secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARZETTI CO (MZTI)
CIK:        0000057515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000057515-26-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Marzetti Q3 EPS $1.35, down from $1.49; revenue slips 1%; acquires Bachan's
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- Diluted EPS $1.35 vs $1.49 prior year; net income $37.1M, down from $41.2M.
- Consolidated net sales $453.4M, down 1.0%; adjusted net sales down 0.9% to $451.8M.
- Retail sales fell 3.2% to $233.8M; Foodservice sales rose 1.5% to $219.6M (adj. +1.8%).
- Record gross profit $107.2M (+1.2%); gross margin expanded 50bps to 23.6%.
- Acquired Bachan's, Inc. (Japanese BBQ sauce) on May 1; $3.5M acquisition costs in SG&A.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000011/0000057515-26-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000011/mzti-20260504.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-26-000011

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