DALLAS-Dean Foods Co. said last month that its second quarter earnings from continued operations rose 13%. Net sales for the quarter totaled $2.5 billion, a decrease of 1% from the second quarter of 2005.

DALLAS-Dean Foods Co. said last month that its second quarter earnings from continued operations rose 13%. Net sales for the quarter totaled $2.5 billion, a decrease of 1% from the second quarter of 2005. Dean said the drop was due to lower raw dairy input costs, and was partially offset by strong volume growth at the Dairy Group and continued strong sales growth at WhiteWave Foods.