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Note M - Segment Reporting | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | NOTE M – SEGMENT REPORTING Our financial results are presented as three reportable segments: Food Service, Retail Supermarkets and Frozen Beverages. These segments are described below: Food Service The primary products sold by the Food Service segment are soft pretzels, frozen novelties, churros, handheld products and baked goods. Our customers in the Food Service segment include snack bars and food stands in chain, department and discount stores; malls and shopping centers; casual dining restaurants; fast food and casual dining restaurants; stadiums and sports arenas; leisure and theme parks; convenience stores; movie theatres; warehouse club stores; schools, colleges and other institutions. Within the food service industry, our products are purchased by the consumer primarily for consumption at the point-of-sale or for take-away. Retail Supermarkets The primary products sold to the retail supermarket channel are soft pretzel products – including SUPERPRETZEL and AUNTIE ANNE’S, frozen novelties including LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, MINUTE MAID Juice Bars and Soft Frozen Lemonade, WHOLE FRUIT frozen fruit bars and sorbet, DOGSTERS ice cream style treats for dogs, PHILLY SWIRL cups and sticks, ICEE Squeeze-Up Tubes and handheld products. Frozen Beverages We sell frozen beverages to the foodservice industry primarily under the names ICEE, SLUSH PUPPIE and PARROT ICE in the United States, Mexico and Canada. We also provide repair and maintenance services to customers for customer-owned equipment. We principally sell our products to the food service and retail supermarket industries. Sales and results of our frozen beverages business are monitored separately from the balance of our food service business because of different distribution and capital requirements. We maintain separate and discrete financial information for the three operating segments mentioned above which is available to our Chief Operating Decision Maker, who is our Chief Executive Officer. We have applied no aggregation criteria to any of these operating segments in order to determine reportable segments. All inter-segment net sales and expenses have been eliminated in computing net sales and operating income. Our Chief Operating Decision Maker reviews monthly detailed operating income statements and sales reports in order to assess performance and allocate resources to each individual segment. Sales and operating income are key variables monitored by the Chief Operating Decision Maker when determining each segment and the company’s financial condition and operating performance. Significant expenses are expenses which are regularly provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker and are included in segment operating income. These consist of cost of sales, marketing and selling expenses, distribution expenses, administrative expenses, intangible asset impairment charges, and other general expenses. Cost of sales includes raw materials, direct labor and plant overhead costs. Distribution expenses include costs associated with the transportation of our product to customers. Marketing and selling expenses include costs to execute sales to customers, and costs related to the selling, marketing, advertising and promotional activities. Administrative expenses include costs that are not directly tied to the manufacturing, distribution, or marketing and selling of our products. Costs that are directly attributable to our Food Service, Retail Supermarkets, or Frozen Beverages segments are charged directly to the appropriate segment. Costs that are deemed to be indirect, excluding unallocated corporate expenses and other unusual significant transactions such as gain on insurance proceeds received for damage to property, plant and equipment, and plant closure expenses, are allocated to the three reportable segments using a reasonable methodology that is consistently applied. To align with how our Chief Operating Decision Maker currently reviews the monthly detailed operating income statements, we have reclassified certain corporate expenses that are not allocated to our three reportable segments. This change in presentation resulted in an increase to our Food Service segment operating income of $24.8 million, to our Retail segment operating income of $2.6 million, and to our Frozen Beverages segment of $1.5 million in fiscal 2024, respectively, and an increase to our Food Service segment operating income of $23.0 million, to our Retail segment operating income of $2.4 million, and to our Frozen Beverages segment of $1.5 million in fiscal 2023, respectively, with the corresponding impacts of the presentation change seen within General corporate expenses in the table below. In addition, the Chief Operating Decision Maker reviews and evaluates capital spending of each segment on a quarterly basis to monitor cash flow and asset needs of each segment. Additionally, our Chief Operating Decision Maker considers variances of actual performance to our annual operating plan and periodic forecasts when making decisions. Information regarding the operations in these three reportable segments is as follows:
|  | For the year ended September 27, 2025 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | Food |  |  | Retail |  |  | Frozen |  |  |  |  |
|  | Service |  |  | Supermarket |  |  | Beverages |  |  | Total |
Net sales to external customers |  | $ | 1,001,361 |  |  | $ | 213,809 |  |  | $ | 368,063 |  |  | $ | 1,583,233 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of goods sold |  |  | 718,075 |  |  |  | 152,953 |  |  |  | 242,323 |  |  |  | 1,113,351 |
Segment gross profit |  |  | 283,286 |  |  |  | 60,856 |  |  |  | 125,740 |  |  |  | 469,882 |
Marketing and selling |  |  | 67,695 |  |  |  | 18,607 |  |  |  | 37,304 |  |  |  | 123,606 |
Distribution |  |  | 117,874 |  |  |  | 25,246 |  |  |  | 25,185 |  |  |  | 168,305 |
Administrative |  |  | 31,313 |  |  |  | 2,928 |  |  |  | 13,682 |  |  |  | 47,923 |
Intangible asset impairment charges |  |  | 1,500 |  |  |  | 757 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2,257 |
Other general expense |  |  | 110 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 150 |
Segment operating income |  |  | 64,794 |  |  |  | 13,318 |  |  |  | 49,529 |  |  |  | 127,641 |
General corporate expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29,864 |
Gain on insurance proceeds received for damage to property, plant, and equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10,622 | )
Plant closure expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24,073 |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 84,326 |
|  | For the year ended September 28, 2024 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | Food |  |  | Retail |  |  | Frozen |  |  |  |  |
|  | Service |  |  | Supermarket |  |  | Beverages |  |  | Total |
Net sales to external customers |  | $ | 985,195 |  |  | $ | 221,308 |  |  | $ | 368,252 |  |  | $ | 1,574,755 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of goods sold |  |  | 696,139 |  |  |  | 155,580 |  |  |  | 236,911 |  |  |  | 1,088,630 |
Segment gross profit |  |  | 289,056 |  |  |  | 65,728 |  |  |  | 131,341 |  |  |  | 486,125 |
Marketing and selling |  |  | 64,070 |  |  |  | 18,622 |  |  |  | 36,113 |  |  |  | 118,805 |
Distribution |  |  | 123,373 |  |  |  | 25,718 |  |  |  | 26,510 |  |  |  | 175,601 |
Administrative |  |  | 27,851 |  |  |  | 2,196 |  |  |  | 15,867 |  |  |  | 45,914 |
Intangible asset impairment charges |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other general expense |  |  | (452 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (145 | ) |  |  | (597 | )
Segment operating income |  |  | 74,214 |  |  |  | 19,192 |  |  |  | 52,996 |  |  |  | 146,402 |
General corporate expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28,857 |
Gain on insurance proceeds received for damage to property, plant, and equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |
Plant closure expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 117,545 |
|  | For the year ended September 30, 2023 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | Food |  |  | Retail |  |  | Frozen |  |  |  |  |
|  | Service |  |  | Supermarket |  |  | Beverages |  |  | Total |
Net sales to external customers |  | $ | 981,840 |  |  | $ | 215,428 |  |  | $ | 361,561 |  |  | $ | 1,558,829 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of goods sold |  |  | 698,603 |  |  |  | 154,504 |  |  |  | 235,857 |  |  |  | 1,088,964 |
Segment gross profit |  |  | 283,237 |  |  |  | 60,924 |  |  |  | 125,704 |  |  |  | 469,865 |
Marketing and selling |  |  | 55,929 |  |  |  | 18,523 |  |  |  | 35,806 |  |  |  | 110,258 |
Distribution |  |  | 120,106 |  |  |  | 28,164 |  |  |  | 24,534 |  |  |  | 172,804 |
Administrative |  |  | 32,662 |  |  |  | 2,354 |  |  |  | 13,480 |  |  |  | 48,496 |
Intangible asset impairment charges |  |  | 1,678 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,678 |
Other general expense |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 88 |  |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | 182 |
Segment operating income |  |  | 72,809 |  |  |  | 11,795 |  |  |  | 51,843 |  |  |  | 136,447 |
General corporate expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26,929 |
