10-Q 1 sptn-10q_20190420.htm SPTN Q1 2019.4.20

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended April 20, 2019.

OR

☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

Commission File Number: 000-31127

SPARTANNASH COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Michigan |  | 38-0593940
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
850 76th Street, S.W. P.O. Box 8700 Grand Rapids, Michigan |  | 49518
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | (Zip Code)

(616) 878-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class |  | Trading Symbol(s) |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value |  | SPTN |  | NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer |  | ☒ |  | Accelerated filer |  | ☐ |  | Non-accelerated filer |  | ☐ |  | Smaller reporting company |  | ☐
Emerging growth company |  | ☐ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of May 20, 2019, the registrant had 36,313,827 outstanding shares of common stock, no par value.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The matters discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in the Company’s press releases and in the Company’s website-accessible conference calls with analysts and investor presentations include “forward-looking statements” about the plans, strategies, objectives, goals or expectations of SpartanNash Company and subsidiaries (“SpartanNash” or “the Company”). These forward-looking statements are identifiable by words or phrases indicating that SpartanNash or management “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” or “estimates,” or that a particular occurrence or event “will,” “may,” “could,” “should” or “will likely” result, occur or be pursued or “continue” in the future, that the “outlook” or “trend” is toward a particular result or occurrence, that a development is an “opportunity,” “priority,” “strategy,” “focus,” that the Company is “positioned” for a particular result, or similarly stated expectations. Accounting estimates, such as those described under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies” in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are inherently forward-looking. The Company’s asset impairment and restructuring cost provisions are estimates and actual costs may be more or less than these estimates and differences may be material. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of the Quarterly Report, other report, release, presentation, or statement.

In addition to other risks and uncertainties described in connection with the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, SpartanNash’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), there are many important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include general business conditions, changes in overall economic conditions that impact consumer spending, the Company’s ability to integrate acquired assets, the impact of competition and other factors which are often beyond the control of the Company, and other risks listed in the “Risk Factors” discussion in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 and risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or that the Company currently deems immaterial.

This section and the discussions contained in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 and in Part I, Item 2 “Critical Accounting Policies” of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are intended to provide meaningful cautionary statements for purposes of the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This should not be construed as a complete list of all the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that could adversely affect the Company’s expected consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to SpartanNash or that SpartanNash currently believes are immaterial also may impair its business, operations, liquidity, financial condition and prospects. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect developments that occur, or information obtained after the date of this Quarterly Report.

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

SPARTANNASH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

| April 20, |  |  | December 29, |
| 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ |  | 21,360 |  |  | $ |  | 18,585 |
Accounts and notes receivable, net |  |  | 376,708 |  |  |  |  | 346,260 |
Inventories, net |  |  | 595,741 |  |  |  |  | 553,799 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  | 59,014 |  |  |  |  | 73,798 |
Property and equipment held for sale |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 8,654 |
Total current assets |  |  | 1,052,823 |  |  |  |  | 1,001,096 |
Property and equipment, net |  |  | 623,132 |  |  |  |  | 579,060 |
Goodwill |  |  | 178,648 |  |  |  |  | 178,648 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  | 144,451 |  |  |  |  | 128,926 |
Operating lease assets |  |  | 273,537 |  |  |  |  | — |
Other assets, net |  |  | 86,905 |  |  |  |  | 84,182 |
Total assets | $ |  | 2,359,496 |  |  | $ |  | 1,971,912 |
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable | $ |  | 391,315 |  |  | $ |  | 357,802 |
Accrued payroll and benefits |  |  | 55,922 |  |  |  |  | 57,180 |
Other accrued expenses |  |  | 48,437 |  |  |  |  | 43,206 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |  |  | 41,425 |  |  |  |  | — |
Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease liabilities |  |  | 18,006 |  |  |  |  | 18,263 |
Total current liabilities |  |  | 555,105 |  |  |  |  | 476,451 |
Long-term liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income taxes |  |  | 45,087 |  |  |  |  | 49,254 |
Operating lease liabilities |  |  | 279,599 |  |  |  |  | — |
Other long-term liabilities |  |  | 32,785 |  |  |  |  | 50,463 |
Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities |  |  | 753,118 |  |  |  |  | 679,797 |
Total long-term liabilities |  |  | 1,110,589 |  |  |  |  | 779,514 |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shareholders’ equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, voting, no par value; 100,000 shares authorized; 36,319 and 35,952 shares outstanding |  |  | 488,155 |  |  |  |  | 484,064 |
Preferred stock, no par value, 10,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  |  | (15,699 | ) |  |  |  | (15,759 | )
Retained earnings |  |  | 221,346 |  |  |  |  | 247,642 |
Total shareholders’ equity |  |  | 693,802 |  |  |  |  | 715,947 |
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ |  | 2,359,496 |  |  | $ |  | 1,971,912 |

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SPARTANNASH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

| 16 Weeks Ended |
| April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Net sales | $ |  | 2,542,375 |  |  | $ |  | 2,385,073 |
Cost of sales |  |  | 2,164,646 |  |  |  |  | 2,041,859 |
Gross profit |  |  | 377,729 |  |  |  |  | 343,214 |
Operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Selling, general and administrative |  |  | 360,400 |  |  |  |  | 309,058 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 782 |  |  |  |  | 2,206 |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (5,662 | ) |  |  |  | 6,202 |
Total operating expenses |  |  | 355,520 |  |  |  |  | 317,466 |
Operating earnings |  |  | 22,209 |  |  |  |  | 25,748 |
Other expenses and (income) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  |  | 11,881 |  |  |  |  | 8,778 |
Other, net |  |  | 183 |  |  |  |  | (225 | )
Total other expenses, net |  |  | 12,064 |  |  |  |  | 8,553 |
Earnings before income taxes and discontinued operations |  |  | 10,145 |  |  |  |  | 17,195 |
Income tax expense |  |  | 2,624 |  |  |  |  | 4,760 |
Earnings from continuing operations |  |  | 7,521 |  |  |  |  | 12,435 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  |  | (92 | )
Net earnings | $ |  | 7,469 |  |  | $ |  | 12,343 |
Basic earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Net earnings | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |
Diluted earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Net earnings | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SPARTANNASH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

| 16 Weeks Ended |
| April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Net earnings | $ |  | 7,469 |  |  | $ |  | 12,343 |
Other comprehensive income, before tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension and postretirement liability adjustment |  |  | 79 |  |  |  |  | 111 |
Income tax expense related to items of other comprehensive income |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  |  | (27 | )
Total other comprehensive income, after tax |  |  | 60 |  |  |  |  | 84 |
Comprehensive income | $ |  | 7,529 |  |  | $ |  | 12,427 |

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SPARTANNASH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Shares |  |  | Common |  |  | Comprehensive |  |  | Retained |  |  |  |  |  |
| Outstanding |  |  | Stock |  |  | Income (Loss) |  |  | Earnings |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 29, 2018 |  | 35,952 |  |  | $ |  | 484,064 |  |  | $ |  | (15,759 | ) |  | $ |  | 247,642 |  |  | $ |  | 715,947 |
Impact of adoption of new lease standard (ASU 2016-02) |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (26,863 | ) |  |  |  | (26,863 | )
Net earnings |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 7,469 |  |  |  |  | 7,469 |
Other comprehensive income |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 60 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 60 |
Dividends - $0.19 per share |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (6,902 | ) |  |  |  | (6,902 | )
Stock-based employee compensation |  | — |  |  |  |  | 5,383 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 5,383 |
Issuances of common stock on stock option exercises and for stock bonus plan and associate stock purchase plan |  | 30 |  |  |  |  | 452 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 452 |
Issuances of restricted stock |  | 444 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Cancellations of stock-based awards |  | (107 | ) |  |  |  | (1,744 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (1,744 | )
Balance at April 20, 2019 |  | 36,319 |  |  | $ |  | 488,155 |  |  | $ |  | (15,699 | ) |  | $ |  | 221,346 |  |  | $ |  | 693,802 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Shares |  |  | Common |  |  | Comprehensive |  |  | Retained |  |  |  |  |  |
| Outstanding |  |  | Stock |  |  | Income (Loss) |  |  | Earnings |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 30, 2017 |  | 36,466 |  |  | $ |  | 497,093 |  |  | $ |  | (15,136 | ) |  | $ |  | 239,993 |  |  | $ |  | 721,950 |
Net earnings |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 12,343 |  |  |  |  | 12,343 |
Other comprehensive income |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 84 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 84 |
Dividends - $0.18 per share |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (6,526 | ) |  |  |  | (6,526 | )
Share repurchase |  | (952 | ) |  |  |  | (20,000 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (20,000 | )
Stock-based employee compensation |  | — |  |  |  |  | 5,290 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 5,290 |
Issuances of common stock for stock bonus plan and associate stock purchase plan |  | 24 |  |  |  |  | 470 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 470 |
Issuances of restricted stock |  | 472 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Cancellations of stock-based awards |  | (87 | ) |  |  |  | (1,567 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (1,567 | )
Balance at April 21, 2018 |  | 35,923 |  |  | $ |  | 481,286 |  |  | $ |  | (15,052 | ) |  | $ |  | 245,810 |  |  | $ |  | 712,044 |

