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| There's a lot of key accounts in Mexico that are very, very large that we had not approached previously, and we're excited about the prospects of gaining business with them and as I said, growing that business |
| On a positive note, we see gaining momentum there as feed prices have started to come down |
| So that broader perspective, I think we're getting -- we're impacting the marketplace in that narrow perspective, we're getting good returns |
| Oil-Dri remains well positioned to invest in our growth opportunities |
| And naturally, as that goes forward, we expect to see positive impacts on both revenue and the margins or profit we'll earn for that business |
| We have not purchased any shares on the open market during fiscal 2024.And finally, let's talk about our strong balance sheet, which is a result of our continuing strong financial performance, along with our low net debt position |
| And then we've been -- we've got some really exciting cost savings opportunities that look pretty hard |
| The strong sales of co-packaged items was partially a result of a large customer restocking during the second quarter, following a first quarter disruption caused by a cyber event.In analyzing the split between pricing and volume on the quarter, higher prices across all principal products drove the improvement in net sales |
| And that is both, I think, the campaign and our agility there along with our agencies and our tools to measure ROI are driving great results |
| I would say we feel good about velocity |
| Our gross margins expanded to 29.3% in the second fiscal quarter from 22.6% in the second quarter of fiscal 2023 |
| Our gross margin expansion is a result of our teammates keen focus on restoring our margins in order to fund our future |
| And with our strong shares, particularly on private label lightweight, that's key for us |
| So we feel great about distribution |
| So antibacterial, really, there's three questions within distribution velocities and then how incremental do we think our sales on antibacterial are; distribution, and I think I have shared this over the last couple of quarters is very good |
| One of the drivers of this strong performance in service levels has been having the right inventory in the right place at the right time |
| The good news is we've got some really exciting growth businesses that we've already planted seeds on that are either starting to come to fruition now or hopefully will come to fruition over the next 6, 12, 18 months |
| And just a quick shout out to you, Leslie, you did an excellent job of highlighting records and providing color on our very positive second quarter results in the press release |
| For the quarter, consolidated net sales were up 4%, which was a record for Oil-Dri's consolidated net sales for the second quarter |
| So we feel very good about our return on our spend |
| And we expect to continue to have Brazil be really the strongest performer for us in the Latin American market going forward |
| We've reestablished that and we're very bullish on the growth of Mexico for the future |
| And candidly, as we measure and we look back at the litter for good campaign, our results are even better |
| More broadly, I also shared at the shareholder meeting that while we were very happy with our share growth, both on our private label lightweight business and branded lightweight was not growing share relative to the market |
| So thank you, and great job |
| For the last two quarters, we've seen lightweight actually grow faster than heavyweight |
| I believe they're going to continue to tell that story really effectively |
| And so we see continued growth in that marketplace |
| Consolidated gross profit was $30.9 million for the second quarter, representing a 34% increase over the same quarter in the prior year |
| Great job |
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| He says, Chevron recently announced it is closing two of its biodiesel plants because of falling demand |
| And so we're going to very much be focused on cash generation, but lapping the current results is definitely a challenge |
| The softness in Mexico at the moment was really caused by a couple of things |
| We did some restructuring, which caused what I would call a temporal pause in some of the commercial activity we had with a couple of the products that we were selling in that region |
| I would say aging infrastructure, which you heard Susan cover and the fact that our depreciation is a lagging indicator |
| I was down in our Mississippi plants |
| When you look at Brazil, it's somewhat of a similar story of what we've seen with the economy in North America, where feed prices have been high, and there's been a bit of a depression of productivity or economic productivity in that market |
| Going forward, as Amlin becomes more established in the North American market, I would suspect that the need to offer trial pricing to customers who have never experienced our products previously that will become less of a necessity or an opportunity, I would say |
| And again, while difficult to read, it would appear that while it's obviously coming into the market and generating good velocities, other items do not appear to be suffering |
| Lastly, how incremental, good question, difficult to measure in the marketplace |
| In our press release and in our SEC filings, we highlight a number of important risk factors, trends and uncertainties that may affect our future performance |
| That has caused some in and out of products in diets in Brazil rations for poultry |
| Is your most important cat litter retailer pressuring for lowering prices |
| And he asks the softness at Amlan for Latin America and Mexico surprised me, specifically what's happening in those two geographies and what actions are needed to turn them around |
| There's still inflation presence |
| This is necessary because of the financial impact of our aging infrastructure |
| We were aware of that |
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