B&G Foods Reports Financial Results for First Quarter 2025

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2025-- B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2025.

Summary

Guidance for Full Year Fiscal 2025

• Net sales revised to a range of $1.86 billion to $1.91 billion.
• Adjusted EBITDA revised to a range of $280.0 million to $290.0 million.
• Adjusted diluted earnings per share revised to a range of $0.55 to $0.65.

Commenting on the results, Casey Keller, President and Chief Executive Officer of B&G Foods, stated, “Our first quarter results reflect the challenging environment in the packaged foods industry at the start of 2025, including the impact of retailer inventory reductions and a shift in Easter timing into the second quarter. While January and February were especially difficult, recent net sales in March, April and early May have begun to show stabilizing trends versus last year. We remain laser focused on our critical priorities: improving our core business net sales trends, reshaping our portfolio for future growth and higher margins, and reducing leverage through divestitures and excess cash flow to facilitate strategic acquisitions. We have also accelerated our cost reduction efforts and expect to achieve significant cost savings during the remainder of the year.”

Financial Results for First Quarter of 2025

Net sales for the first quarter of 2025 decreased $49.8 million, or 10.5%, to $425.4 million from $475.2 million for the first quarter of 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in volume, a decrease in net pricing and the impact of product mix, and the negative impact of foreign currency.

Base business net sales for the first quarter of 2025 decreased $49.9 million, or 10.5%, to $425.4 million from $475.3 million for the first quarter of 2024. The decrease in base business net sales was driven by a decrease in volume of $42.4 million, or 8.9%, a decrease in net pricing and the impact of product mix of $5.5 million, or 1.2% of base business net sales, and the negative impact of foreign currency of $2.0 million.

Gross profit was $90.1 million for the first quarter of 2025, or 21.2% of net sales. Adjusted gross profit⁽¹⁾, which excludes the negative impact of $0.5 million of acquisition/divestiture-related expenses and non-recurring expenses included in cost of goods sold during the first quarter of 2025, was $90.6 million, or 21.3% of net sales. Gross profit was $108.9 million for the first quarter of 2024, or 22.9% of net sales. Adjusted gross profit, which excludes the negative impact of $1.0 million of acquisition/divestiture-related expenses and non-recurring expenses included in cost of goods sold during the first quarter of 2024, was $109.9 million, or 23.1% of net sales.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $0.5 million, or 1.1%, to $49.1 million for the first quarter of 2025 from $48.6 million for the first quarter of 2024. The increase was composed of increases in acquisition/divestiture‑related and non‑recurring expenses of $4.2 million and general and administrative expenses of $0.5 million, partially offset by decreases in consumer marketing expenses of $3.3 million and selling expenses of $0.9 million. Expressed as a percentage of net sales, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by 1.4 percentage points to 11.6% for the first quarter of 2025, as compared to 10.2% for the first quarter of 2024.

Net interest expense remained flat at $37.8 million for the first quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024.

The Company had net income of $0.8 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025, compared to a net loss of $40.2 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2024. The Company’s net loss for the first quarter of 2024 was primarily attributable to the pre-tax, non-cash impairment charges of $70.6 million recorded during the first quarter of 2024 for the impairment of goodwill within the Company’s Frozen & Vegetables reporting unit.

The Company’s adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2025 was $3.4 million, or $0.04 per adjusted diluted share, compared to adjusted net income of $14.4 million, or $0.18 per adjusted diluted share, for the first quarter of 2024. The reduction in adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share in the first quarter of 2025 was primarily attributable to the reduction in net sales.

For the first quarter of 2025, adjusted EBITDA was $59.1 million, a decrease of $15.9 million, or 21.2%, compared to $75.0 million for the first quarter of 2024. Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales was 13.9% for the first quarter of 2025, compared to 15.8% for the first quarter of 2024.

Segment Results⁽²⁾

The Company operates in, and reports results by, four business segments (also referred to as business units):

Specialty — includes, among others, the Crisco, Clabber Girl, Bear Creek, Polaner, Underwood, B&G, Grandma’s, New York Style, Don Pepino, Sclafani, B&M, Baker’s Joy, Regina, TrueNorth, Static Guard, SugarTwin and Brer Rabbit brands.

Meals — includes, among others, the Ortega, Maple Grove Farms, Cream of Wheat, Las Palmas, Victoria, Mama Mary’s, Spring Tree, McCann’s, Carey’s and Vermont Maid brands.

Frozen & Vegetables — includes the Green Giant and Le Sueur brands.

Spices & Flavor Solutions — includes, among others, the Dash, Spice Islands, Weber, Ac’cent, Tone’s, Trappey’s, Durkee and Wright’s brands.

Specialty Segment Results

Specialty segment results were as follows (dollars in thousands):

The decrease in Specialty segment net sales was primarily due to lower net pricing and decreased volumes across the Specialty business unit in the aggregate. The decrease in Specialty segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to a decrease in net sales, offset in part by an increase in segment adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales.

Meals Segment Results

Meals segment results were as follows (dollars in thousands):

The decrease in Meals segment net sales was primarily due to a decrease in volumes across the Meals business unit in the aggregate coupled with a decrease in net pricing and product mix. The decrease in Meals segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to a decrease in net sales, which was largely offset by an increase in segment adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales.

