---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-003008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SENEB"
cik: "0000088948"
company_name: "Seneca Foods Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:25:21.703610+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seneca Foods Q3 net sales fall 8% to $445.6M; gross margin 10.1% vs 16%

## Summary
- Net sales for Q3 FY2022: $445.6M, down from $484.4M in Q3 FY2021.
- Gross margin percentage declined to 10.1% from 16.0% year over year.
- Nine-month net sales $1,052.9M vs $1,162.9M; gross margin 11.5% vs 15.1%.
- CEO Paul Palmby attributes results to large LIFO charge from higher input costs and prior-year pantry loading.
- Management focused on mitigating supply chain, labor, and inflation impacts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-003008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SENEB
- cik: 0000088948
- company_name: Seneca Foods Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774922003008/0001437749-22-003008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774922003008/senea20220202_8k.htm

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