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SPARTANNASH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

| 16 Weeks Ended |
| April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Cash flows from operating activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings | $ |  | 7,469 |  |  | $ |  | 12,343 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 52 |  |  |  |  | 92 |
Earnings from continuing operations |  |  | 7,521 |  |  |  |  | 12,435 |
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash restructuring, asset impairment, and other charges |  |  | 893 |  |  |  |  | 6,104 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 27,401 |  |  |  |  | 25,569 |
Non-cash rent |  |  | (2,555 | ) |  |  |  | (421 | )
LIFO expense |  |  | 1,425 |  |  |  |  | 1,540 |
Postretirement benefits expense (income) |  |  | 948 |  |  |  |  | (303 | )
Deferred taxes on income |  |  | 4,396 |  |  |  |  | 7,322 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  |  | 5,383 |  |  |  |  | 5,290 |
Postretirement benefit plan contributions |  |  | (130 | ) |  |  |  | (88 | )
Gain on disposals of assets |  |  | (6,925 | ) |  |  |  | (49 | )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  |  | (27,069 | ) |  |  |  | 14,703 |
Inventories |  |  | (10,786 | ) |  |  |  | 17,950 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets |  |  | 1,388 |  |  |  |  | 1,063 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 20,077 |  |  |  |  | (18,606 | )
Accrued payroll and benefits |  |  | (5,191 | ) |  |  |  | (7,326 | )
Other accrued expenses and other liabilities |  |  | (3,257 | ) |  |  |  | (4,802 | )
Net cash provided by operating activities |  |  | 13,519 |  |  |  |  | 60,381 |
Cash flows from investing activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchases of property and equipment |  |  | (16,006 | ) |  |  |  | (21,041 | )
Net proceeds from the sale of assets |  |  | 15,872 |  |  |  |  | 150 |
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |  |  | (86,659 | ) |  |  |  | — |
Loans to customers |  |  | (1,233 | ) |  |  |  | (698 | )
Payments from customers on loans |  |  | 833 |  |  |  |  | 662 |
Other |  |  | (32 | ) |  |  |  | (6 | )
Net cash used in investing activities |  |  | (87,225 | ) |  |  |  | (20,933 | )
Cash flows from financing activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from senior secured revolving credit facility |  |  | 435,769 |  |  |  |  | 259,321 |
Payments on senior secured revolving credit facility |  |  | (366,407 | ) |  |  |  | (266,753 | )
Proceeds from other long-term debt |  |  | 5,800 |  |  |  |  | — |
Repayment of other long-term debt and finance lease liabilities |  |  | (4,778 | ) |  |  |  | (2,331 | )
Financing fees paid |  |  | (352 | ) |  |  |  | (7 | )
Proceeds from resolution of acquisition contingencies |  |  | 15,000 |  |  |  |  | — |
Share repurchase |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (20,000 | )
Net payments related to stock-based award activities |  |  | (1,744 | ) |  |  |  | (1,567 | )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |  |  | 181 |  |  |  |  | — |
Dividends paid |  |  | (6,902 | ) |  |  |  | (6,526 | )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |  |  | 76,567 |  |  |  |  | (37,863 | )
Cash flows from discontinued operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net cash used in operating activities |  |  | (86 | ) |  |  |  | (85 | )
Net cash used in discontinued operations |  |  | (86 | ) |  |  |  | (85 | )
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 2,775 |  |  |  |  | 1,500 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |  |  | 18,585 |  |  |  |  | 15,667 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ |  | 21,360 |  |  | $ |  | 17,167 |

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SPARTANNASH COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of SpartanNash Company and its subsidiaries (“SpartanNash” or “the Company”). Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2018.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, contain all adjustments, including normal recurring items, necessary to present fairly the financial position of SpartanNash as of April 20, 2019, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

The unaudited information in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of 2019 and 2018 include the results of operations of the Company for the 16-week periods ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018, respectively.

Note 2 – Adoption of New Accounting Standards and Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, “Leases.” The FASB subsequently issued ASUs 2018-01, 2018-10, 2018-11, and 2019-01, which include clarifications and provide various practical expedients and transition options related to ASU 2016-02. ASU 2016-02 provides guidance for lease accounting and stipulates that lessees need to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for substantially all leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease). The liability is equal to the present value of future rent payments. Treatment in the consolidated statements of earnings is similar to the previous treatment of operating and capital leases.

In the first quarter of 2019, the Company adopted this standard retrospectively through a cumulative-effect adjustment recorded at the beginning of 2019. The Company has elected the practical expedient available under the guidance to not adjust comparative periods presented. In addition, the Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among other things, allow for a carry forward of the historical lease classification. The Company elected the hindsight practical expedient to reevaluate the lease term for existing leases. The election of the hindsight practical expedient resulted in the extension or reduction of lease terms for certain existing leases and adjustments to the useful lives of corresponding leasehold improvements. In the application of hindsight, the Company estimated the expected lease term based on management’s plans, including the performance of the leased properties and the associated market dynamics in relation to the overall operational, real estate and capital planning strategies of the Company.

The adoption of the new standard resulted in the recognition of operating lease assets and liabilities of $241.8 million and $292.3 million, respectively, as of the beginning of 2019. The adoption of the standard also resulted in a transition adjustment to beginning of the year retained earnings of $26.9 million (net of deferred tax impact of $8.5 million). The transition adjustment relates to impairment of right of use assets included in previously impaired asset groups and the impact of hindsight on the evaluation of lease term. Remaining differences between lease assets and liabilities relate to the derecognition of lease-related liabilities and assets recorded under ASC 840, which were included in beginning lease liabilities or assets under ASC 842.

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N ote 3 – Revenue

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table provides information about disaggregated revenue by type of products and customers for each of the Company’s reportable segments:

| 16 Weeks Ended April 20, 2019 |
(In thousands) | Food Distribution |  |  | Military |  |  | Retail |  |  | Total |
Type of products: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Center store (a) | $ |  | 355,471 |  |  | $ |  | 310,410 |  |  | $ |  | 270,773 |  |  | $ |  | 936,654 |
Fresh (b) |  |  | 428,768 |  |  |  |  | 197,022 |  |  |  |  | 262,947 |  |  |  |  | 888,737 |
Non-food (c) |  |  | 362,994 |  |  |  |  | 162,056 |  |  |  |  | 126,395 |  |  |  |  | 651,445 |
Fuel |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 41,249 |  |  |  |  | 41,249 |
Other |  |  | 22,005 |  |  |  |  | 1,882 |  |  |  |  | 403 |  |  |  |  | 24,290 |
Total | $ |  | 1,169,238 |  |  | $ |  | 671,370 |  |  | $ |  | 701,767 |  |  | $ |  | 2,542,375 |
Type of customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individuals | $ |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |  |  | $ |  | 701,482 |  |  | $ |  | 701,482 |
Manufacturers, brokers and distributors |  |  | 60,711 |  |  |  |  | 642,636 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 703,347 |
Retailers |  |  | 1,105,326 |  |  |  |  | 26,852 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1,132,178 |
Other |  |  | 3,201 |  |  |  |  | 1,882 |  |  |  |  | 285 |  |  |  |  | 5,368 |
Total | $ |  | 1,169,238 |  |  | $ |  | 671,370 |  |  | $ |  | 701,767 |  |  | $ |  | 2,542,375 |
| 16 Weeks Ended April 21, 2018 |
(In thousands) | Food Distribution |  |  | Military |  |  | Retail |  |  | Total |
Type of products: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Center store (a) | $ |  | 360,143 |  |  | $ |  | 322,358 |  |  | $ |  | 221,292 |  |  | $ |  | 903,793 |
Fresh (b) |  |  | 431,598 |  |  |  |  | 179,049 |  |  |  |  | 205,585 |  |  |  |  | 816,232 |
Non-food (c) |  |  | 339,196 |  |  |  |  | 160,348 |  |  |  |  | 99,612 |  |  |  |  | 599,156 |
Fuel |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 39,463 |  |  |  |  | 39,463 |
Other |  |  | 24,274 |  |  |  |  | 1,865 |  |  |  |  | 290 |  |  |  |  | 26,429 |
Total | $ |  | 1,155,211 |  |  | $ |  | 663,620 |  |  | $ |  | 566,242 |  |  | $ |  | 2,385,073 |
Type of customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individuals | $ |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |  |  | $ |  | 565,952 |  |  | $ |  | 565,952 |
Manufacturers, brokers and distributors |  |  | 61,624 |  |  |  |  | 645,677 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 707,301 |
Retailers |  |  | 1,074,831 |  |  |  |  | 16,078 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1,090,909 |
Other |  |  | 18,756 |  |  |  |  | 1,865 |  |  |  |  | 290 |  |  |  |  | 20,911 |
Total | $ |  | 1,155,211 |  |  | $ |  | 663,620 |  |  | $ |  | 566,242 |  |  | $ |  | 2,385,073 |
(a) Center store includes dry grocery, frozen and beverages. |
(b) Fresh includes produce, meat, dairy, deli, bakery, prepared proteins, seafood and floral. |
(c) Non-food includes general merchandise, health and beauty care, tobacco products and pharmacy. |

Contract Assets and Liabilities

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may advance funds to certain independent retailers which are earned by the retailers primarily through achieving specified purchase volume requirements, as outlined in their supply agreements with the Company, or in limited instances, for remaining a SpartanNash customer for a specified time period. These advances must be repaid if the purchase volume requirements are not met or if the retailer no longer remains a customer for the specified time period. For volume-based arrangements, the Company estimates the amount of the advanced funds earned by the retailers based on the expected volume of purchases by the retailer, and amortizes the advances as a reduction of the transaction price and revenue earned. These advances are not considered contract assets under ASC 606 as they are not generated through the transfer of goods or services to the retailers. These advances are included in Other assets, net on the Company’s balance sheets.

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When the Company transfers goods or serv ices to a customer, payment is due - subject to normal terms - and is not conditional on anything other than the passage of time. Typical payment terms range from due upon receipt to 30 days, depending on the type of customer and relationship. At contract inception, the Company expects that the period of time between the transfer of goods to the customer and when the customer pays for those goods will be less than one year, which is consistent with the Company’s standard payment terms. Accordingly, the Comp any has elected the practical expedient under ASC 606 to not adjust for the effects of a significant financing component. As such, these amounts are recorded as receivables and not contract assets. The Company had no contract assets for any period presente d.

