Omnichannel health and wellness brand, Freshii Inc. (TSX: FRII)
(“Freshii”, the “Company” or “we”), today announced financial
results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2021 (“Q2 2021”).
“In Q3, our restaurant network continued its sales recovery,
with all store types showing sequential improvement vs Q2 2021 in
recovering towards pre-pandemic 2019 sales levels, driven in part
by continued digital momentum and our best menu innovation
performance in years,” said Matthew Corrin, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Freshii. “Our tacos limited time offer,
featuring cauliflower-based soft-shell tortillas, three protein
options and a host of Mexican-inspired sauces and flavours, was met
with a very positive response. The premium price point, which
includes protein, and significant chips and queso add-on attachment
drove cheque and profitability for our restaurants. Freshii’s
evolved smoothie platform also contributed to the strong innovation
performance, driving incremental smoothie sales mix. The evolved
smoothie lineup included new flavours and add-ons and was made
available in two sizes across the North American network. We saw
many guests take advantage of the opportunity to ‘up-size’ their
smoothie and to ‘add-on’ one of our premium additional
ingredients.
While certain challenges remain in core urban
markets that have traditionally relied heavily on ‘office lunch’
traffic, our suburban ‘drive’ locations, which make up
approximately 55% of our North American traditional network, have
recovered more than 90% of pre-pandemic sales levels through Q3
2021. We were also encouraged to see more locations reopen this
quarter as government restrictions ease in many of our major North
American markets. We expect the normalization for our downtown core
locations to remain in progress into H1 2022, but overall, we are
very pleased with the recovery trend of our network as a whole. We
will continue to work with our franchise partners to navigate the
challenges that remain, including through additional investments in
sales driving and profitability focused store level initiatives -
primarily by way of increased marketing investments and operating
cost offsets - as we did in the third quarter.
The Company has taken important steps in
building its development pipeline and announced a planned 20 store
deal in Texas, USA this week - the brand’s largest multi-unit deal
in its history. Texas is a market in which Freshii currently
operates and where we believe there is significant room for
additional growth. Our multi-unit partners in Texas are experienced
QSR, hotel and hospitality operators, and we look forward to
partnering with them to build the brand’s footprint in the southern
US. We also expect to open new locations at LaGuardia airport in
New York and in Whistler Village in British Columbia in the coming
months and are progressing active discussions with existing
franchise partners about further development opportunities.
Freshii’s omnichannel presence in the health and
wellness space has also continued to expand. Last week, Freshii
completed its acquisition of a majority interest in Natura Market,
a fast-growing health and wellness ecommerce retailer that had
revenues of over CAD $19 million in the trailing twelve months
ended September 30, 2021. We have already begun to support Natura
Market’s impressive existing management team, which remains in
place following the transaction, as we work together to continue
the strong growth the company has achieved to date.
Our consumer packaged goods (or ‘CPG’) division
is also growing, with our two largest retail partners by sales
volume, carrying our broadest assortment of products in dedicated
Freshii branded coolers, reporting revenue growth of more than 75%
in Q3 of 2021 vs Q3 2020 and new retail partners continuing to add
Freshii listings to their shelves. For example, we have recently
kicked off CPG test listings with both Healthy Planet in Ontario,
and Whole Foods in British Columbia. In the third quarter, Freshii
also added to our CPG and nutritional gummy product lineups,
launching ‘Bye Bye Stress’ and ‘Super Mushroom’ nutritional
supplement gummies both in-restaurant and online, to go with our
ACV gummy offering. Freshii’s CPG team also rolled out seasonal
pumpkin-spiced energii bites, tapping into the fall-themed
‘pumpkin-spiced’ trend, which were available in both Freshii
restaurants and on CPG retail partner shelves.”
Acquisition of Natura
Market
On November 1, 2021, Freshii completed its
acquisition of 60% of the issued and outstanding common shares of
Natura Market Ecommerce Inc (“Natura” or “Natura Market”) along
with rights to purchase the remaining 40% of Natura Market’s shares
through Q1 2025. Natura Market is a rapidly growing, founder-led
online retailer with a Freshii-aligned mission of making on-trend,
healthy products available at scale across Canada. Natura Market
had sales of over CAD $19 million in the 12-month period leading up
to September 30, 2021, representing an over 10% increase year over
year. The addition of Natura Market significantly expands Freshii’s
presence and capability in the delivery and digital commerce
spaces.
