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| So we were very optimistic about growth in the future, both for Amazon as well as for our broader business |
| So we were winning in those spaces and we're proud of that and that's help to drive both mix paired together with our own brand offerings, and service to deliver a really nice package of a performance where we're at or above the market norm from a comp standpoint |
| So we've had a really, really great run and great participation with our key suppliers |
| Our winning recipe and benefits from our transformational initiatives continue to enhance value for our shareholders |
| As a people first company, I'm incredibly proud of the team's continued focus on safety |
| Since 2020, one of our biggest accomplishments has been an improved safety record, including a 72% decrease in lost time incidents |
| And I mentioned before that consumers are voting with their feet, Tony talked about the foot traffic outperforming the market significantly outperforming the market and outperforming -- significant major mass market players in our marketplaces |
| We've seen solid performance and I mentioned before the mix between pricing or disinflation and unit volume |
| Outside of this impact, we observed positive sales trends and our wholesale segment as well as for the consolidated company |
| And our cash flow and liquidity remained strong, giving us flexibility to support our strategic long-term plans, including both organic and inorganic investments |
| Our solid bottom-line performers amidst a challenging environment is attributable to the benefits from our transformational initiatives |
| With a strong foundation from the execution against our long-term strategic plan, we are well positioned to actively pursue opportunities to further grow share, drive, improved results, and maximize shareholder value |
| And from a market share standpoint, we've seen growth in our retail business and solid growth in wholesale |
| So first of all, our own brands performance has been very strong, we've grown, both our penetration as well as our overall performance versus national brands |
| The benefits our merchandising transformation provides our wholesale customers and an aligned team of associates who are focused on helping our customers take their grocery business to the next level |
| The segment's bottom-line increased due to benefits realized from the merchandising transformation, better leverage of operating expenses, which include the benefits of our supply chain transformation, and lower incentive compensation |
| Our methodical cost management has helped us capture share and provide additive value to our wholesale customers and retail shoppers |
| If you've hinted out there, so some of the deep discounters are actually getting both better foot traffic and better sales in our area |
| Our family brands are performing well and consistently outperforming the national brands |
| As we've started to build out and transform our retail execution, some of the things we're seeing are significant improvements in consumers pointing at SpartanNash is having the best meat, the best produce, the best local offerings |
| But consumers are responding very favorably to our own brands portfolio and it's helping to drive unit volume performance in our business and with our customers |
| We are growing at double the rate of the rest of our retail portfolio due to the store's innovative offerings |
| Our revenue growth would have been 1.6% X Amazon, so we feel like we're in a solid spot from a revenue growth standpoint |
| The program enables our store associates to provide better customer service while optimizing our shopper experience |
| Our signature strength is to be the most customer focused, innovative food solutions company |
| So as we mentioned on the opening here that we've seen good stabilization overall on the flow of applicants on turnover, which has been improved for us as well |
| This is due to our differentiated services and execution of our winning recipe |
| In addition, we're winning new wholesale customers |
| So overall, a solid result |
| We are winning with these customers because of our reliable service made possible through our optimized supply chain network |
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| We lowered the top-end of our full year net sales guidance to $9.65 billion to $9.85 billion |
| During the last quarter we continued to experience a decrease in sales on our Amazon business |
| Overall, the Amazon is the primary driver of a negative revenue profile in business |
| Continued reductions in EBT benefits offered to consumers in our retail geography adversely impacted same-store sales by approximately 3% this past quarter, a trend that has accelerated in the last six months |
| Consistent with industry pressures, both segments were unfavorably impacted by volume headwinds |
| Now turning to our Q3 results, consolidated net sales came in at $2.3 billion, a decrease of 1.4% from a year ago |
| While the rate was relatively flat, the dollar decline was driven by lower unit volumes in both segments |
| And EBT was down, in the 40-ish percent range for us in the quarter versus last year, getting down kind of close to the pre-pandemic, again for in our mix and that's had a big impact on our overall business |
| Net sales for the third quarter decreased $32 million, or 1.4% to $2.26 billion compared to 2022 third quarter |
| It's no secret our industry is facing substantial headwinds |
| The increase was partially offset by industry wide volume pressure and lower pharmacy margins |
| So foot traffic overall, is down, it's down across the board |
| Our foot traffic is, is down to kind of think about what -- kind of 1% to 1.5% overall |
| Net sales and wholesale decreased $28 million to $1.6 billion compared to the prior year quarter |
| In Michigan in particular, there was a decline in EBT funding that started about six months ago |
| And those changes have manifested in our volume being down |
| And that's roughly half of the foot traffic decline, we're seeing most of our competitors at the same time |
| And the inflation is coming down, as we've all seen empirically in food as they are kind of each month is down a little bit more than it was the previous month |
| That's actually a slight net negative carry right now |
| The 1.7% decrease was due primarily to demand changes within the Amazon business |
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