The Company does not typically incur incremental costs of obtaining a contract that are contingent upon successful contract execution and would therefore be capitalized. The Company expenses incremental costs of obtaining a contract as and when incurred if the expected amortization period of the asset that the Company would have recognized is one year or less.

Note 4 – Acquisitions

On December 31, 2018, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Martin’s Super Markets, Inc. (“Martin’s”) for $86.7 million, net of $7.8 million of cash acquired. Acquired assets consist primarily of property and equipment of $55.0 million, intangible assets of $20.7 million, and working capital. Intangible assets are primarily composed of an indefinite lived trade name and customer lists which are amortized over seven years. The acquired assets and assumed liabilities were recorded at their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date based on preliminary estimates. These estimates are subject to revision upon the finalization of the valuations of the acquired real estate, inventory and intangible assets. Any adjustments will be made prior to December 31, 2019. No goodwill was recorded related to the acquisition. As of April 20, 2019, the Company has incurred $2.1 million of merger/acquisition and integration costs related to the acquisition, of which $0.9 million was incurred in 2019. The acquisition was funded with proceeds from the Company’s Credit Agreement.

Martin’s currently operates 21 stores in Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan with approximately 3,500 employees. Martin’s was an independent retailer and customer of the Company’s Food Distribution segment prior to the acquisition. Subsequent to the acquisition sales from the Food Distribution segment to Martin’s stores are eliminated. The acquisition expanded the footprint of the Company’s Retail segment into adjacent geographies in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan.

Note 5 – Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairment

The following table provides the activity of reserves for closed properties for the 16-week period ended April 20, 2019. Reserves for closed properties recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are included in “Other accrued expenses” in Current liabilities and “Other long-term liabilities” in Long-term liabilities based on the timing of when the obligations are expected to be paid.

|  |  |  | Lease and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(In thousands) |  |  |  | Ancillary Costs |  |  | Severance |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 29, 2018 |  |  |  | $ |  | 16,386 |  |  | $ |  | — |  |  | $ |  | 16,386 |
Reclassification of lease liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | (8,177 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | (8,177 | )
Provision for closing charges |  |  |  |  |  | 366 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 366 |
Provision for severance |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 149 |  |  |  |  | 149 |
Changes in estimates |  |  |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 35 |
Accretion expense |  |  |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 141 |
Payments |  |  |  |  |  | (705 | ) |  |  |  | (35 | ) |  |  |  | (740 | )
Balance at April 20, 2019 |  |  |  | $ |  | 8,046 |  |  | $ |  | 114 |  |  | $ |  | 8,160 |

Included in the liability are lease related ancillary costs from the date of closure to the end of the remaining lease term. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02 (Note 2), the liability included lease obligations recorded at the present value of future minimum lease payments, calculated using a risk-free interest rate, net of estimated sublease income. Upon the adoption of ASU 2016-02, these liabilities were reclassified as a reduction of the initial measurement of operating lease assets within the consolidated balance sheets.

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Restructuring and asset impairment activity included in the condensed consolidated statements of earn ings consisted of the following:

| 16 Weeks Ended |
| April 20, |  |  | April 21, |
(In thousands) | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Asset impairment charges | $ |  | 100 |  |  | $ |  | 1,470 |
Provision for closing charges |  |  | 366 |  |  |  |  | 3,903 |
(Gain) loss on sales of assets related to closed facilities |  |  | (6,923 | ) |  |  |  | 137 |
Provision for severance |  |  | 149 |  |  |  |  | 125 |
Other costs associated with distribution center and store closings |  |  | 611 |  |  |  |  | 282 |
Changes in estimates |  |  | 35 |  |  |  |  | 285 |
| $ |  | (5,662 | ) |  | $ |  | 6,202 |

In the period ended April 20, 2019, the Food Distribution segment realized a gain on the sale of a previously closed distribution center. In the periods ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018, restructuring and asset impairment charges were incurred in the Retail and Food Distribution segments due to the economic and competitive environment of certain stores and in conjunction with the Company’s retail store and supply chain rationalization plans. The changes in estimates relate to revised estimates of lease and ancillary costs associated with previously closed locations, due to deterioration of the condition of certain properties.

Long-lived assets are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis using Level 3 inputs under the fair value hierarchy, as further described in Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements. Assets with a book value of $0.3 million were measured at a fair value of $0.2 million, resulting in an impairment charge of $0.1 million for the 16 weeks ended in 2019. Assets with a book value of $1.8 million were measured at a fair value of $0.3 million, resulting in an impairment charge of $1.5 million for the 16 weeks ended in 2018. Fair value of long-lived assets is determined by estimating the amount and timing of net future cash flows, discounted using a risk-adjusted rate of interest. The Company estimates future cash flows based on historical results of operations, external factors expected to impact future performance, experience and knowledge of the geographic area in which the assets are located, and when necessary, uses real estate brokers.

Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820 prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, reflecting the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing.

Financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, accounts payable and long-term debt. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, and accounts payable approximate fair value because of the short-term maturities of these financial instruments. See Note 5 for discussion of the fair value measurements related to long-lived asset impairment charges. At April 20, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the book value and estimated fair value of the Company’s debt instruments, excluding debt financing costs, were as follows:

| April 20, |  |  | December 29, |
(In thousands) | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Book value of debt instruments, excluding debt financing costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current maturities of long-term debt and finance lease liabilities | $ |  | 18,006 |  |  | $ |  | 18,263 |
Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities |  |  | 759,678 |  |  |  |  | 686,594 |
Total book value of debt instruments |  |  | 777,684 |  |  |  |  | 704,857 |
Fair value of debt instruments, excluding debt financing costs |  |  | 778,671 |  |  |  |  | 705,875 |
Excess of fair value over book value | $ |  | 987 |  |  | $ |  | 1,018 |

The estimated fair value of debt is based on market quotes for instruments with similar terms and remaining maturities (Level 2 inputs and valuation techniques).

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Certain of the Company’s business combinations involve the potential for the receipt or payment of future contingent cons ideration upon the shortfall or achievement of various operating thresholds, respectively. The additional consideration is generally contingent on the acquired company reaching certain performance milestones, including attaining specified EBITDA levels. Fo r business combinations including contingent consideration provisions an asset or liability is recorded for the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration on the acquisition date. The fair value of the contingent consideration is remeasured at ea ch reporting period with the change in fair value recognized as income or expense within operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company measures the asset and liability on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs.

The recurring Level 3 fair value measurements of contingent consideration include the following significant unobservable inputs as of April 20, 2019:

Unobservable Input | Range |
Discount rate | 11.80% |
Probability of payments | 0% - 100% |
Projected year(s) of payments | 2019 |

The fair value of contingent consideration associated with the Caito and BRT acquisition was zero as of April 20, 2019. During the period ended April 20, 2019, the Company received $15.0 million related to the resolution of certain acquisition contingencies. As of April 20, 2019, the potential for future payment of contingent consideration is remote and there is no opportunity for additional receipt of contingent consideration, therefore no assets or liabilities are recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Upon receipt of the proceeds, the portion of the contingent consideration related to the acquisition date fair value was reported as a financing activity in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Amounts received in excess of the acquisition date fair value were reported as an operating activity in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is engaged from time-to-time in routine legal proceedings incidental to its business. The Company does not believe that these routine legal proceedings, taken as a whole, will have a material impact on its business or financial condition. While the ultimate effect of such actions cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that their outcome will not result in an adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, operating results or liquidity.

From time to time, the Company may advance funds to independent retailers which are earned by the retailers primarily through achieving specified purchase volume requirements, as outlined in their supply agreements with the Company, or in limited instances, for remaining a SpartanNash customer for a specified time period. These advances must be repaid if the purchase volume requirements are not met or if the retailer no longer remains a customer for the specified time period. As of April 20, 2019, the Company has an unearned advance to one independent retailer for a gross amount representing approximately two percent of the Company’s total assets. The Company’s collateral related to the advanced funds is a security interest in select business assets of the independent retailer’s stores, including select real property assets and other collateral, including a personal guarantee, from the shareholder. Despite the collateral, the Company may be unable to realize the entire unearned portion of the funds advanced to this independent retailer, and accordingly, has evaluated the net estimated realizability of the advance. In the fourth quarter of 2018, the customer defaulted on the terms of the supply agreement. As a result, the Company filed a petition to place the customer in receivership. The Company performed an analysis of the net realizability of the underlying collateral which resulted in a $32.0 million charge in 2018. In the first quarter of 2019, to realize its collateral, the Company placed a credit bid and obtained the rights to acquire five stores. The Company subsequently assigned the rights to acquire three of the stores to an independent retailer in exchange for certain consideration, upon the finalization of the retailer entering into a long-term supply arrangement with the Company. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the Company closed on the acquisition of two stores, and the Company has signed a long-term supply arrangement with the independent retailer for the remaining three stores.

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The Company contributes to the Central States Southeast and Southwest Pension Fund (“Central Sta tes Plan” or “the Plan”), a multi-employer pension plan, based on obligations arising from its collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”) in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Lima, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Michigan covering its supply chain associates at those locations. This Plan provides retirement benefits to participants based on their service to contributing employers. The benefits are paid from assets held in trust for that purpose. Trustees are appointed by contributing employers and unions; however, SpartanNash is not a trustee. The trustees typically are responsible for determining the level of benefits to be provided to participants, as well as for such matters as the investment of the assets and the administration of the plan. The Company currently contributes t o the Central States Plan under the terms outlined in the “Primary Schedule” of Central States’ Rehabilitation Plan or those outlined in the “Default Schedule.” Both the Primary and Default schedules require varying increases in employer contributions over the previous year’s contribution. Increases are set within the CBAs and vary by location. The Plan continues to be in red zone status, and according to the Pension Protection Act (“PPA”), is considered to be in “critical and declining” zone status. Among other factors, plans in the “critical and declining” zone are generally less than 65% funded and are projected to become insolvent within the next 15 years (or 20 years depending on the ratio of active-to-inactive participants). Based on the most recent i nformation available to the Company, management believes that the present value of actuarial accrued liabilities in this multi-employer plan significantly exceeds the value of the assets held in trust to pay benefits. Because SpartanNash is one of a number of employers contributing to this plan, it is difficult to ascertain what the exact amount of the underfunding would be. Management is not aware of any significant change in funding levels since December 29, 201 8. To reduce this underfunding, management e xpects increases in expense as a result of required incremental multi-employer pension plan contributions in future years. Any adjustment for withdrawal liability will be recorded when it is probable that a liability exists and can be reasonably determined.