Further details on the Natura Market transaction
can be found in the Company’s news release, dated October 14, 2021,
available on the investor relations section of the Company’s
website (www.freshii.inc), and on Freshii’s SEDAR profile.
Financial Highlights for the Third
Quarter2
- Same-store sales growth was 10.6%
in Q3 2021 compared to the 13-week period ended September 27, 2020
(“Q3 2020”). Compared to the 13-week period ended September 29,
2019 (“Q3 2019”), the most recent corresponding period not impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic, same-store sales growth for Q3 2021 was
(20.1%).
- Royalty revenue and coordination
fees totaled $4.0 million for Q3 2021, representing no change
compared to Q3 2020.
- In Q3 2021, the Company opened 8
North American locations, certain of which had previously been
classified as permanently closed but which have now opened again as
COVID-19 pandemic impacts have abated. The Company permanently
closed 7 North American locations in Q3 2021, resulting in net new
store growth of 1 North American location in the quarter. Including
non-North American restaurants, there was no change in Freshii’s
total store count in Q3 2021.
- As at the end of Q3 2021, the
Company had 372 locations open and operating across its network,
representing an increase of 8 locations from the end of Q2
2021.
- As at the end of Q3 2021, the
Company had 12 locations categorized as temporarily closed,
primarily in airports, malls, and business districts that remain
closed or quiet as a result of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
- System-wide sales were $42.0
million in Q3 2021, compared to $36.6 million for Q3 2020
representing an increase of $5.4 million. Compared to Q3 2019,
system-wide sales in Q3 2021 decreased by $23.0 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $0.4 million
for Q3 2021, compared to $0.5 million for Q3 2020.
- Net loss was $0.7 million for Q3
2021, compared to net loss of $0.2 million in Q3 2020.
- Free cash flow was $49 thousand for
Q3 2021, compared to $0.5 million for Q3 2020.
Omnichannel Expansion
As set out above, the Company made a major step
forward in its omnichannel journey in acquiring majority ownership
of Natura Market on November 1, 2021. The Company’s CPG business
line had a strong third quarter, expanding its points of
distribution and refining its product offerings, as discussed
above. The Company continues to dedicate effort to the growth of
its health and wellness business lines, as a complement to its core
business of providing great tasting, ‘better-for-you’, restaurant
service.
Franchisee Incremental Investment Program
In the second quarter of 2021, the Company
announced to our franchise partners that it would be making an
additional investment in the system of approximately $1 million
through the remainder of 2021. In Q3 2021, Freshii continued to
make these funds available to help accelerate the sales recovery
and profitability of our restaurants through and beyond the
COVID-19 period. Through this extended investment program, the
Company has continued to support its restaurant network in the
following areas:
- Promoting guest adoption of Freshii’s new mobile app;
- incremental marketing and loyalty investments;
- operating cost offsets;
- the engagement of an enhanced customer experience program;
and
- direct support for restaurants through sales driving and profit
protecting initiatives, primarily by way of increased marketing
investments and operating cost offsets.
The Company intends to continue to deploy
resources to these areas, partially funded by the Company’s cost
management initiatives, to continue to support our franchise
partners and enable our brand to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic
in a position of strength.
Cost Base Management and Liquidity
The Company has maintained a strong stable cash
position through the pandemic to date, with $37.1 million on hand
as at Sept 26, 2021. As previously disclosed, Freshii is committed
to maintaining adequate liquidity and financial flexibility
throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and coming out of it, while also
investing in strategic priorities across its restaurant, CPG and
other divisions. We intend to continue to make efforts in order to
maintain our strong cash position in the coming quarters while
still reinvesting for growth across our business.
The Company also continues to assist franchise
partners in managing their restaurant level cost base. In addition
to direct support, the Company has implemented inventory management
system improvements and labour productivity tools to help partners
reduce waste and manage costs. Assisting our restaurants in
controlling costs, while still delivering the quality service and
products that our guests have come to expect, is key to protecting
franchise partner profitability as the COVID-19 pandemic continues
to challenge consumer traffic throughout 2021.
Normal Course Issuer Bid
Program
In Q1 2021, the Company announced that the
Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) had accepted the notice filed by
the Company to make a normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”). The
Company sought and received approval from the TSX to establish a
normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 2,582,944 of its Class A
subordinate voting shares, commencing on March 2, 2021. As of
November 5, 2021, the Company has purchased 1,346,886 Class A
subordinate voting shares since the commencement of the NCIB, at an
average share price of $2.08.
