---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001771515-21-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GO"
cik: "0001771515"
company_name: "Grocery Outlet Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2021-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T10:53:52.011097+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grocery Outlet Q3 net sales flat, comps down 4.3%; net income falls 57.7%; $100M buyback authorized

## Summary
- Net sales $768.9M (+0.6% YoY); comparable store sales -4.3% vs +9.1% last year.
- Net income $17.1M (-57.7% YoY), $0.17 diluted EPS; adjusted net income $23.4M (-15.3%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $51.4M (-6.2% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.24.
- Opened 7 new stores; total stores 407 across six states.
- Board authorized $100M share repurchase program, no expiration, funded from cash on hand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001771515-21-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GO
- cik: 0001771515
- company_name: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2021-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151521000086/0001771515-21-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151521000086/go-20211109.htm

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