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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-21-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T07:40:49.914414+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony Q4 net sales record $385.6M (+20.2%); EPS $1.15 vs $1.10

## Summary
- Q4 consolidated net sales +20.2% to record $385.6M; Retail +11.4% to $214.3M, Foodservice +33.3% to $171.3M.
- Q4 diluted EPS $1.15 vs $1.10; FY diluted EPS $5.16 vs $4.97; net income $31.7M vs $30.4M.
- FY net sales +9.9% to record $1.5B; gross profit +8.0% to $386.7M; operating income +5.6% to $185.9M.
- Project Ascent Q4 expenditures $10.3M ($5.5M prior year), reduced EPS by $0.28 vs $0.15.
- Fiscal 2022 outlook: higher commodity costs (soybean oil, packaging, labor, freight); pricing initiatives in Retail, contractual inflation offsets in Foodservice.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-21-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2021-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751521000016/0000057515-21-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751521000016/lanc-20210826.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-21-000016.txt

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