---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T05:05:36.912296+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony Q4 EPS $0.33 vs $1.06; $25M impairment hit

## Summary
- Q4 net sales record $454.7M (+0.5% YoY); Retail segment +1.3%, Foodservice -0.4%.
- Net income $9.2M ($0.33 diluted EPS) vs $29.0M ($1.06) last year; impairment reduced EPS by $0.70.
- Noncash impairment of $25.0M on Flatout flatbread intangible assets.
- FY2023 net sales $1.82B (+8.7%); net income $111.3M ($4.04 diluted EPS).
- Fiscal 2024 outlook: licensing growth including Texas Roadhouse steak sauces; expects easing inflation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751523000016/0000057515-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751523000016/lanc-20230823.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-23-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-23-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-23-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MARZETTI CO reported financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 23, 2023, Lancaster Colony Corporation issued a press release announcing its results for the three months and fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751523000016/0000057515-23-000016-index.htm

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