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| Our adjusted gross profit margin has improved 270 basis points in 2022 year-end, a testament to our team’s focus on maximizing productivity and driving sustainable margin improvement |
| Since Q4 of 2022, our adjusted gross profit margin has expanded 270 basis points, which makes our third consecutive quarter of improvement |
| Our adjusted gross profit margin of 31.6% is an improvement of 80 basis points versus the prior year period |
| And I think the team has a good strategic plan in place for that |
| We’re good on growth here, and there’s a real good plan and team in place |
| We see tremendous opportunity to build this business and believe that we have created alignment across our entire talented and committed team |
| And most of our brands where it’s a brand in North America or in the global scenario, where we have brands like Pure Via, Whole Earth, et cetera, they’re all well positioned to kind of ride on this wave of growth of the nutritive side of the business |
| Operating income for the Branded CPG segment for the quarter has shown significant improvement, growing approximately 31% versus prior year |
| The increase in operating income reflects, in part, the improved efficiency across the operations and the selection of the channel oblique product mix, as well as lower supply chain reinvention costs and lower sugar import tariffs |
| The categories, the licorice ingredient business, I think Jeff and team have done some great job in really expanding that ingredient and licorice into multiple categories and done a great job there, great free cash business |
| But, our year-to-date performance has really been about cost margins and cash flow improvements, and we have delivered that |
| We believe this will further lead to systematically removing excess costs at all levels of our operations, strengthen our margin profile and result in improved free cash flow performance |
| And as you can see, there’s a lot of good headway made that the team is doing at Whole Earth, in regards to the margin improvement, in regards to paying down debt, in regards to free cash |
| We are very proud of our supply chain team who has led this very complicated transition without compromising our service, which I’m pleased to say, remains at high levels of approximately 99% |
| I think that it’s important also to call out that we are doing a good job, executing our margin enhancement strategy, which is being driven in part by these bulk sugar sales, but also through all the optimizations and cost efficiency |
| Our unmeasured channels, which account for approximately 80% of our Branded CPG revenue in North America is healthy and growing in all segments, clubs, e-commerce and food service |
| Our private label business also continues to provide us opportunities to grow, and we are well-positioned to service customer needs across the entire portfolio |
| Thanks – Irwin Simon And the most important thing is, we feel good about the management team in place running this on a day-to-day basis |
| The evolving trends towards the choice of natural and better-for-you products provides an opportunity for us to meet consumer expectations through our assortment of leading better-for-you brands across Europe, Asia and Africa |
| This margin recovery will serve as a foundation for higher profitability next year |
| And I would like to emphasize that our supply chain reinvention costs will continue to decelerate through year-end and into 2024, which gives me confidence that the adjusted free cash flow that we generate this year would be a good proxy of our reported free cash flow in 2024 |
| The strong improvement in our cash flow is a direct result of the hard work you heard Rajnish and Jeff talk about to stabilize our core |
| Taken together, we feel very good about the efforts we have made to accelerate our cash generation |
| Reducing leverage continues to be a focal point for us, and we aim to accomplish this through organic means, led by the improvement in our operating cash flow |
| Future improvements in efficiency will further improve our competitiveness and our value proposition for our customers |
| This diversification and our revenue growth in new markets and new opportunities in our traditional markets have driven the continuous improvement in our operating results |
| We continue to generate solid revenue growth in Flavors & Ingredients in the third quarter with a 3.6% constant currency increase, which compares against a 16.9% increase in the prior year period |
| We will continue to face tougher comparisons for the next few quarters, but we remain encouraged by some of the long-term opportunities we see in the end markets we serve that will drive continued growth |
| It has shown up in lower net working capital, expanded gross margins, declining costs associated with our supply chain reinvention project and more favorable payment terms of our vendors |
| This has been positive this year and expect to extend this through Q4 and 2024 and with all these combination of factors, including the improved margins, lower supply chain reinvention costs, improving net working capital by reducing inventory and also to a lesser extent, some modest CapEx savings as we move to an even more asset-light model |
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| Within our international Business CPG, we are experiencing category headwinds, especially in the non-material side of the business |
| On a constant currency basis, segment product revenues were down 2.9% compared to prior year as 4.7% growth from pricing actions was more than offset by a 7.6% decline due to lower volumes |
| As a reminder, the reason to limit bulk sugar sales was to avoid paying incremental tariffs, which would negatively impact our margins and profitability |
| For the third quarter ended September 30th, 2023, consolidated product revenues decreased 0.6% to $134.4 million versus the prior year quarter |
| I think it would be disappointing |
| As the category has faced headwinds this year, so too have our sales |
| Branded CPG segment product revenues were $103.3 million, representing a decrease of 2% versus the prior year, or a decrease of 2.9% on a constant currency basis |
| On a constant currency basis, product revenues decreased 1.5% versus the prior year third quarter |
| Consolidated adjusted EBITDA decreased 5.4% to $55.8 million |
| While this trend is limiting our ability to drive our new distribution gains, this is also impacting our competitors across the category |
| Including known and forecasted events, we anticipate another $3 million for the remainder of the year or a decline of around $6.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year |
| Branded CPG product revenues were $103.3 million for the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of $2.1 million or 2% compared to $105.4 million for the same period in the prior year |
| Finally, with respect to our supply chain reinvention, we expect cost to further decline in the coming quarters as we complete our current projects |
| But we do believe interest rates will come down |
| Consolidated net loss was $5.4 million compared to a net loss of $2.5 million in the prior year period |
| When adjusting for our cash add-backs, which I would hope have decreased this year |
| When we compare across this – there were some high ticket items, including the lower tariffs in sugar, including the lower ocean freight |
| Excluding the planned decrease in Wholesome bulk sugar sales, segment constant currency revenue was essentially flat at 4.7% growth due to pricing was offset by a 4.6% decline in non-bulk sugar sales volume |
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