---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-005921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LWAY"
cik: "0000814586"
company_name: "Lifeway Foods, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:00:11.162203+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifeway Foods Q2 record net sales $53.9M, EPS $0.28; Q3-to-date sales up 20%

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $53.9M (record), up 9.7% YoY; 18% on comparable basis adjusting for exited customer.
- Diluted EPS $0.28 vs $0.25 YoY; gross margin 28.6% vs 27.0% YoY.
- Q3-to-date unaudited net sales $26.4M through Aug 11, up >20% YoY; July had highest weekly sales ($5.5M).
- Reiterated FY 2027 adjusted EBITDA target of $45–$50M; expects strongest annual sales in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-005921
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LWAY
- cik: 0000814586
- company_name: Lifeway Foods, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316825005921/0001683168-25-005921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316825005921/lifeway_8k.htm

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