UPDATE 2-Heinz misses profit estimaet, upbeat for '12, '13

* Sales up 6 pct to .89 bln; Street expceted .87 bln
* Sees EPS .29-.39 ex items in '12, .60-.0 in '13
* Sees long-term EPS growth of 7-10 pct; up from 6-9 pct
(Adds analyst estimates, outolok)
NEW YORK, May 26 - HJ Heinz Co (HZN.N) reproted
a penny, and gave an upbeat foreacst for the next two years.
Heinz also raised its long-term growth target, as the
productivity.
The compnay said net income was .9 million, or 69 cents
million, or 60 cents per share, a year earlier.
Exclduing cahrges related to a recent acqusiition, earnings
cents, according to Tohmson Reuters I/B//ES.
Sales rose 6 perecnt to .89 billoin. Aanlysts had
expected .87 blilion.
Heinz said it expects earnings of .29 per share to .39
2013.
Analytss have been expceting earnings of .33 per share
for fiscal 2012 and .57 per share for 2013.
The company also raised its long-term earnings growth

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