Leases

9 Months Ended

Feb. 23, 2025

Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are classified as standalone captions on the consolidated balance sheets, finance lease assets are classified as property, plant and equipment, and finance lease liabilities are classified as debt.

The components of lease cost were as follows:


	Nine months ended
	February 23, 2025			February 25, 2024
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of leased assets	$	120		$	101
Interest on lease liabilities	324			280
Operating lease cost	253			260
Variable lease cost	—			306
Sublease income	—			(148)
Total lease cost	$	697		$	799
Weighted-average remaining lease term:
Operating leases	7.9 years			8.5 years
Finance leases	9.5 years			3.7 years
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases	3.02		%	3.04		%
Finance leases	8.91		%	11.10		%

As most of the leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company determines its incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the lease commencement date. The relatively lower discount rates for operating leases reflect favorable market rates of interest and company credit ratings in 2020 when the largest operating lease for its Chanhassen, Minnesota lease commenced (as described further below). Likewise, the relatively higher discount rates for finance leases reflect the less favorable market rates of interest and company credit ratings in 2024 when the largest finance lease for its Chaska, Minnesota lease commenced (as described further below).

The Company’s leases have original lease periods ending through 2033. The Company’s maturity analysis of operating and finance lease liabilities as of February 23, 2025 are as follows:


	Operating leases		Finance leases
Remainder of fiscal year 2025	$	3,685	$	170
Fiscal year:
2026	433		682
2027	416		698
2028	302		715
2029	146		732
2030	150		722
Thereafter	436		6,396
Total lease payments	5,568		10,115
Less: interest	(166)		(4,112)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	5,402	$	6,003

Current portion	$	3,966	$	157
Noncurrent portion	1,436		5,846
Present value of lease liabilities	$	5,402	$	6,003

Most of the amount shown above as due during the remainder of 2025 relates to overdue payments for a leased facility in California. The Company anticipates settling these obligations in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025. See section entitled "Landlord complaints" in note 9 and note 18 for additional details.

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases are as follows:


	Nine months ended
	February 23, 2025		February 25, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	334	$	644
Operating cash flows from finance leases	311		288
Financing cash flows from finance leases	(2,267)		86
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets:
Finance leases	2,737		—

Finance leases

In September 2015, Lifecore executed a lease for a building in Chaska, Minnesota near its headquarters facility. Lifecore and the lessor made capital improvements prior to occupancy and thus the lease did not become effective until January 2016. Lifecore is currently using the building for warehousing and final packaging. The initial term of the lease was seven years with two five-year renewal options. In December 2022, Lifecore exercised one of the options to renew the lease for an additional five years, which extended the lease to December 31, 2027. That lease amendment contained a buyout option at any time during the renewal period with the purchase price equal to the mortgage balance on the lessor’s loan secured by the building. The finance lease obligation at May 26, 2024 assumed the buyout option would be exercised during fiscal year 2028, which was estimated to be $2,568. On August 9, 2024, Lifecore amended this lease to provide for a $2,400 cash payment to the Company in exchange for a revised rent payment schedule and an updated purchase option. This cash payment was received in October 2024, which made the amendment fully effective, and increased the future lease payments by $2,637. The amendment extended the lease term to September 30, 2034, and the future payment obligations were discounted at the Company’s incremental borrowing rate of 9%. The finance lease obligation at February 23, 2025 assumed the amended buyout option would be exercised on September 30, 2034, which is estimated to be $3,100.

The only other finance lease that Lifecore has relates to a truck that was executed during fiscal year 2024. The truck lease runs for six years and had an initial capitalized amount of $196.

Operating leases

Lifecore leases facilities and equipment under operating lease agreements with various terms and conditions, which expire at various dates through fiscal year 2033. Certain of these leases have renewal options. The only active operating real estate lease relates to a building in Chanhassen, Minnesota containing a warehouse and office space. The lease commenced on January 1, 2021 with an initial term of seven years and two months, plus an option to extend it for an additional five years. The extension period was included in the lease obligation at inception since it was reasonably certain to be exercised. Prior to occupancy, $1,922 in improvements were made to the building, which was funded by the lessor. Lifecore is reimbursing the lessor for costs over 84 months. The future lease payments under this lease, which extend through 2033, total $1,956 as of February 23, 2025.

An operating lease for the Curation Foods former headquarters located in Santa Maria, California was terminated in December 2023. The property was vacated and surrendered to the lessor on February 29, 2024.

The only other Lifecore operating leases relate to printer/copiers, with terms ranging from 36 to 60 months. The future lease payments under these leases, which extend through March 2027, totaled $39 as of February 23, 2025.

Leases