---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001771515-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GO"
cik: "0001771515"
company_name: "Grocery Outlet Holding Corp."
filed_at: "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:48:26.146942+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grocery Outlet Q4 net loss $218M; to close 36 stores in 2026

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.22B (+10.7% including 53rd week); comp sales -0.8% on 13-wk basis.
- Q4 net loss $218.2M ($2.22 diluted EPS) vs net income $2.3M last year; adjusted EPS $0.19.
- Fiscal 2025 net loss $224.9M ($2.30 diluted EPS) vs net income $39.5M prior year.
- Recorded $149M goodwill impairment and $110M long-lived asset impairment in Q4.
- Optimization Plan: close 36 underperforming stores in Q1 2026; est. restructuring $14M-$25M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001771515-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GO
- cik: 0001771515
- company_name: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151526000014/0001771515-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151526000014/go-20260302.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-26-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-26-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001771515-26-000014.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 01be736999c02cd2a89c847ccdf0b6258fbae9b0
  claim: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. announced a restructuring with charges of between $14 million and $25 million affecting 36 financially underperforming stores; one distribution center facility.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company estimates that it will incur between $14 million and $25 million in net total restructuring charges in fiscal 2026 related to the Optimization Plan approved in the first quarter of fiscal 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1771515/000177151526000014/0001771515-26-000014-index.htm

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