Earnings Conference Call and Audio
Webcast
A conference call to discuss Q3 2021 financial
results is scheduled for November 9, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern
Time. The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by
dialing 1-877-425-9470 (U.S. and Canada), or 1-201-389-0878
(International). An audio replay will be available from 11:30 a.m.
Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 through Tuesday, November
16, 2021. To access the replay, please call 1-844-512-2921 (U.S.
& Canada) or 1-412-317-6671 (International) and enter
confirmation code 13724172. The call will also be webcast live from
Freshii’s investor relations website at www.freshii.inc. Following
completion of the call, a recorded replay of the webcast will be
available on the website.
About Freshii
Eat. Energize. That’s the Freshii mantra. Freshii is an
omnichannel health and wellness brand on a mission to help citizens
of the world live better by making healthy eating and overall
wellness convenient and affordable. With a diverse and completely
customizable menu of breakfast, soups, salads, wraps, bowls,
burritos, frozen yogurt, juices, and smoothies served in an
eco-friendly environment, Freshii’s restaurant division caters to
every taste and dietary preference.
Freshii’s consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and nutritional
supplements offerings further increase the touchpoints that Freshii
has with its customers, as does the Company’s acquisition of
majority control of fast-growing health and wellness ecommerce
retailer, Natura Market.
Since it was founded in 2005, Freshii has opened
384 restaurants in 13 countries around the world, expanded its
CPG lineup across hundreds of major retailer points of distribution
and now offers nutritional supplement products directly to
consumers via its online retail site. Adding Natura Market to
the company’s business lines will further extend Freshii’s
omnichannel reach. With Freshii’s expanding distribution and
product sets, Freshii guests can energize with Freshii’s products
anywhere from cosmopolitan cities and fitness clubs to sports
arenas and airplanes, as well as in major retail outlets and, now
more than ever, directly from home.
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Non-IFRS Measures and Industry Metrics
This news release makes reference to certain
non-IFRS measures including key performance indicators used by
management and typically used by our competitors in the restaurant
industry and ecommerce industries. These measures are not
recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a standardized
meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be
comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to
complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding
of our results of operations from management’s perspective.
Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation
nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information
reported under IFRS. We use non-IFRS measures including “EBITDA”,
“Adjusted EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA on a constant currency basis”,
“free cash flow”, “free cash flow conversion” and “Adjusted Net
Income”. This news release also makes reference to “system-wide
sales”, "system-wide stores", “same-store sales growth”, and
“digital sales” which are commonly used operating metrics in the
restaurant industry, but may be calculated differently by other
companies in the restaurant industry. These non-IFRS measures and
industry specific metrics are used to provide investors with
supplemental measures of our operating performance and liquidity
and thus highlight trends in our business that may not otherwise be
apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We also believe that
securities analysts, investors and other interested parties
frequently use non-IFRS measures, including restaurant industry
metrics in the evaluation of companies in the restaurant industry.
Our management also uses non-IFRS measures and restaurant industry
metrics, in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons
from period to period, to prepare annual operating budgets and
forecasts and to determine components of executive compensation.
For a: (i) detailed definition of each of the non-IFRS measures and
industry metrics referred to; and (ii) reconciliation of these
non-IFRS measures, refer to the “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and
Industry Metrics” section of the Company's Management’s Discussion
and Analysis dated November 8, 2021, which is incorporated by
reference into this news release and available on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this news release
contains forward-looking information and forward-looking statements
under applicable securities laws. Particularly, statements which
reflect the current view of management with respect to the
Company's objectives, plans, goals, strategies, outlook, results of
operations, financial and operating performance, prospects and
opportunities, including statements relating to the expected
benefits of the Natura Market acquisition (including the ability of
the Company to leverage the expanded presence and capability in the
delivery and digital commerce spaces) and the continued cooperation
with Natura Market’s existing management team and any further
growth that may result, store count and anticipated new store
openings (including the number, timing and locations of planned new
store openings in Texas, United States under the Company’s new
multi-unit franchise agreement, the expected supplementation of
existing stores in the state and growth of the brand’s footprint in
the southern United States), same-store sales growth, the recovery
of the Company’s franchise system (including that the recovery of
certain locations will continue into the first half of 2022 and
that stores currently categorized as temporarily closed will
re-open on the timelines anticipated or at all and that they will
achieve the sales level anticipated), that healthy eating trends
will continue, the Company’s strategic pillars, the timelines for
and effectiveness of new menu rollouts and operational innovations,
the Company’s plans with respect to its Franchisee Incremental
Investment Program, the ability of the Company to generally
