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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-006605"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LWAY"
cik: "0000814586"
company_name: "Lifeway Foods, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:06:12.197236+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifeway pre-announces Q3-to-date net sales of $39.1M, up 20% YoY

## Summary
- Estimated unaudited net sales of $39.1M for July-August 2025, a 20% increase vs same period last year.
- Growth fueled by consumer demand for Lifeway Kefir and the high-protein Farmer Cheese line.
- CEO Julie Smolyansky cited category dominance and strong innovation/marketing execution.
- Company on pace for another exceptional quarter, reinforcing its probiotic nutrition leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-006605
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LWAY
- cik: 0000814586
- company_name: Lifeway Foods, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316825006605/0001683168-25-006605-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316825006605/lifeway_8k.htm

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