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Sales of coffee brewers help Green Mountain results



01 May 2008 @ 07:52 am EST

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) - Coffee maker Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. on Thursday said net income rose 89 percent in the fiscal second quarter as it more than doubled the number of Keurig brewers shipped to customers.

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Profit for the quarter ended March 29 rose to $6 million, or 23 cents per share, from $3.1 million, or 13 cents per share last year. Excluding a non-cash amortization expense, profit was $6.7 million.

Revenue rose 46 percent to $120.9 million from $82.8 million last year.

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial predicted a profit of 21 cents per share on revenue of $115.8 million.

About 193,000 Keurig brewers were shipped, more than double the 84,000 shipped in the year-ago quarter. Shipments of its K-Cup single-serve packs rose 68 percent to 155 million.

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