Note 8 – Leases

A portion of the Company’s retail stores and warehouses operate in leased facilities. The Company also leases the majority of the tractors and trailers within its fleet and certain other assets. Most of the real property leases contain multiple renewal options, which generally range from one to ten years. In those locations in which it is economically feasible to continue to operate, management expects that lease options will be exercised. The terms of certain leases contain provisions requiring payment of percentage rent based on sales and payment of executory costs such as property taxes, utilities, insurance, maintenance and other occupancy costs applicable to the leased premises or, in the case of transportation equipment, provisions requiring payment of variable rent based upon miles driven. Certain properties or portions thereof are subleased to others. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit discount rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April 20, 2019 |
Operating lease cost | $ |  | 17,060 |
Short-term lease cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,029 |
Finance lease cost |  |  |  |
Amortization of assets |  |  | 1,131 |
Interest on lease liabilities |  |  | 982 |
Sublease income |  |  | (1,334 | )
Total net lease cost | $ |  | 19,868 |

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April 20, 2019 |
Operating leases: |  |  |  |
Operating lease assets | $ |  | 273,537 |
Current portion of operating lease liabilities | $ |  | 41,425 |
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities |  |  | 279,599 |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ |  | 321,024 |
Finance leases: |  |  |  |
Property and equipment, at cost | $ |  | 62,103 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  | (28,271 | )
Property and equipment, net | $ |  | 33,832 |
Current portion of finance lease liabilities | $ |  | 6,109 |
Noncurrent finance lease liabilities |  |  | 33,838 |
Total finance lease liabilities | $ |  | 39,947 |
Weighted average remaining lease term: |  |  |  |
Operating leases |  | 9.2 years |
Finance leases |  | 10.0 years |
Weighted average discount rate: |  |  |  |
Operating leases |  |  | 5.7 | %
Finance leases |  |  | 8.2 | %

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases was as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April 20, 2019 |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |  |
Operating cash flows used for operating leases | $ |  | 18,782 |
Operating cash flows used for finance leases |  |  | 975 |
Financing cash flows used for finance leases |  |  | 1,956 |
Leased assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities: |  |  |  |
Total operating lease liabilities |  |  | 4,609 |
Total finance lease liabilities |  |  | — |

The Company’s maturities of lease liabilities under operating and finance leases as of April 20, 2019 are as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Operating |  |  | Finance |  |  |  |
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Leases |  |  | Leases |  |  | Total |
2019 | $ |  | 41,017 |  |  |  |  | 6,563 |  |  | $ |  | 47,580 |
2020 |  |  | 54,486 |  |  |  |  | 7,420 |  |  |  |  | 61,906 |
2021 |  |  | 49,571 |  |  |  |  | 5,378 |  |  |  |  | 54,949 |
2022 |  |  | 43,570 |  |  |  |  | 4,785 |  |  |  |  | 48,355 |
2023 |  |  | 39,179 |  |  |  |  | 4,401 |  |  |  |  | 43,580 |
Thereafter |  |  | 189,183 |  |  |  |  | 31,479 |  |  |  |  | 220,662 |
Total |  |  | 417,006 |  |  |  |  | 60,026 |  |  |  |  | 477,032 |
Less interest |  |  | 95,982 |  |  |  |  | 20,079 |  |  |  |  | 116,061 |
Present value of lease liabilities |  |  | 321,024 |  |  |  |  | 39,947 |  |  |  |  | 360,971 |
Less current portion |  |  | 41,425 |  |  |  |  | 6,109 |  |  |  |  | 47,534 |
Long-term lease liabilities | $ |  | 279,599 |  |  | $ |  | 33,838 |  |  | $ |  | 313,437 |

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Note 9 – Associate Retirement Plans

During the 16 week periods April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018, the Company recognized net periodic pension expense of $0.4 million and income of $0.1 million, respectively, related to the SpartanNash Company Pension Plan (“Pension Plan” or “Plan”) and net postretirement benefit costs of $0.1 million in both periods related to the SpartanNash Retiree Medical Plan. Substantially all of these amounts are included in Other, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

On February 28, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors granted approval to proceed with terminating the frozen Pension Plan. The Plan was terminated on July 31, 2018. The Company will offer participants the option to receive an annuity or lump sum distribution which may be rolled over into another qualified plan. The distribution of assets to plan participants is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019. The Company will incur a one-time, pre-tax settlement charge estimated to be $20 to $21 million to recognize the deferred losses in AOCI upon distribution of the Plan assets and related recognition of the settlement as well as other termination expenses. The Company expects the Plan termination will reduce administrative fees and premium funding costs in future periods.

The Company did not make any contributions to the Pension Plan during the 16 week period ended April 20, 2019. The Company expects to make contributions of up to $0.5 million in 2019 to the Pension Plan depending on actual termination costs and the value of Pension Plan assets upon final distribution. The Company expects to make contributions of $0.4 million in 2019 to the Retiree Medical Plan.

The Company’s retirement programs also include defined contribution plans providing contributory benefits, as well as executive compensation plans for a select group of management personnel and/or highly compensated associates.

Multi-Employer Plans

In addition to the plans listed above, the Company participates in the Central States Southeast and Southwest Pension Fund, the Michigan Conference of Teamsters and Ohio Conference of Teamsters Health and Welfare plans (collectively referred to as “multi-employer plans”), and other company-sponsored defined contribution plans for most associates covered by collective bargaining agreements.

With respect to the Company’s participation in the Central States Plan, expense is recognized as contributions are funded. The Company’s contributions during the 16 week periods ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018 were $4.8 million and $4.5 million, respectively. See Note 7 for further information regarding contingencies related to the Company’s participation in the Central States Plan.

Note 10 – Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate was 25.9% and 27.7% for the 16 weeks ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018, respectively. The difference from the federal statutory rate in both periods was primarily due to state taxes, federal tax credits and stock-based compensation.

Note 11 – Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has a shareholder-approved stock incentive plan that provides for the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock awards, and other stock-based and stock-related awards to directors, officers and other key associates.

Stock-based compensation expense recognized and included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings, and related tax benefits were as follows:

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Restricted stock | $ |  | 5,383 |  |  | $ |  | 5,290 |
Tax benefits |  |  | (866 | ) |  |  |  | (698 | )
Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax | $ |  | 4,517 |  |  | $ |  | 4,592 |

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The following table summarizes activity in the stock-based compensation plans for the 16 weeks ended April 20, 201 9:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |
| Shares |  |  | Weighted |  |  | Restricted |  |  | Average |
| Under |  |  | Average |  |  | Stock |  |  | Grant-Date |
| Options |  |  | Exercise Price |  |  | Awards |  |  | Fair Value |
Outstanding at December 29, 2018 |  | 13,052 |  |  | $ |  | 13.87 |  |  |  | 822,819 |  |  | $ |  | 23.07 |
Granted |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 444,337 |  |  |  |  | 18.44 |
Exercised/Vested |  | (13,052 | ) |  |  |  | 13.87 |  |  |  | (337,673 | ) |  |  |  | 23.26 |
Cancelled/Forfeited |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (9,926 | ) |  |  |  | 20.40 |
Outstanding at April 20, 2019 |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |  |  |  | 919,557 |  |  | $ |  | 20.79 |

As of April 20, 2019, total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested restricted stock awards granted under the Company’s stock incentive plans are $6.8 million and are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.8 years.

Note 12 – Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations:

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations | $ |  | 7,521 |  |  | $ |  | 12,435 |
Adjustment for earnings attributable to participating securities |  |  | (183 | ) |  |  |  | (246 | )
Earnings from continuing operations used in calculating earnings per share | $ |  | 7,338 |  |  | $ |  | 12,189 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding, including participating securities |  |  | 36,121 |  |  |  |  | 36,186 |
Adjustment for participating securities |  |  | (878 | ) |  |  |  | (717 | )
Shares used in calculating basic earnings per share |  |  | 35,243 |  |  |  |  | 35,469 |
Effect of dilutive stock options |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 11 |
Shares used in calculating diluted earnings per share |  |  | 35,243 |  |  |  |  | 35,480 |
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |

Note 13 – Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Non-cash financing activities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recognition of finance lease liabilities | $ |  | — |  |  | $ |  | 281 |
Non-cash investing activities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital expenditures included in accounts payable |  |  | 3,466 |  |  |  |  | 3,581 |
Finance lease asset additions |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 281 |
Other supplemental cash flow information: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for interest |  |  | 11,718 |  |  |  |  | 8,571 |

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Note 1 4 – Reporting Segment Information

The following tables set forth information about the Company by reporting segment:

