---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-21-007563"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JSDA"
cik: "0001083522"
company_name: "JONES SODA CO."
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T12:34:39.077493+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jones Soda Q3 revenue up 29% to $4.6M; net loss narrows; Chastain appointed division president

## Summary
- Q3 2021 revenue $4.6M (+29% YoY); gross margin improved 600 bps to 32.0%; net loss fell to $59k from $450k.
- Adjusted EBITDA turned positive to $72k from $(324k); first consecutive positive operating income quarters since 2006.
- Anticipates launching cannabis beverages, edibles, vapes, pre-rolls in Q1 2022 via Pinestar arrangement.
- Board ratified Eric Chastain as President/COO of beverage division, salary raised to $200k; $15k bonus to controller Joe Culp.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-21-007563
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JSDA
- cik: 0001083522
- company_name: JONES SODA CO.
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000117184321007563/0001171843-21-007563-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000117184321007563/f8k_110421.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-21-007563.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Chastain was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at JONES SODA CO..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: ratified the appointment of Eric Chastain, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s beverage division, to be effective as of November 8, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000117184321007563/0001171843-21-007563-index.htm

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