Frozen & Vegetables Segment Results

Frozen & Vegetables segment results were as follows (dollars in thousands):

The decrease in Frozen & Vegetables segment net sales was primarily due to a decrease in net pricing and product mix and a decline in volume. The decrease in Frozen & Vegetables segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to a decrease in net sales, increased trade promotions, and an increase in raw material costs.

Spices & Flavor Solutions Segment Results

Spices & Flavor Solutions segment results were as follows (dollars in thousands):

The decrease in Spices & Flavor Solutions segment net sales was primarily due to a decline in volumes across the Spices & Flavor Solutions business unit in the aggregate. The decrease in Spices & Flavor Solutions segment adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to a decrease in net sales, increases in trade spending, increases in raw material costs, and the impact of product mix.

Full Year Fiscal 2025 Guidance

B&G Foods revised its net sales guidance for fiscal 2025 to a range of $1.86 billion to $1.91 billion, revised its adjusted EBITDA to a range of $280.0 million to $290.0 million, and revised its adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance to a range of $0.55 to $0.65.

Given the uncertainty in the political economic environment and rapidly evolving negotiations regarding tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, our guidance does not reflect the potential impacts of recently imposed and threatened tariffs by the U.S. and retaliatory actions taken or threatened by other countries in response, or the potential for additional tariffs, trade barriers or retaliatory actions by the U.S. or other countries.

B&G Foods provides earnings guidance only on a non-GAAP basis and does not provide a reconciliation of the Company’s forward-looking adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures because of the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliations, including adjustments that could be made for deferred taxes; acquisition/divestiture-related expenses, gains and losses (which may include third-party fees and expenses, integration, restructuring and consolidation expenses, amortization of acquired inventory fair value step-up and gains and losses on the sale of certain assets); gains and losses on extinguishment of debt; impairment of assets held for sale; impairment of intangible assets; non-recurring expenses, gains and losses; and other charges reflected in the Company’s reconciliation of historic non-GAAP financial measures, the amounts of which, based on past experience, could be material. For additional information regarding B&G Foods’ non-GAAP financial measures, see “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Items Affecting Comparability” below.

Conference Call

B&G Foods will hold a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET today, May 7, 2025 to discuss first quarter 2025 financial results. The live audio webcast of the conference call can be accessed at www.bgfoods.com/investor-relations. A replay of the webcast will be available following the conference call through the same link.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Items Affecting Comparability

“Adjusted net income” (net income (loss) adjusted for certain items that affect comparability), “adjusted diluted earnings per share” (diluted earnings (loss) per share adjusted for certain items that affect comparability), “base business net sales” (net sales without the impact of acquisitions until the acquisitions are included in both comparable periods and without the impact of discontinued or divested brands), “EBITDA” (net income (loss) before net interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization), “adjusted EBITDA” (EBITDA as adjusted for cash and non-cash acquisition/divestiture-related expenses, gains and losses (which may include third-party fees and expenses, integration, restructuring and consolidation expenses, amortization of acquired inventory fair value step-up and gains and losses on the sale of certain assets), gains and losses on extinguishment of debt, impairment of assets held for sale, impairment of intangible assets, and non-recurring expenses, gains and losses), “segment adjusted EBITDA” (segment net sales less segment adjusted expenses), “segment adjusted expenses” (primarily includes cost of goods sold and other expenses incurred by the Company’s business segments to run day-to-day operations, excluding unallocated corporate items, depreciation and amortization, acquisition/divestiture-related and non-recurring expenses, impairment of intangible assets, goodwill and assets held for sale, gains and losses on sales of assets, interest expense, and income tax expense or benefit), “adjusted gross profit” (gross profit adjusted for acquisition/divestiture-related expenses and non-recurring expenses included in cost of goods sold) and “adjusted gross profit percentage” (gross profit as a percentage of net sales adjusted for acquisition/divestiture-related expenses and non-recurring expenses included in cost of goods sold) are “non-GAAP financial measures.” A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) in B&G Foods’ consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measures. The Company’s non-GAAP financial measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.

The Company uses non-GAAP financial measures to adjust for certain items that affect comparability. This information is provided in order to allow investors to make meaningful comparisons of the Company’s operating performance between periods and to view the Company’s business from the same perspective as the Company’s management. Because the Company cannot predict the timing and amount of these items that affect comparability, management does not consider these items when evaluating the Company’s performance or when making decisions regarding allocation of resources.

Additional information regarding EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, segment adjusted EBITDA and reconciliations of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and segment adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) and, in the case of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA, to net cash provided by operating activities, is included below for the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, along with the components of EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA and segment adjusted EBITDA. Also included below are reconciliations of the non-GAAP terms adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share and base business net sales to the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows.

End Notes

About B&G Foods, Inc.

Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, B&G Foods and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and distribute high-quality, branded shelf-stable and frozen foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. With B&G Foods’ diverse portfolio of more than 50 brands you know and love, including B&G, B&M, Bear Creek, Cream of Wheat, Crisco, Dash, Green Giant, Las Palmas, Le Sueur, Mama Mary’s, Maple Grove Farms, New York Style, Ortega, Polaner, Spice Islands and Victoria, there’s a little something for everyone. For more information about B&G Foods and its brands, please visit www.bgfoods.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute “forward-looking statements.” The forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, without limitation, statements related to B&G Foods’ expectations regarding net sales, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings per share and B&G Foods’ overall expectations for the remainder of fiscal 2025 and beyond, including our expectations that we will achieve significant cost savings during the remainder of the year. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of B&G Foods to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to statements that explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms “believes,” “belief,” “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “assumes,” “could,” “should,” “estimates,” “potential,” “seek,” “predict,” “may,” “will” or “plans” and similar references to future periods to be uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that may affect actual results include, without limitation: the Company’s substantial leverage, which may impact the Company’s ability, among other things, to fund capital expenditures, working capital needs, dividend payments and acquisitions, and to obtain refinancing or additional financing; the Company’s ability to comply with the ratios or tests under its long-term debt agreements, including the maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio under its credit agreement, which may be affected not only by the Company’s operating performance but also by events beyond the Company’s control, including prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions; the effects of international trade disputes, tariffs, quotas, and other import or export restrictions on the Company’s procurement, sales and operations (including recent U.S. tariffs imposed or threatened to be imposed on China, Canada and Mexico and other countries and retaliatory actions taken or threatened to be taken by such countries); the effects of rising costs for and/or decreases in supply of the Company’s commodities, ingredients, packaging, other raw materials, distribution and labor; crude oil prices and their impact on distribution, packaging and energy costs; the Company’s ability to successfully implement sales price increases and cost saving measures to offset any cost increases; intense competition, changes in consumer preferences, demand for the Company’s products and local economic and market conditions; the Company’s continued ability to promote brand equity successfully, to anticipate and respond to new consumer trends, to develop new products and markets, to broaden brand portfolios in order to compete effectively with lower priced products and in markets that are consolidating at the retail and manufacturing levels and to improve productivity; the ability of the Company and its supply chain partners to continue to operate manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and other work locations without material disruption, and to procure ingredients, packaging and other raw materials when needed despite disruptions in the supply chain or labor shortages; the impact pandemics or disease outbreaks, may have on the Company’s business, including among other things, the Company’s supply chain, manufacturing operations or workforce and customer and consumer demand for the Company’s products; the Company’s ability to recruit and retain senior management and a highly skilled and diverse workforce at the Company’s corporate offices, manufacturing facilities and other work locations despite a very tight labor market and changing employee expectations as to fair compensation, an inclusive and diverse workplace, flexible working and other matters; the risks associated with the possible expansion of the Company’s business through acquisitions or reduction in size through divestitures; the Company’s possible inability to successfully complete divestitures of non-core businesses to sharpen its focus, improve margins, reduce costs and reduce its long-term debt, and, if completed, the Company’s possible inability to achieve the expected margin improvements, cost savings and debt reduction; the Company’s possible inability to identify new acquisitions or to integrate recent or future acquisitions or the Company’s failure to realize anticipated revenue enhancements, cost savings or other synergies from recent or future acquisitions; the Company’s ability to successfully complete the integration of recent or future acquisitions into the Company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system; tax reform and legislation, including the effects of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the U.S. CARES Act, and any future tax reform or legislation; the Company’s ability to access the credit markets and the Company’s borrowing costs and credit ratings, which may be influenced by credit markets generally and the credit ratings of the Company’s competitors; unanticipated expenses, including, without limitation, litigation or legal settlement expenses; the effects of currency movements of the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso as compared to the U.S. dollar; future impairments of the Company’s goodwill, other intangible assets, and tangible assets, such as property, plant, equipment or inventory, which impairments may be triggered if operating results for any of the Company’s brands deteriorate at rates in excess of its current projections, the Company’s market capitalization declines or discount rates change, even if due to macroeconomic factors, or may be triggered by divestitures if divestiture proceeds are less than the book value of the assets being divested; the Company’s ability to protect information systems against, or effectively respond to, a cybersecurity incident, other disruption or data leak; the Company’s ability to successfully implement the Company’s sustainability initiatives and achieve the Company’s sustainability goals, and changes to environmental laws and regulations; the Company’s ability to successfully adopt and utilize new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, including machine learning and generative artificial intelligence; and other factors that affect the food industry generally, including: recalls if products become adulterated or misbranded, liability if product consumption causes injury, ingredient disclosure and labeling laws and regulations and the possibility that consumers could lose confidence in the safety and quality of certain food products; competitors’ pricing practices and promotional spending levels; fluctuations in the level of the Company’s customers’ inventories and credit and other business risks related to the Company’s customers operating in a challenging economic and competitive environment; and the risks associated with third-party suppliers and co-packers, including the risk that any failure by one or more of the Company’s third-party suppliers or co-packers to comply with food safety or other laws and regulations may disrupt the Company’s supply of raw materials or certain finished goods products or injure the Company’s reputation. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in B&G Foods’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in its subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. B&G Foods undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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