(In thousands) | Food Distribution |  |  | Military |  |  | Retail |  |  | Total |
16 Weeks Ended April 20, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales to external customers | $ |  | 1,169,238 |  |  | $ |  | 671,370 |  |  | $ |  | 701,767 |  |  | $ |  | 2,542,375 |
Inter-segment sales |  |  | 288,408 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 288,408 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | (130 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 912 |  |  |  |  | 782 |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (6,343 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 681 |  |  |  |  | (5,662 | )
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 10,233 |  |  |  |  | 3,597 |  |  |  |  | 12,802 |  |  |  |  | 26,632 |
Operating earnings (loss) |  |  | 24,592 |  |  |  |  | (1,557 | ) |  |  |  | (826 | ) |  |  |  | 22,209 |
Capital expenditures |  |  | 4,249 |  |  |  |  | 1,142 |  |  |  |  | 10,615 |  |  |  |  | 16,006 |
16 Weeks Ended April 21, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales to external customers | $ |  | 1,155,211 |  |  | $ |  | 663,620 |  |  | $ |  | 566,242 |  |  | $ |  | 2,385,073 |
Inter-segment sales |  |  | 253,324 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 253,324 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 2,195 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  | 2,206 |
Restructuring charges and asset impairment |  |  | 1,260 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 4,942 |  |  |  |  | 6,202 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 9,540 |  |  |  |  | 3,678 |  |  |  |  | 12,019 |  |  |  |  | 25,237 |
Operating earnings (loss) |  |  | 24,521 |  |  |  |  | 1,513 |  |  |  |  | (286 | ) |  |  |  | 25,748 |
Capital expenditures |  |  | 12,445 |  |  |  |  | 254 |  |  |  |  | 8,342 |  |  |  |  | 21,041 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  | April 20, |  |  | December 29, |
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Total Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Food Distribution |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ |  | 1,156,089 |  |  | $ |  | 1,074,125 |
Military |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 428,518 |  |  |  |  | 405,587 |
Retail |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 771,799 |  |  |  |  | 489,049 |
Discontinued operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,090 |  |  |  |  | 3,151 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ |  | 2,359,496 |  |  | $ |  | 1,971,912 |

ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the information contained under the caption “Forward-Looking Statements,” which appears at the beginning of this report, and the information in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018.

Overview

SpartanNash, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a leading multi-regional grocery distributor and grocery retailer whose core businesses include distributing grocery products to a diverse group of independent and chain retailers, its corporate owned retail stores, military commissaries and exchanges in the United States, as well as premier fresh produce distribution and fresh food processing. The Company operates three reportable business segments: Food Distribution, Military and Retail. The Company serves customers in all 50 states.

The Company’s Food Distribution segment provides a wide variety of nationally branded and private brand grocery products and perishable food products to approximately 2,100 independent retail locations, the Company’s corporate owned retail stores, food service distributors and other customers. The Food Distribution segment primarily conducts business in the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States. The Company processes fresh-cut fruits and vegetables and other value-added meal solutions and supplies these products to grocery retailers and food service distributors. Through the Fresh Kitchen facility, the Company processes, cooks and packages fresh protein-based foods and complete meal solutions for a number of different customers.

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The Company’s Mi litary segment contracts with manufacturers to distribute a wide variety of grocery products primarily to military commissaries and exchanges located in the United States, the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Bahrain, Djibouti and Egypt. The Company has over 40 years of experience acting as a distributor to U.S. military commissaries and exchanges. The Company is the exclusive worldwide supplier of private brand products to U.S. military commissaries and is continuing to partner wi th DeCA in the rollout of private brand products to military commissaries which began during the second quarter of fiscal 2017.

At the end of the first quarter, the Company’s Retail segment operated 159 corporate owned retail stores in the Midwest region primarily under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets, VG’s Food and Pharmacy, D&W Fresh Markets, Sun Mart and Family Fresh Market. The Company also offers pharmacy services in 99 of its corporate owned retail stores and operates 37 fuel centers. The retail stores have a “neighborhood market” focus to distinguish them from supercenters and limited assortment stores.

All fiscal quarters are 12 weeks, except for the Company’s first quarter, which is 16 weeks and will generally include the Easter holiday. The fourth quarter includes the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and depending on the fiscal year end, may include the New Year’s holiday.

In certain geographic areas, the Company’s sales and operating performance may vary with seasonality. Many stores are dependent on tourism and therefore, are most affected by seasons and weather patterns, including, but not limited to, the amount and timing of snowfall during the winter months and the range of temperature during the summer months.

2019 First Quarter Highlights

During the quarter ended April 20, 2019, the Company made significant progress on its strategic objectives and better positioned itself for long-term growth and profitability. In line with its strategic objective to achieve mid-single digit sales growth, the Company realized an increase in consolidated net sales of 6.6% compared with the quarter ended April 21, 2018. The increase in net sales for the quarter was driven by the acquisition of Martin’s Super Markets, Inc. (“Martin’s”), as well as sales growth in the Food Distribution and Military Distribution segments. The Company remains focused on its other top objectives for the current year, including strengthening its management team, systems and supply chain operations, generating improvements through its Project One Team initiative, and reducing its debt, working capital and financial leverage ratios, which will all contribute to improved growth in adjusted operating earnings and adjusted EBITDA.

First quarter 2019 operational highlights include:

| • | The Food Distribution segment realized sales growth of 1.2% compared to the prior year quarter. Before the impact of the elimination of intercompany sales to Martin’s, sales increased 5.2%, driven largely by sales to existing customers. The Company remains focused on partnering with independent retailers to support their operations and enhance the consumer experience.

| • | Late in the first quarter, the Company initiated a voluntary product recall for fresh-cut melon products produced at the Caito facility in Indianapolis, Indiana due to potential contamination. In connection with the recall, the Company temporarily suspended production of the recalled products. The Company remains focused on product quality and safety throughout the organization and specifically within its fresh cut fruit and vegetable operations. Testing was performed within the manufacturing environment by third party food safety experts as well as the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and no evidence of contamination was detected, a process which included over 1,000 tests among the various parties. The Company is working to implement additional testing of incoming product to further enhance its food safety protocols.

| • | The Military segment continued to support DeCA in the expansion of its private brand program, which contributed to sales growth in the quarter. The Company also gained incremental sales with an existing customer which offset the challenges of operating in a commissary environment which continues to experience negative sales trends.

| • | The Company made significant improvements in the performance of one distribution center that experienced operational issues in late 2018 and into the beginning of 2019. The Company has made key leadership changes and implemented enhancements to its processes and controls. By the end of the first quarter, the distribution center’s performance was stabilized, and customer service metrics and profitability returned to acceptable levels.

| • | The Company made significant progress in its execution of strategic investments in the Retail segment in connection with the implementation of the Company’s new retail brand positioning. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter, the Company unveiled the remodel of 18 stores in Michigan. The Company expects to begin realizing the benefit of these investments in the second half of 2019. These investments support the Company’s objectives related to brand repositioning and it expects that they will help improve customer satisfaction and contribute to the achievement of sequential improvement in fiscal 2019 comparable store sales.

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| • | The Company closed on the acquisition of Martin’s in early 2019. Martin’s is a leading Midwest independent supermarket chain which operates 21 stores in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. The acquisition of Martin’s has contributed to an increase in sales and operating earnings for the Retail segment and will continue to complement the Company’s existing retail initiatives.

| • | The Company continued its partnership with a third-party advisory firm on a company-wide initiative, Project One Team, designed to transform its culture and empower associates at all levels to drive substantial ongoing, sustainable improvements to business processes and results. The Company set an initial goal to realize an annual run rate of at least $15 million in savings over the next 24 months from this initiative. The Company is on its way to exceeding this objective by identifying over $20 million in annual run rate savings opportunities, which the Company will implement over the next 24 months. The effect of implementing these opportunities is not currently expected to be material to earnings in 2019.

| • | During the first quarter, the Company appointed a new Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer, Chief Information Officer and several other key additions throughout the IT and supply chain operations. Other strategic additions to the management team at various levels are in process as part of a previously announced plan to strengthen the management team, systems and supply chain operations.

| • | Adjusted for the funding of the Martin’s acquisition, the Company paid down over $20 million in debt in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The Company also reduced its inventory levels by over 2% from the first quarter of fiscal 2018, without negatively impacting customer service levels, despite continued sales growth. The Company will continue to focus on debt and working capital improvements for the remainder of fiscal 2019.

For the remainder of 2019, the Company expects Food Distribution to achieve low- to mid-single digit sales growth driven by existing customers and new business, partially offset by some attrition in the independent retail base. This expectation excludes the impact of the elimination of intercompany sales related to the acquisition of the Martin’s business, estimated to be approximately $150 to $170 million. In the Military segment, the Company expects that new business within the segment, including continued private brand growth, will largely offset the negative DeCA comparable sales trend. Within the Retail segment, the Company expects total sales will increase due to the acquisition of Martin’s and the significant current year implementation of the Company’s brand positioning, partly offset by the impact of store rationalization plans. Martin’s is expected to contribute approximately $475 million to $500 million in Retail segment net sales. From a profitability perspective, the expected net sales increases will be offset by challenges primarily within the supply chain environment, which will require the Company to navigate historically tight labor markets and a higher cost of transportation. The Company also expects less contribution from the fresh kitchen operations than initially anticipated and has engaged outside consultants to work with the SpartanNash team to generate profitability in this business. The unfavorable impact of these operations in the Food Distribution segment and in the Company’s consolidated results has been significant and, as such, the improvement opportunities are key to the Company’s objectives in the current year.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth items from the condensed consolidated statements of earnings as a percentage of net sales and the year-to-year percentage change in the dollar amounts:

| Percentage of Net Sales |  |  | Percentage Change |
| 16 Weeks Ended |  |  | 16 Weeks Ended |
| April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |  |  | April 20, 2019 |
Net sales |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 6.6 |
Gross profit |  | 14.9 |  |  |  | 14.4 |  |  |  | 10.1 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 14.2 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 16.6 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  | — |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | (64.6 | )
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | (191.3 | )
Operating earnings |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | (13.7 | )
Other income and expenses |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 41.0 |
Earnings before income taxes and discontinued operations |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | (41.0 | )
Income tax expense |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | (44.9 | )
Earnings from continuing operations |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | (39.5 | )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | ** |
Net earnings |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | (39.5 | )

Note: Certain totals do not sum due to rounding.

