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Business Segment Information
6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2025
Business Segment Information  
Business Segment Information

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Business Segment Information

We operate in, and report results by, four reportable segments (which we also refer to as business units or reporting units): Specialty, Meals, Frozen & Vegetables and Spices & Flavor Solutions.

Segment net sales, segment adjusted expenses and segment adjusted EBITDA are the primary measures used by our chief operating decision maker (CODM) to evaluate segment operating performance and to decide how to allocate resources to our reportable segments. Our CODM is our chief executive officer.

We define segment adjusted expenses as cost of goods sold and other expenses incurred by our business segments to run day-to-day operations. We define segment adjusted EBITDA as segment net sales less segment adjusted expenses. Segment adjusted expenses and segment adjusted EBITDA exclude unallocated corporate items, depreciation and amortization, acquisition/divestiture-related and non-recurring expenses, impairment of intangible assets, goodwill and assets held for sale, gains and losses on sales of assets, interest expense, and income tax expense or benefit. Unallocated corporate items consist of centrally managed corporate functions, including selling, marketing, procurement, centralized administrative functions, insurance, and other similar expenses not directly tied to segment operating performance. Depreciation and amortization expenses are neither maintained nor available by reporting unit, as our manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution activities are centrally managed. These items that are centrally managed at the corporate level, and therefore excluded from the measures of segment adjusted expenses and segment adjusted EBITDA, are reviewed by our CODM. Our CODM also compares segment net sales and segment adjusted EBITDA to performance-based compensation metrics to assess the performance of each segment and utilizes this review to allocate resources, make investment decisions, and deploy assets. Expenses that are managed centrally but can be attributed to a segment, such as warehousing and transportation expenses, are generally allocated to segments based on net sales.

Information about total assets by operating segment is not provided to or reviewed by our CODM.

Our reportable segment results were as follows (in thousands):

Thirteen Weeks Ended

Twenty-six Weeks Ended

June 28,

June 29,

June 28,

June 29,

2025

2024

2025

2024

Segment net sales:

Specialty

$

134,859

$

146,624

$

269,259

$

301,353

Meals

104,079

107,889

210,221

227,920

Frozen & Vegetables

88,989

91,580

182,108

196,467

Spices & Flavor Solutions

96,498

98,497

188,239

194,073

Total segment net sales

424,425

444,590

849,827

919,813

Segment adjusted expenses:

Specialty

102,209

114,936

203,089

232,473

Meals

78,334

83,978

159,502

178,380

Frozen & Vegetables

91,719

87,772

186,311

184,829

Spices & Flavor Solutions

72,379

70,850

137,851

137,757

Total segment adjusted expenses

344,641

357,536

686,753

733,439

Segment adjusted EBITDA:

Specialty

32,650

31,688

66,170

68,880

Meals

25,745

23,911

50,719

49,540

Frozen & Vegetables

(2,730)

3,808

(4,203)

11,638

Spices & Flavor Solutions

24,119

27,647

50,388

56,316

Total segment adjusted EBITDA

$

79,784

$

87,054

$

163,074

$

186,374

Unallocated corporate expenses

$

21,804

$

23,134

$

45,956

$

47,409

Depreciation and amortization

16,716

17,343

33,554

34,552

Acquisition/divestiture-related and non-recurring expenses

5,388

1,733

7,701

3,370

Impairment of goodwill

70,580

Impairment of property, plant and equipment, net

2,994

Loss on sales of assets

12,646

12,646

135

Interest expense, net

35,780

37,808

73,538

75,633

Income tax (benefit) expense

(2,778)

3,098

(4,378)

(9,004)

Net (loss) income

$

(9,772)

$

3,938

$

(8,937)

$

(36,301)