Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P. reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. For the quarter, the company reported a net loss of $628,000, or $0.08 per Class A Unit on revenues of $2.0 million as compared to a net loss of $8,000, or $0.00 per Class A Unit on revenues of $3.5 million for the first quarter of 2012. The net loss in 2013 was attributable to start-up, development, and other costs of the Partnership's branded products segment, which amounted to $522,000 and lower than normal first quarter macadamia nut production in its owned orchard segments, which resulted in a loss of $133,000.

Its farming segment generated net income of $27,000. Operating loss was $552,000 against operating income of $184,000 for the same period in the last year. Loss before income taxes was $613,000 against income before income taxes of $21,000 for the same period in the last year.