** Not meaningful

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Net Sales – The following table presents net sales by segment and variances in net sales:

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |  |  | Variance |
Food Distribution | $ |  | 1,169,238 |  |  | $ |  | 1,155,211 |  |  | $ |  | 14,027 |
Military |  |  | 671,370 |  |  |  |  | 663,620 |  |  |  |  | 7,750 |
Retail |  |  | 701,767 |  |  |  |  | 566,242 |  |  |  |  | 135,525 |
Total net sales | $ |  | 2,542,375 |  |  | $ |  | 2,385,073 |  |  | $ |  | 157,302 |

Net sales for the quarter ended April 20, 2019 (“first quarter”) increased $157.3 million, or 6.6%, to $2.54 billion from $2.39 billion in the quarter ended April 21, 2018 (“prior year quarter”). The increases were driven primarily by incremental sales from the Martin’s acquisition and organic growth from existing customers in the Food Distribution and Military segments, which more than offset lower organic sales in the Retail segment.

Food Distribution net sales, after intercompany eliminations, increased $14.0 million, or 1.2%, to $1.17 billion in the first quarter from $1.16 billion in the prior year quarter. Before the impact of the elimination of sales to Martin’s, which became a corporate owned retail store following the acquisition of Martin’s at the beginning of 2019, sales grew 5.2%.

Military net sales increased $7.8 million, or 1.2%, to $671.4 million in the first quarter from $663.6 million in the prior year quarter. The increase was primarily due to incremental volume from new business with an existing customer that commenced late in the fourth quarter of 2018 and growth in DeCA’s private brand program, partially offset by lower comparable sales at DeCA operated locations.

Retail net sales increased $135.5 million, or 23.9%, to $701.8 million in the first quarter from $566.2 million in the prior year quarter. The increase in net sales was primarily attributable to incremental sales from the Martin’s acquisition. Excluding the impact of Martin’s, sales decreased 3.0%, as a result of store closures and a decrease in fuel prices per gallon. Comparable store sales, excluding fuel, decreased 0.3% for the quarter and reflect continued strong competition within the industry. The Company defines a retail store as comparable when it is in operation for 14 accounting periods (a period equals four weeks), regardless of remodels, expansions or relocated stores. The Company’s definition of comparable store sales may differ from similarly titled measures at other companies.

Gross Profit – Gross profit represents net sales less cost of sales, which for all non-production operations includes purchase costs, in-bound freight, physical inventory adjustments, markdowns and promotional allowances and excludes warehousing costs, depreciation and other administrative expenses. For the Company’s food processing operations, cost of sales includes direct product and production costs, inbound freight, purchasing and receiving costs, utilities, depreciation, and other indirect production costs and excludes out-bound freight and other administrative expenses. The Company’s gross profit definition may not be identical to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Vendor allowances that relate to the buying and merchandising activities consist primarily of promotional allowances, which are generally allowances on purchased quantities and, to a lesser extent, slotting allowances, which are billed to vendors for the Company’s merchandising costs, such as setting up warehouse infrastructure. Vendor allowances are recognized as a reduction in cost of sales when the product is sold. Lump sum payments received for multi-year contracts are amortized over the life of the contracts based on contractual terms. The distribution segments include shipping and handling costs in the Selling, general and administrative section of operating expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings.

Gross profit increased $34.5 million, or 10.1%, to $377.7 million in the first quarter from $343.2 million in the prior year quarter. As a percent of net sales, gross profit was 14.9% compared to 14.4% in the prior year quarter. As a percent of net sales, the first quarter change in gross margin was primarily due to the acquisition of Martin’s, partially offset by lower margin rates in the Food Distribution and Retail segments..

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses – Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses consist primarily of salaries and wages, employee benefits, warehousing costs, store occupancy costs, shipping and handling, utilities, equipment rental, depreciation (to the extent not included in Cost of sales), out-bound freight and other administrative expenses.

SG&A expenses increased to $360.4 million in the first quarter from $309.1 million in the prior year quarter, representing 14.2% of net sales in the first quarter compared to 13.0% in the prior year quarter. The increase in expenses as a rate of sales compared to the prior year quarter was primarily due to an increase in the mix of Retail segment operations with the acquisition of Martin’s, one-time costs associated with Project One Team, as well as higher supply chain costs in both Military and Food Distribution segments.

Merger/Acquisition and Integration – First quarter and prior year quarter results included $0.8 million and $2.2 million of merger/acquisition and integration expenses, respectively, mainly associated with the acquisition and integration of Martin’s in the current year quarter and the integration of Spartan Stores, Inc. and Nash-Finch Company in the prior year quarter.

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Restructuring (Gains) Charges and Asset Impairment – First quarter results included gains of $5.7 million and prior year quarter results included charges of $6.2 million of net restructuring and asset impairment. The current year amount consists primarily of gains on the sale of a previously closed distribution center, partially offset by store and distribution center closing charges and t h e prior year amount include s charges associated with the Company’s retail store rationalization plans as well as the impairment of certain warehouse equipment.

Operating Earnings (Loss) – The following table presents operating earnings (loss) by segment and variances in operating earnings (loss):

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |  |  | Variance |
Food Distribution | $ |  | 24,592 |  |  | $ |  | 24,521 |  |  | $ |  | 71 |
Military |  |  | (1,557 | ) |  |  |  | 1,513 |  |  |  |  | (3,070 | )
Retail |  |  | (826 | ) |  |  |  | (286 | ) |  |  |  | (540 | )
Total operating earnings | $ |  | 22,209 |  |  | $ |  | 25,748 |  |  | $ |  | (3,539 | )

Operating earnings decreased $3.5 million to $22.2 million in the first quarter from $25.7 million in the prior year quarter. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower Food Distribution and Retail margin rates, higher supply chain costs and one-time expenses associated with the Project One Team initiative, partially offset by favorable restructuring gains and the incremental earnings from the Martin’s business.

Food Distribution operating earnings increased $0.1 million, or 0.3%, to $24.6 million in the first quarter from $24.5 million in the prior year quarter. The increase in reported operating earnings was primarily attributable to higher sales volumes and the gain on the sale of real property for a previously closed site, offset by lower margin rates and higher supply chain costs, one-time costs associated with Project One Team as well as severance and organizational realignment costs.

Military operating earnings decreased $3.1 million, or 202.9%, to a $1.6 million operating loss in the first quarter from $1.5 million in operating earnings in the prior year quarter. The decrease for the quarter was primarily attributable to operational issues at one distribution center and increases in other transportation and warehousing costs as well as one-time costs associated with Project One Team and organizational realignment costs. The decrease was partially offset by improvement in gross margin.

Retail operating loss increased $0.5 million to $0.8 million in the first quarter from $0.3 million in the prior year quarter. The decrease in operating earnings was primarily attributable to lower supermarket margin rates, the allocation of one-time costs associated with Project One Team, higher healthcare costs, merger/acquisition and integration expenses related to the Martin’s acquisition and higher fees paid to pharmacy benefit managers. Offsetting these items were the contribution of the acquired Martin’s stores, lower rent expense due to the adoption of the new lease accounting standard and the favorable impact of closing underperforming stores.

Interest Expense – Interest expense increased $3.1 million, or 35.3%, to $11.9 million in the first quarter from $8.8 million in the prior year quarter. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to an increase in interest rates compared to the prior year and incremental borrowings to fund the Martin’s acquisition.

Income Taxes – The effective income tax rate was 25.9% and 27.7% for the first quarter and prior year quarter, respectively. The difference from the federal statutory rate in both years is primarily due to state taxes and stock-based compensation. The tax impacts of stock-based compensation are primarily realized in the first quarter due to the timing of awards and vesting schedules.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, the Company also provides information regarding adjusted operating earnings, adjusted earnings from continuing operations, and Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”). These are non-GAAP financial measures, as defined below, and are used by management to allocate resources, assess performance against its peers and evaluate overall performance. The Company believes these measures provide useful information for both management and its investors. The Company believes these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors because they provide additional understanding of the trends and special circumstances that affect its business. These measures provide useful supplemental information that helps investors to establish a basis for expected performance and the ability to evaluate actual results against that expectation. The measures, when considered in connection with GAAP results, can be used to assess the overall performance of the Company as well as assess the Company’s performance against its peers. These measures are also used as a basis for certain compensation programs sponsored by the Company. In addition, securities analysts, fund managers and other shareholders and stakeholders that communicate with the Company request its financial results in these adjusted formats.

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Current year adjusted operating earnings, adjusted earnings from continuing operations, and adjusted EBITDA ex clude costs associated with the organizational realignment, which include significant changes to the Company’s management team. Also excluded are the fees paid to a third-party advisory firm associated with Project One Team, the Company’s initiative to dri ve growth while increasing efficiency and reducing costs. These items are considered “non-operational” or “non-core” in nature. Prior year adjusted operating earnings, adjusted earnings from continuing operations, and adjusted EBITDA exclude start-up costs associated with the Fresh Kitchen operation, which concluded during the first quarter of 2018. The Fresh Kitchen represented a new line of business for the Company, and provides the Company with the ability to process, cook, and package fresh protein-based foods and complete meal solutions.

Adjusted Operating Earnings

Adjusted operating earnings is a non-GAAP operating financial measure that the Company defines as operating earnings plus or minus adjustments for items that do not reflect the ongoing operating activities of the Company and costs associated with the closing of operational locations.

