---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-21-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:39:07.782084+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony Q1 EPS falls to $1.11 from $1.35; record sales $392.1M, costs pressure margins

## Summary
- Net sales rose 12.3% to a first-quarter record $392.1M; Retail +15.6%, Foodservice +8.1%.
- Consolidated gross profit nearly flat at $92.4M vs $92.7M YoY; operating income down $8.4M to $40.5M.
- Diluted EPS $1.11 vs $1.35; prior year included $0.16 net benefit from Bantam Bagels contingent consideration adjustment.
- Cost inflation from soybean oil, packaging, freight, labor partially offset by pricing actions taken near quarter-end.
- ERP Project Ascent costs reduced EPS by $0.26 vs $0.23 last year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-21-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/57515/000005751521000020/0000057515-21-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751521000020/lanc-20211103.htm

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