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| The first quarter of fiscal '24 was highlighted by our continued sequential improvement in normalized profitability with our net income totaling $1.4 million in the quarter or 6.1% of revenue, in line with our expectations |
| Having started this journey with my teammates nine short months ago, I am proud of our sequential growth from turnaround losses to growing our normalized net profit margin sequentially, with our first quarter at 4.2%, then 5.7%, excluding the one-time tax benefit and now 6.1% |
| Three quarters that we are proud of with further headroom to continue to grow our future profitability |
| So we feel great about that product |
| So again, knock wood, I feel really good with our thesis for what our strategy is, is working perfectly right now |
| So I feel good about that |
| So those three pieces, the people, the products, and we have the relationships already feel -- makes us feel very good about the back half of the year |
| His arm is still hurting him from all the samples he was giving out, but also the new in-a-Cup products, the new chicken strip pouches, it actually beat our expectations when it came to -- that's what the consumers were looking for, right? Everyone's on-the-go, everyone's snacking, everyone's back to that and having that packaging format has really helped |
| We believe that this approach will not only position MamaMancini's as a one-stop shop national deli solutions provider, but drive sustainable shareholder value creation over the long term |
| To summarize, this will be achieved by launching highly incremental products to increase the SKUs per customer, introducing our products to new customers via the expansion of our sales team and further enhancing our margins through continuous operating improvements at every level of the organization |
| As is plainly visible in our margin profile, our new approach to cost management has driven noticeable savings across the organization with further improvements enabling gross margins to potentially grow into the 30% range over the longer term |
| Matt will speak later about the successful commissioning of our new spiral oven, which will drive further efficiencies in our operations, and our work to further integrate our three business units is delivering dividends, as we are now able to load share some of our products across two facilities, driving additional operational efficiencies |
| In conclusion, we are well positioned operationally and are building a solid foundation to support anticipated sales growth |
| Freight improved 250 basis points in Q1 versus prior year and an additional 70 basis points over our already impressive Q4 results |
| I am pleased to report that the installation was completed last month, and the oven is now operational with impressive performance and throughput |
| Our operational performance in the first fiscal quarter was greatly improved by implementing expanded systems and controls |
| While we are currently spending mid-single digit net income margins, we believe that over the long term, this could be improved to approximately 10% with adjusted EBITDA margins in the teens percentage range |
| The company continues to identify procurement and logistics efficiencies and cost savings through stronger buying power created through the acquisitions of T&L and Olive Branch |
| The increase was largely attributable to the strong organic growth driven by successful cross-selling efforts |
| As we improve our internal processes firm-wide to become brilliant at the basics, we are building a more resilient and flexible organization that I believe can deliver sustainable value to my fellow shareholders for years to come |
| The last set of focus groups refined our thinking on our new cups offering gave us added confidence in our new Chana Masala vegetarian product and provided a first set of feedback on a reformulated grandma-quality breaded chicken, I promise Mama would be proud |
| In summary, I firmly believe that we are well positioned to leverage the impending build-out of our sales team and the introduction of several highly incremental products to take market share, grow our SKUs per customer and ultimately become a premier one-stop shop deli solutions provider |
| I'm incredibly proud of the rapid progress we have made to strengthen our finance and operations organizations |
| With the confidence I now have in these two functions, we have a solid foundation from which to grow |
| We will continue to recruit best-in-class talent to grow our feet on the street to take our sales reach to the next level, leveraging our passionate following and fresh, clean products to more aggressively sell into both new and existing customers |
| We are seeing the pride our employees have in our brand, our products and the consumer focused culture we have imbued in our facilities every day |
| So I really feel good about it getting new items in |
| So I feel great with those numbers |
| The increase in gross margin was primarily attributable to the normalization of commodity costs, successful pricing actions, and improvements in creating efficiencies across the organization |
| Our ambition is to fortify and expand upon the robust groundwork and strategy presented today, positioning us to continue to drive profitable growth and reinvest that rocket fuel into the business, to accelerate our people capabilities, our CapEx efficiency and our marketing and trade |
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| Facing continued macroeconomic headwinds, consumers are eating out less and transitioning to grocery store prepared foods |
| Matters that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, among other factors, the loss of key management personnel, availability of capital and any major litigation regarding the company |
| In addition, with greater focus and vigilance in commodities, our beef and chicken prices declined versus prior year and increased versus Q4 at a noticeably slower rate than we forecasted |
| On the other side of the counter, retailers today continue to face significant supply chain and labor challenges, which are still running at record highs and are seeking labor efficient, reliable solutions for their hot bar, deli and grab-and-go offerings |
| Obviously, it has lower revenue since it's the first month |
| The other thing that the piece of feedback we got from retailers was it's sort of getting lost |
| Early results have not disappointed |
| So the first one you're going to get me in trouble because I'm going to forever undersell how amazing Lauren is |
| And if you could think of the sea, the shelf it gets lost |
| As we move through 2023 and beyond, today's recessionary pressures will continue to focus our consumers and retailers on high quality, easy-to-prepare and affordable meal solutions, all of which MamaMancini delivers on, realizing our goal of shaping MamaMancini's into a one-stop shop for deli prepared food solutions has required a step change in our corporate structure in many ways |
| We see that inflation is slowing down for food |
| And again, these new cups, the new pasta kits that we're doing, the new flavors that we're bringing to the deli is only going to make those numbers bigger |
| After we shared our one-stop shop vision with them and shared our new post-acquisition capabilities, they challenged us to put our facilities to the test |
| In addition, such statements could be affected by risks and uncertainties related to factors beyond the company's control |
| So from a pricing perspective, I think possibly because we weren't priced where we should be in the past, we have not had a problem |
| And then relative to even our competitors, I still think we're under |
| So nothing more than what we already have in our algorithm |
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