	dean foods df sees strong th qtr ings dean foods co expects ings for the fourth quarter ending may to exceed those of the same year ago period chairman kenneth douglas told analysts in the fiscal fourth quarter the food processor reported ings of cts a share douglas also said the year s sales should exceed billion dlrs up from billion dlrs the prior year he repeated an earlier projection that third quarter ings will probably be off slightly from last year s cts a share falling in the range of cts to cts a share douglas said it was too early to project whether the anticipated fourth quarter performance would be enough for us to exceed the prior year s overall ings of dlrs a share in douglas said dean should experience a pct improvement in our bottom line from effects of the tax reform act alone president howard dean said in fiscal the company will derive benefits of various dairy and frozen vegetable acquisitions from ryan milk to the larsen co dean also said the company will benefit from its acquisition in late december of elgin blenders inc west chicago he said the company is a major shareholder of e b i foods ltd a united kingdom blender and has licensing arrangements in australia canada brazil and japan it provides ann entry to mcdonalds corp mcd we ve been after for years douglas told analysts reuter 
