Spices and seasonings company McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC) is benefiting from strong end market trends in its core U.S. consumer business, while continuing to generate good — acquisition-fueled — growth in Europe. The second-quarter earnings report released June 30 was broadly positive, but as ever with McCormick, there are a lot of moving parts within the numbers and you need to look carefully. Let’s do that.