The Company believes that adjusted operating earnings provide a meaningful representation of its operating performance for the Company as a whole and for its operating segments. The Company considers adjusted operating earnings as an additional way to measure operating performance on an ongoing basis. Adjusted operating earnings is meant to reflect the ongoing operating performance of all of its distribution and retail operations; consequently, it excludes the impact of items that could be considered “non-operating” or “non-core” in nature and also excludes the contributions of activities classified as discontinued operations. Because adjusted operating earnings and adjusted operating earnings by segment are performance measures that management uses to allocate resources, assess performance against its peers and evaluate overall performance, the Company believes it provides useful information for both management and its investors. In addition, securities analysts, fund managers and other shareholders and stakeholders that communicate with the Company request its operating financial results in adjusted operating earnings format.

Adjusted operating earnings is not a measure of performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and should not be considered as a substitute for operating earnings, cash flows from operating activities and other income or cash flow statement data. The Company’s definition of adjusted operating earnings may not be identical to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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Following is a reconcilia tion of operating earnings to adjusted operating earnings for the 1 6 weeks ended April 20, 201 9 and April 21, 201 8.

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Operating earnings | $ |  | 22,209 |  |  | $ |  | 25,748 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 782 |  |  |  |  | 2,206 |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (5,662 | ) |  |  |  | 6,202 |
Fresh Kitchen start-up costs |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1,366 |
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 4,618 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 858 |  |  |  |  | — |
Severance associated with cost reduction initiatives |  |  | 362 |  |  |  |  | 274 |
Adjusted operating earnings | $ |  | 23,167 |  |  | $ |  | 35,796 |
Reconciliation of operating earnings (loss) to adjusted operating earnings (loss) by segment: |
Food Distribution: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating earnings | $ |  | 24,592 |  |  | $ |  | 24,521 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | (130 | ) |  |  |  | 2,195 |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (6,343 | ) |  |  |  | 1,260 |
Fresh Kitchen start-up costs |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1,366 |
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 2,448 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 455 |  |  |  |  | — |
Severance associated with cost reduction initiatives |  |  | 324 |  |  |  |  | 193 |
Adjusted operating earnings | $ |  | 21,346 |  |  | $ |  | 29,535 |
Military: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating (loss) earnings | $ |  | (1,557 | ) |  | $ |  | 1,513 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 4 |
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 600 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 111 |  |  |  |  | — |
Severance associated with cost reduction initiatives |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  | 52 |
Adjusted operating (loss) earnings | $ |  | (837 | ) |  | $ |  | 1,569 |
Retail: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss | $ |  | (826 | ) |  | $ |  | (286 | )
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 912 |  |  |  |  | 7 |
Restructuring charges and asset impairment |  |  | 681 |  |  |  |  | 4,942 |
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 1,570 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 292 |  |  |  |  | — |
Severance associated with cost reduction initiatives |  |  | 29 |  |  |  |  | 29 |
Adjusted operating earnings | $ |  | 2,658 |  |  | $ |  | 4,692 |

Adjusted Earnings from Continuing Operations

Adjusted earnings from continuing operations is a non-GAAP operating financial measure that the Company defines as earnings from continuing operations plus or minus adjustments for items that do not reflect the ongoing operating activities of the Company and costs associated with the closing of operational locations.

The Company believes that adjusted earnings from continuing operations provide a meaningful representation of its operating performance for the Company. The Company considers adjusted earnings from continuing operations as an additional way to measure operating performance on an ongoing basis. Adjusted earnings from continuing operations is meant to reflect the ongoing operating performance of all of its distribution and retail operations; consequently, it excludes the impact of items that could be considered “non-operating” or “non-core” in nature, and excludes the contributions of activities classified as discontinued operations. Because adjusted earnings from continuing operations is a performance measure that management uses to allocate resources, assess performance against its peers and evaluate overall performance, the Company believes it provides useful information for both management and its investors. In addition, securities analysts, fund managers and other shareholders and stakeholders that communicate with the Company request its operating financial results in adjusted earnings from continuing operations format.

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Adjusted earnings from continuing operations is not a measure of performa nce under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and should not be considered as a substitute for net earnings, cash flows from operating activities and other income or cash flow statement data. The Company’s definition of adjusted earnings from continuing operations may not be identical to similarly titled measur es reported by other companies.

Following is a reconciliation of earnings from continuing operations to adjusted earnings from continuing operations for the 16 weeks ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018.

| 16 Weeks Ended |  |
| April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |  |
|  |  |  | per diluted |  |  |  |  |  | per diluted |  |
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | Earnings |  |  | share |  |  | Earnings |  |  | share |  |
Earnings from continuing operations | $ |  | 7,521 |  |  | $ |  | 0.21 |  |  | $ |  | 12,435 |  |  | $ |  | 0.34 |  |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 782 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,206 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (5,662 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,202 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fresh Kitchen start-up costs |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,366 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 4,618 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 858 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Severance associated with cost reduction initiatives |  |  | 362 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 274 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension termination |  |  | 353 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total adjustments |  |  | 1,311 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,048 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax effect on adjustments (a) |  |  | (304 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,437 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total adjustments, net of taxes |  |  | 1,007 |  |  |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  |  | 7,611 |  |  |  |  | 0.21 |  |
Adjusted earnings from continuing operations | $ |  | 8,528 |  |  | $ |  | 0.24 |  |  | $ |  | 20,046 |  |  | $ |  | 0.55 |  |

(a) The income tax effect on adjustments is computed by applying the effective tax rate, before discrete tax items, to the total adjustments for the period.

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Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”) is a non-GAAP operating financial measure that the Company defines as net earnings plus interest, discontinued operations, depreciation and amortization, and other non-cash items including deferred (stock) compensation, the LIFO provision, as well as adjustments for items that do not reflect the ongoing operating activities of the Company and costs associated with the closing of operational locations.

The Company believes that adjusted EBITDA provides a meaningful representation of its operating performance for the Company and for its operating segments. The Company considers adjusted EBITDA as an additional way to measure operating performance on an ongoing basis. Adjusted EBITDA is meant to reflect the ongoing operating performance of all of its distribution and retail operations; consequently, it excludes the impact of items that could be considered “non-operating” or “non-core” in nature, and also excludes the contributions of activities classified as discontinued operations. Because adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA by segment are performance measures that management uses to allocate resources, assess performance against its peers and evaluate overall performance, the Company believes it provides useful information for both management and its investors. In addition, securities analysts, fund managers and other shareholders and stakeholders that communicate with the Company request its operating financial results in adjusted EBITDA format.

Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA by segment are not measures of performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and should not be considered as a substitute for net earnings, cash flows from operating activities and other income or cash flow statement data. The Company’s definitions of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA by segment may not be identical to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Following is a reconciliation of net earnings to adjusted EBITDA for the 16 weeks ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018.

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Net earnings | $ |  | 7,469 |  |  | $ |  | 12,343 |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |  |  | 52 |  |  |  |  | 92 |
Income tax expense |  |  | 2,624 |  |  |  |  | 4,760 |
Other expenses, net |  |  | 12,064 |  |  |  |  | 8,553 |
Operating earnings |  |  | 22,209 |  |  |  |  | 25,748 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO expense |  |  | 1,425 |  |  |  |  | 1,540 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 26,632 |  |  |  |  | 25,018 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 782 |  |  |  |  | 2,206 |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (5,662 | ) |  |  |  | 6,202 |
Fresh Kitchen start-up costs |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1,366 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 5,383 |  |  |  |  | 5,290 |
Non-cash rent |  |  | (1,918 | ) |  |  |  | (77 | )
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 4,618 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 858 |  |  |  |  | — |
Other non-cash charges (gains) |  |  | 342 |  |  |  |  | (122 | )
Adjusted EBITDA | $ |  | 54,669 |  |  | $ |  | 67,171 |

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Following is a reconciliation of operating earnings (loss) to adjusted EBITDA by segment for the 16 weeks ended April 20, 2019 and April 21, 2018.

| 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Food Distribution: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating earnings | $ |  | 24,592 |  |  | $ |  | 24,521 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO expense |  |  | 703 |  |  |  |  | 766 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 10,233 |  |  |  |  | 9,321 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | (130 | ) |  |  |  | 2,195 |
Restructuring (gains) charges and asset impairment |  |  | (6,343 | ) |  |  |  | 1,260 |
Fresh Kitchen start-up costs |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 1,366 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 2,676 |  |  |  |  | 2,526 |
Non-cash rent |  |  | 57 |  |  |  |  | (22 | )
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 2,448 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 455 |  |  |  |  | — |
Other non-cash charges |  |  | 319 |  |  |  |  | 237 |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ |  | 35,010 |  |  | $ |  | 42,170 |
Military: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating (loss) earnings | $ |  | (1,557 | ) |  | $ |  | 1,513 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO expense |  |  | 378 |  |  |  |  | 424 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 3,597 |  |  |  |  | 3,678 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 4 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 854 |  |  |  |  | 805 |
Non-cash rent |  |  | (122 | ) |  |  |  | (1 | )
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 600 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 111 |  |  |  |  | — |
Other non-cash gains |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  |  | (70 | )
Adjusted EBITDA | $ |  | 3,841 |  |  | $ |  | 6,353 |
Retail: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss | $ |  | (826 | ) |  | $ |  | (286 | )
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO expense |  |  | 344 |  |  |  |  | 350 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 12,802 |  |  |  |  | 12,019 |
Merger/acquisition and integration |  |  | 912 |  |  |  |  | 7 |
Restructuring charges and asset impairment |  |  | 681 |  |  |  |  | 4,942 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 1,853 |  |  |  |  | 1,959 |
Non-cash rent |  |  | (1,853 | ) |  |  |  | (54 | )
Costs associated with Project One Team |  |  | 1,570 |  |  |  |  | — |
Organizational realignment costs |  |  | 292 |  |  |  |  | — |
Other non-cash charges (gains) |  |  | 43 |  |  |  |  | (289 | )
Adjusted EBITDA | $ |  | 15,818 |  |  | $ |  | 18,648 |

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flow Information

The following table summarizes the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows:

|  |  |  | 16 Weeks Ended |
(In thousands) |  |  |  | April 20, 2019 |  |  | April 21, 2018 |
Cash flow activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net cash provided by operating activities |  |  |  | $ |  | 13,519 |  |  | $ |  | 60,381 |
Net cash used in investing activities |  |  |  |  |  | (87,225 | ) |  |  |  | (20,933 | )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |  |  |  |  |  | 76,567 |  |  |  |  | (37,863 | )
Net cash used in discontinued operations |  |  |  |  |  | (86 | ) |  |  |  | (85 | )
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  | 2,775 |  |  |  |  | 1,500 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period |  |  |  |  |  | 18,585 |  |  |  |  | 15,667 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period |  |  |  | $ |  | 21,360 |  |  | $ |  | 17,167 |

Net cash provided by operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities decreased during the current year-to-date period from the prior year-to-date period by approximately $46.9 million and was primarily due to the timing of working capital requirements, particularly due to increases in accounts receivable and inventory balances driven by increases in sales volumes, which were partially offset by improvements in accounts payable compared to the prior year.