maintain its existing cash position and to reinvest, the growth of
and investment in the dinner daypart, the Company’s plans with
respect to its CPG business line, its nutritional supplement
business line and other omnichannel opportunities, any future
offering of Freshii loyalty benefits, the development and impact of
the Company’s enhanced customer experience feedback program, the
Company’s provision of assistance to its franchise partners, and
the extent of the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and
associated government regulation on Freshii’s business, operations
and financial performance (including that the impacts of COVID-19
will continue to abate and that the Company’s work with its
franchise partners to mitigate the ongoing impacts will have the
intended results on the timelines anticipated or at all) constitute
forward-looking information. In many but not necessarily all cases,
the words "may", "will", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate",
"expect", "plan", "believe", “lead”, “continue”, “plan”, “design”,
“likely” and similar expressions identify forward-looking
information and forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
information and forward-looking statements should not be read as
guarantees of future events, performance or results, and will not
necessarily be accurate indications of whether, or the times at
which, such events, performance or results will be achieved. All of
the information in this news release containing forward-looking
information or forward-looking statements is qualified by these
cautionary statements. In particular, the Company notes
that the dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the events and
circumstances resulting from or associated with that pandemic mean
that management can offer no assurance such forward-looking
information or forward-looking statements will occur or be accurate
in the circumstances.
Forward-looking information and forward-looking
statements are based on information available to management at the
time they are made, underlying estimates, opinions and assumptions
made by management and management's current belief with respect to
future strategies, prospects, events, performance and results.
These estimates, opinions and assumptions include that the COVID-19
pandemic and associated government regulation, expected consumer
behaviour and other matters will not have a materially different
impact on the business, operations or financial performance of the
Company and/or Natura Market than what is currently anticipated by
management; the cooperation with Natura Market’s existing
management team will continue, and will not have a materially
different impact on the business, operations or financial
performance of the Company and/or Natura Market than what is
currently anticipated by management; the continued availability of
food commodities used by Freshii locations at stable prices,
including that ongoing global supply chain disruptions will not
materially affect the availability or price of food commodities or
other supplies and will not materially disrupt or affect business,
operations or financial performance of the Company or its franchise
partners other than as currently anticipated by management; the
availability and timely receipt of funds expected by management to
be received in connection with applicable government relief
programs; Freshii will be able to continue to effectively assist
its franchise partners; the recovery and re-opening of the
economies (including the dates upon which various regions are
relaxing or removing restrictions relating to the COVID-19
pandemic) in Canada and the United States and elsewhere will occur
in the manner and on the timelines anticipated by management; the
continued access by the Company and its franchise partners to a
pool of suitable workers at reasonable wage levels; the foreign
exchange rates may continue to fluctuate (in particular, that the
value of the Canadian dollar will continue to fluctuate against the
US dollar and other currencies); the recovery of Freshii’s
franchise system occurs on the timelines and in the manner
anticipated (including that the recovery of certain locations will
continue into the first half of 2022); new store openings will not
occur on a timeline, in a location or in a manner that is
materially different than what is currently anticipated by
management; healthy eating trends continue in the manner
anticipated; the Company’s strategic pillars, the timelines for new
menu rollouts and operational innovations, the continued rollout of
the Company’s new app and any future phases of the rollout, the
planned launch of the loyalty benefits program, the development of
the Company’s enhanced customer experience feedback program,the
Company’s partnerships with major grocery and other retailers and
investments in its CPG business line, the implementation and
continuation of the Company’s Franchisee Incremental Investment
Program, the anticipated growth in the dinner daypart (and launch
of the Company’s evolved dinner plates platform), the Company’s
ability to successfully develop new products in its nutritional
supplements business line, and the development of strategies to
drive down costs with franchise partners and cost control
activities at the corporate level will each have the anticipated
effect on the Company’s business, operations and financial
performance and will proceed on the timelines and in the manner
currently anticipated by management.
Forward-looking information is subject to
inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations
generally, including, among other things, that such estimates,
opinions and assumptions may not be accurate, particularly given
the dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the events and
circumstances resulting from or associated with that pandemic,
changes in market and competition, governmental or regulatory
developments and a change in overall economic conditions generally.
Such risks and uncertainties also include, but are not limited to,
those described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s
Annual Information Form dated March 26, 2021, the Company's
Management’s Discussion and Analysis dated November 8, 2021 and in
the Company’s other filings, which are available on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended.