Gain on insurance proceeds received for damage to property, plant, and equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |
Plant closure expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |
Operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 109,518 |
Total depreciation and amortization expense, capital expenditures, and total assets by segment, reflecting our current segment structure for all periods presented, were:
|  | September 27, |  |  | September 28, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (52 weeks) |  |  | (52 weeks) |  |  | (53 weeks) |
|  | (in thousands) |
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Food Service |  | $ | 48,099 |  |  | $ | 44,280 |  |  | $ | 37,777 |
Retail Supermarket |  |  | 1,145 |  |  |  | 1,736 |  |  |  | 1,966 |
Frozen Beverages |  |  | 22,244 |  |  |  | 22,734 |  |  |  | 21,417 |
Corporate |  |  | 1,844 |  |  |  | 1,851 |  |  |  | 1,981 |
Total depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 73,332 |  |  | $ | 70,601 |  |  | $ | 63,141 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Food Service |  | $ | 59,321 |  |  | $ | 45,535 |  |  | $ | 78,829 |
Retail Supermarket |  |  | 303 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 1,824 |
Frozen Beverages |  |  | 23,176 |  |  |  | 27,421 |  |  |  | 23,525 |
Corporate |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 592 |  |  |  | 559 |
Total capital expenditures |  | $ | 82,873 |  |  | $ | 73,569 |  |  | $ | 104,737 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Food Service |  | $ | 961,092 |  |  | $ | 954,747 |  |  | $ | 885,017 |
Retail Supermarket |  |  | 30,327 |  |  |  | 34,609 |  |  |  | 34,232 |
Frozen Beverages |  |  | 364,473 |  |  |  | 358,892 |  |  |  | 339,486 |
Corporate |  |  | 25,609 |  |  |  | 16,853 |  |  |  | 18,501 |
Total assets |  | $ | 1,381,501 |  |  | $ | 1,365,101 |  |  | $ | 1,277,236 |
Geographic data for net sales (recognized in the countries where products were sold from) and total assets were:
|  | September 27, |  |  | September 28, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (52 weeks) |  |  | (52 weeks) |  |  | (53 weeks) |
|  | (in thousands) |
Net sales to external customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 1,513,585 |  |  | $ | 1,501,326 |  |  | $ | 1,488,622 |
Other |  |  | 69,648 |  |  |  | 73,429 |  |  |  | 70,207 |
Total net sales to external customers |  | $ | 1,583,233 |  |  | $ | 1,574,755 |  |  | $ | 1,558,829 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 1,302,387 |  |  | $ | 1,297,531 |  |  | $ | 1,215,744 |
Other |  |  | 79,114 |  |  |  | 67,570 |  |  |  | 61,492 |
Total assets |  | $ | 1,381,501 |  |  | $ | 1,365,101 |  |  | $ | 1,277,236 |
Net sales by product category, reflecting our current segment structure for all periods presented, were:
|  | September 27, |  |  | September 28, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (52 weeks) |  |  | (52 weeks) |  |  | (53 weeks) |
|  | (in thousands) |
Sales to external customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Food Service |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Soft pretzels |  | $ | 230,070 |  |  | $ | 222,237 |  |  | $ | 235,572 |
Frozen novelties |  |  | 149,884 |  |  |  | 147,995 |  |  |  | 145,425 |
Churros |  |  | 97,867 |  |  |  | 114,306 |  |  |  | 108,927 |
Handhelds |  |  | 92,018 |  |  |  | 86,053 |  |  |  | 82,292 |
Bakery |  |  | 405,909 |  |  |  | 387,129 |  |  |  | 378,149 |
Other |  |  | 25,613 |  |  |  | 27,475 |  |  |  | 31,475 |
Total Food Service |  | $ | 1,001,361 |  |  | $ | 985,195 |  |  | $ | 981,840 |
Retail Supermarket |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Soft pretzels |  | $ | 61,713 |  |  | $ | 61,744 |  |  | $ | 60,272 |
Frozen novelties |  |  | 110,286 |  |  |  | 112,192 |  |  |  | 115,807 |
Biscuits |  |  | 23,123 |  |  |  | 24,229 |  |  |  | 25,074 |
Handhelds |  |  | 21,578 |  |  |  | 26,253 |  |  |  | 16,655 |
Coupon redemption |  |  | (2,707 | ) |  |  | (3,162 | ) |  |  | (2,561 | )
Other |  |  | (184 | ) |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 181 |
Total Retail Supermarket |  | $ | 213,809 |  |  | $ | 221,308 |  |  | $ | 215,428 |
Frozen Beverages |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beverages |  | $ | 219,312 |  |  | $ | 230,030 |  |  | $ | 224,655 |
Repair and maintenance service |  |  | 97,392 |  |  |  | 96,589 |  |  |  | 95,941 |
Machines revenue |  |  | 47,807 |  |  |  | 38,188 |  |  |  | 37,933 |
Other |  |  | 3,552 |  |  |  | 3,445 |  |  |  | 3,032 |
Total Frozen Beverages |  | $ | 368,063 |  |  | $ | 368,252 |  |  | $ | 361,561 |
Consolidated sales |  | $ | 1,583,233 |  |  | $ | 1,574,755 |  |  | $ | 1,558,829 |

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