was 4.3 percent.
Year-to-date
gross profit increased $60.4 million, or 20.5 percent, to $355.7 million. As a
percentage of net sales, gross profit was 37.9 percent, compared to 38.1
percent in the prior year period.