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Nature of Operations

B&G Foods, Inc. is a holding company whose principal assets are the shares of capital stock of its subsidiaries. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “B&G Foods,” “our company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to B&G Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Our financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis.

We manufacture, sell and distribute a diverse portfolio of high-quality shelf-stable and frozen foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Our products include frozen and canned vegetables, vegetable, canola and other cooking oils, vegetable shortening, cooking sprays, oatmeal and other hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned meats and beans, bagel chips, spices, seasonings, hot sauces, wine vinegar, maple syrup, molasses, salad dressings, pizza crusts, Mexican-style sauces, dry soups, taco shells and kits, salsas, pickles, peppers, pasta sauces, crackers, baking powder, baking soda, corn starch, nut clusters and other specialty products. Our products are marketed under many recognized brands that we own or license. We also manufacture private label and branded products for supermarket chains, foodservice providers, mass merchants, warehouse clubs and other food company brand owners.

We have four reportable segments (also referred to as business units):

(1)Specialty, which includes among others, our Crisco, Clabber Girl, Bear Creek, Polaner, Underwood, B&G, Grandma’s, New York Style, B&M, Baker’s Joy, Regina, TrueNorth, Static Guard, SugarTwin and Brer Rabbit brands and included the Don Pepino and Sclafani brands until our divestiture of those brands on May 23, 2025;
(2)Meals, which includes, among others, our Ortega, Cream of Wheat, College Inn, Maple Grove Farms, Las Palmas, Kitchen Basics, Victoria, Mama Mary’s, Spring Tree, Carey’s, McCann’s and Vermont Maid brands;
(3)Frozen & Vegetables, which primarily includes (1) our frozen vegetable manufacturing operations in Mexico which, following the sale of our Green Giant U.S. frozen business on March 2, 2026, co-manufactures frozen vegetables products for the company that acquired our Green Giant U.S. frozen business and (2) our Green Giant and Le Sieur brands in Canada, and included the Green Giant U.S. frozen and Le Sueur brands in the United States until our divestitures of those brands on March 2, 2026 and on August 1, 2025, respectively; and
(4)Spices & Flavor Solutions, which includes, among others, our Dash, Spice Islands, Weber, Ac’cent, Tone’s, Trappey’s, Durkee and Wright’s brands.

We compete in the retail grocery, foodservice, specialty, private label, club and mass merchandiser channels of distribution. We sell and distribute our products directly and via a network of independent brokers and distributors to supermarket chains, foodservice providers, mass merchants, warehouse clubs, non-food outlets and specialty distributors.