---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-25-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:45:39.768486+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marzetti Q1 record sales $493.5M (+5.8%); diluted EPS $1.71 vs $1.62

## Summary
- Q1 net sales record $493.5M (+5.8% YoY); adj. net sales (excl. $10.7M TSA) up 3.5% to $482.8M.
- Retail sales +3.5% to $247.8M; Foodservice reported +8.2% to $245.6M (adj. +3.5% to $234.9M).
- Gross profit record $118.8M (+7.2%); adj. gross margin +80 bps to 24.6%.
- Diluted EPS $1.71 vs $1.62; operating income record $59.3M; adj. operating income +8.1% to $60.4M.
- CEO cites growth from New York Bakery, licensing (Chick-fil-A, Olive Garden, Buffalo Wild Wings), and foodservice national accounts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-25-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-04T23:59:59+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/57515/000005751525000031/0000057515-25-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751525000031/mzti-20251104.htm

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