---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-22-001628"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRPT"
cik: "0001611647"
company_name: "Freshpet, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T14:06:09.867455+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet names Todd Cunfer CFO; advances operational improvement plan for margin expansion

## Summary
- Todd Cunfer appointed CFO effective Dec 1, 2022; previously CFO of Simply Good Foods.
- Richard Kassar steps down as interim CFO, returns to Vice Chairman role.
- Dirk Martin named VP of Customer Service & Logistics, effective Dec 7, 2022; former Lamb Weston senior director.
- Operational improvement plan (initiated Aug 2022) shows progress: improved fill rate, logistics cost efficiencies, lower disposals.
- Plan aims to drive margin expansion through logistics, commodities, quality improvements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-22-001628
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRPT
- cik: 0001611647
- company_name: Freshpet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963822001628/0000929638-22-001628-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963822001628/a8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-22-001628
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-22-001628.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Todd Cunfer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Freshpet, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2022, Freshpet, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Mr. Todd Cunfer to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of December 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963822001628/0000929638-22-001628-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.