---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-016410"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRID"
cik: "0000014177"
company_name: "BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:21:42.384728+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridgford Foods dismisses Baker Tilly, appoints Withum Smith+Brown as auditor

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Baker Tilly on April 13, 2026, effective immediately.
- No disagreements or 'reportable events' occurred in fiscal 2024, 2025, or interim period.
- Withum Smith+Brown, PC appointed as new independent auditor for fiscal year ending October 30, 2026.
- Company had no prior consultations with Withum regarding accounting matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-016410
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRID
- cik: 0000014177
- company_name: BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14177/000149315226016410/0001493152-26-016410-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14177/000149315226016410/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 62c599e3d15c1c1940fe285ae7f74df1cd409c11
  claim: BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP engaged Withum Smith+Brown, PC as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 13, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Withum Smith+Brown, PC as its new independent registered public accounting firm as of April 13, 2026 for the fiscal year beginning November 1, 2025 and ending October 30, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14177/000149315226016410/0001493152-26-016410-index.htm
- claim_id: 737204bd24eeea7694576958c481cdbc73b611fb
  claim: BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 13, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Bridgford Foods Corporation (the “Company”) dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14177/000149315226016410/0001493152-26-016410-index.htm

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