Net cash used in investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities increased $66.3 million in the current year compared to the prior year primarily due to the Martin’s acquisition made in the current year quarter, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of real property for a previously closed site and fewer capital expenditures than in the prior year.

The Food Distribution, Military and Retail segments utilized 26.5%, 7.1% and 66.4% of capital expenditures, respectively, in the current year.

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities. Net cash provided by financing activities increased $114.4 million in the current year compared to the prior year use of cash primarily due to borrowings on the revolving credit facility to fund the Martin’s acquisition and working capital.

Net cash used in discontinued operations. Net cash used in discontinued operations contains the net cash flows of the Company’s Retail and Food Distribution discontinued operations and is primarily composed of facility maintenance expenditures.

Debt Management

Total debt, including finance lease liabilities, was $771.1 million and $698.1 million as of April 20, 2019 and December 29, 2018, respectively. The increase in total debt was driven by the current year acquisition of Martin’s, partially offset by payments.

Liquidity

The Company’s principal sources of liquidity are cash flows generated from operations and its senior secured credit facility which has maximum available credit of $1.1 billion. As of April 20, 2019, the senior secured credit facility had outstanding borrowings of $727.7 million. Additional available borrowings under the Company’s $1.1 billion credit facility are based on stipulated advance rates on eligible assets, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement requires that the Company maintain excess availability of 10% of the borrowing base, as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement. The Company had excess availability after the 10% covenant of $204.7 million at April 20, 2019. Payment of dividends and repurchases of outstanding shares are permitted, provided that certain levels of excess availability are maintained. The credit facility provides for the issuance of letters of credit, of which $13.1 million were outstanding as of April 20, 2019. The revolving credit facility matures December 18, 2023 and is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets.

The Company believes that cash generated from operating activities and available borrowings under the credit facility will be sufficient to meet anticipated requirements for working capital, capital expenditures, dividend payments, and debt service obligations for the foreseeable future. However, there can be no assurance that the business will continue to generate cash flow at or above current levels or that the Company will maintain its ability to borrow under the Credit Agreement.

The Company’s current ratio (current assets to current liabilities) was 1.90-to-1 at April 20, 2019 compared to 2.10-to-1 at December 29, 2018, and its investment in working capital was $497.7 million at April 20, 2019 compared to $524.6 million at December 29, 2018. Net debt to total capital ratio was 0.52-to-1 at April 20, 2019 compared to 0.49-to-1 at December 29, 2018. The current year ratios include the impact of the adoption of the new lease standard (ASU 2016-02) and therefore lack comparability to the prior year ratios.

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Total net debt is a non-GAAP financial measure that is defined as long-term debt and finance lease liabilities, plus current maturities of long-term debt and finance lease liabilities, less cash and cash equivalents. The ratio of net debt to capital is a non-GAAP financial measure that is calculated by dividing net debt, as defined previously, by total capital (net debt plus total shareholders’ equity). The Company believes both manage ment and its investors find the information useful because it reflects the amount of long-term debt obligations that are not covered by available cash and temporary investments. Total net debt is not a substitute for GAAP financial measures and may differ from similarly titled measures of other companies.

Following is a reconciliation of long-term debt and finance lease liabilities to total net long-term debt and finance lease liabilities as of April 20, 2019 and December 29, 2018.

| April 20, |  |  | December 29, |
(In thousands) | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease liabilities | $ |  | 18,006 |  |  | $ |  | 18,263 |
Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities |  |  | 753,118 |  |  |  |  | 679,797 |
Total debt |  |  | 771,124 |  |  |  |  | 698,060 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | (21,360 | ) |  |  |  | (18,585 | )
Total net long-term debt | $ |  | 749,764 |  |  | $ |  | 679,475 |

For information on contractual obligations, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018. At April 20, 2019, there have been no material changes to the Company’s significant contractual obligations outside the ordinary course of business.

Cash Dividends

During the quarter ended April 20, 2019, the Company returned $6.9 million to shareholders from dividend payments. A 5.6% increase in the quarterly dividend rate from $0.18 per share to $0.19 per share was approved by the Board of Directors and announced on February 28, 2019. Although the Company expects to continue to pay a quarterly cash dividend, adoption of a dividend policy does not commit the Board of Directors to declare future dividends. Each future dividend will be considered and declared by the Board of Directors at its discretion. Whether the Board of Directors continues to declare dividends depends on a number of factors, including the Company’s future financial condition, anticipated profitability and cash flows and compliance with the terms of its credit facilities.

Under the senior revolving credit facility, the Company is generally permitted to pay dividends in any fiscal year up to an amount such that all cash dividends, together with any cash distributions and share repurchases, do not exceed $35.0 million. Additionally, the Company is generally permitted to pay cash dividends and repurchase shares in excess of $35.0 million in any fiscal year so long as its Excess Availability, as defined in the senior revolving credit facility, is in excess of 10% of the Total Borrowing Base, as defined in the senior revolving credit facility, before and after giving effect to the repurchases and dividends.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company has also made certain commercial commitments that extend beyond April 20, 2019. These commitments consist primarily of purchase commitments (as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2018), standby letters of credit of $13.1 million as of April 20, 2019, and interest on long-term debt and finance lease liabilities.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, assets held for sale, long-lived assets, income taxes, self-insurance reserves, restructuring costs, retirement benefits, stock-based compensation, contingencies and litigation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that may not be readily apparent from other sources. Based on the Company’s ongoing review, the Company makes adjustments it considers appropriate under the facts and circumstances. This discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations is based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company believes these accounting policies and others set forth in Item 8, Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 should be reviewed as they are integral to the understanding the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company has discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these accounting policies with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. The accompanying financial statements are prepared using the same critical accounting policies discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018.

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Refer to Note 2 in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information.

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

There have been no material changes in market risk of SpartanNash from the information provided in Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk,” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018.

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

An evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of SpartanNash Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as currently defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) was performed as of April 20, 2019 (the “Evaluation Date”). This evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of SpartanNash Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Chief Accounting Officer (“CAO”). As of the Evaluation Date, SpartanNash Company’s management, including the CEO, CFO and CAO, concluded that SpartanNash’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the Evaluation Date to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the first quarter there was no change in SpartanNash’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, SpartanNash’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table provides information regarding SpartanNash’s purchases of its own common stock during the 16 week period ended April 20, 2019. These may include: (1) shares of SpartanNash common stock delivered in satisfaction of the exercise price and/or tax withholding obligations by holders of employee stock options who exercised options, and (2) shares submitted for cancellation to satisfy tax withholding obligations that occur upon the vesting of the restricted shares. The value of the shares delivered or withheld is determined by the applicable stock compensation plan. For the first quarter of 2019, all shares purchased by SpartanNash related to shares submitted for cancellation to satisfy tax withholding obligations that occur upon the vesting of the restricted shares.

During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Board authorized a publicly announced $50 million share repurchase program, expiring in 2022. No repurchases were made under this program during the first quarter of 2019. At April 20, 2019 $45.0 million remains available under the program.

|  |  |  |  | Average |
| Total Number |  |  | Price Paid |
Fiscal Period | of Shares Purchased |  |  | per Share |
December 30, 2018 - January 26, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee Transactions |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |
Repurchase Program |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |
January 27 - February 23, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee Transactions |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |
Repurchase Program |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |
February 24 - March 23, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee Transactions |  | 77,192 |  |  | $ |  | 18.44 |
Repurchase Program |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |
March 24 - April 20, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee Transactions |  | 19,624 |  |  | $ |  | 16.38 |
Repurchase Program |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |
Total for quarter ended April 20, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee Transactions |  | 96,816 |  |  | $ |  | 18.02 |
Repurchase Program |  | — |  |  | $ |  | — |

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ITEM 6. Exhibits

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

Exhibit Number |  | Document
3.1 |  | Restated Articles of Incorporation of SpartanNash Company, as amended. Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 15, 2017. Incorporated herein by reference.
3.2 |  | Bylaws of SpartanNash Company, as amended. Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed on March 1, 2017. Here incorporated by reference.
10.1 |  | Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 22, 2019, among SpartanNash Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as borrowers, and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as administrative agent, and certain lenders from time to time party thereto.
10.2 |  | Form of Restricted Stock Award to Non-Employee Directors.
10.3 |  | Form of Restricted Stock Award to Executive Officers.
10.4 |  | Summary of 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
10.5 |  | Summary of 2019 Annual Cash Incentive Plan.
31.1 |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2 |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.3 |  | Certification of Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 |  | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS |  | XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH |  | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL |  | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB |  | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE |  | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF |  | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

|  | SPARTANNASH COMPANY (Registrant)
Date: May 22, 2019 |  | By |  | /s/ Mark E. Shamber
|  |  |  | Mark E. Shamber Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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