secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)
CIK:        0000814586
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-14T10:00:24+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-26-003838
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lifeway Q1 net sales $63.0M (+36.7% YoY); net income $4.7M, EPS $0.30
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- Record Q1 net sales of $63.0M, up 36.7% YoY, driven by volume-led growth in Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese.
- Gross profit margin expanded 360 bps to 27.5%; net income rose 32% to $4.7M ($0.30 diluted EPS vs $0.23 prior year).
- SG&A of $10.9M increased 16.8% due to marketing investments, leveraging 300 bps as a sales percentage.
- Company reiterates FY 2027 Adjusted EBITDA target of $45-$50M; expects strongest annual sales in FY 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316826003838/0001683168-26-003838-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316826003838/lifeway_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-003838

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