---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:59:50.052155+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony Q2 sales record $428.4M (+14.2% YoY) but EPS drops to $1.25 from $1.62

## Summary
- Net sales $428.4M (+14.2% YoY); retail up 10.1% to $245.1M, foodservice up 20.3% to $183.3M.
- Diluted EPS $1.25 vs $1.62; net income $34.4M vs $44.7M last year.
- Gross profit fell $10.2M to $96.6M due to unprecedented commodity, freight, and labor inflation.
- Restructuring charges $1.9M from closing frozen garlic bread facility in Baldwin Park, CA.
- Guidance: Q3 sees continued cost headwinds; pricing and cost savings partially offsetting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+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/57515/000005751522000003/0000057515-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751522000003/lanc-20220203.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-22-000003.txt

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