Readers are urged to consider these risks,
uncertainties and assumptions carefully in evaluating the
forward-looking information and forward-looking statements and are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information and
statements. There can be no assurance that such information will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events can
differ materially from those anticipated in such information.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to
update any such forward-looking information or forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
Selected Quarterly Consolidated Information
The following table summarizes our results of
operations for the 13 and 39 week periods ended September 26, 2021
and September 27, 2020, respectively:
|
For the 13 weeks ended |
|
(in thousands) |
September 26, 2021 |
|
|
September 27, 2020 |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Percent ofTotal Revenue |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Percent ofTotal Revenue |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Franchise revenue |
$ |
4,373 |
|
|
75 |
% |
|
$ |
4,441 |
|
|
93 |
% |
Company-owned revenue |
|
1,447 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
310 |
|
|
7 |
|
Total revenue |
|
5,820 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
4,751 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
1,269 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
333 |
|
|
7 |
|
Selling, general and
administrative |
|
4,341 |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
3,887 |
|
|
82 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
409 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
922 |
|
|
19 |
|
Share
based compensation expense |
|
680 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
680 |
|
|
14 |
|
Total costs and expenses |
|
6,699 |
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
5,822 |
|
|
122 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before interest,
foreign exchange & income taxes |
|
(879 |
) |
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(1,071 |
) |
|
(22 |
) |
Interest income, net |
|
4 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
1 |
|
Foreign
exchange loss (gain) |
|
(21 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
|
214 |
|
|
5 |
|
Loss before income tax expense |
|
(862 |
) |
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(1,327 |
) |
|
(28 |
) |
Income tax expense (recovery) |
|
(113 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(1,081 |
) |
|
(23 |
) |
Net loss |
|
(749 |
) |
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(246 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation adjustment |
|
19 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
- |
|
Comprehensive income (loss) |
$ |
(730 |
) |
|
(13 |
%) |
|
$ |
(241 |
) |
|
(5 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the 39 weeks ended |
|
(in thousands) |
September 26, 2021 |
|
|
September 27, 2020 |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Percent ofTotal Revenue |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Percent ofTotal Revenue |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Franchise revenue |
$ |
12,736 |
|
|
84 |
% |
|
$ |
13,272 |
|
|
92 |
% |
Company-owned revenue |
|
2,384 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
1,144 |
|
|
8 |
|
Total revenue |
|
15,120 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
14,416 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
2,017 |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
1,060 |
|
|
7 |
|
Selling, general and
administrative |
|
12,491 |
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
13,610 |
|
|
94 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
1,197 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
3,951 |
|
|
27 |
|
Share
based compensation expense |
|
2,195 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
2,211 |
|
|
15 |
|
Total costs and expenses |
|
17,900 |
|
|
119 |
|
|
|
20,832 |
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before
interest, foreign exchange & income taxes |
|
(2,780 |
) |
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
(6,416 |
) |
|
(43 |
) |
Interest income, net |
|
11 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
- |
|
Foreign
exchange loss (gain) |
|
189 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(233 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
Income (loss) before income tax expense |
|
(2,980 |
) |
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(6,173 |
) |
|
(41 |
) |
Income tax expense (recovery) |
|
(281 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(1,826 |
) |
|
(13 |
) |
Net loss |
|
(2,699 |
) |
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(4,347 |
) |
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation adjustment |
|
64 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
|
- |
|
Comprehensive income (loss) |
$ |
(2,635 |
) |
|
(17 |
%) |
|
$ |
(4,393 |
) |
|
(30 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes our Consolidated Statement of
Balance Sheet Information as at September 26, 2021 and December 27,
2020:
(in thousands) |
As atSeptember 26, 2021 |
|
|
As atDecember 27, 2020 |
|
Cash |
$ |
37,091 |
|
|
$ |
40,569 |
|
Total
assets |
|
57,418 |
|
|
|
63,238 |
|
Equity |
|
38,385 |
|
|
|
41,475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table shows our cash flows information for the 13
and 39 week periods ended September 26, 2021 and September 27,
2020, respectively:
|
For the 39 weeks ended |
|
(in thousands) |
September 26, 2021 |
|
|
September 27, 2020 |
|
Net cash provided by operations |
$ |
(147 |
) |
|
$ |
1,066 |
|
Net cash
used in investing |
|
(377 |
) |
|
|
(477 |
) |
Net cash used in financing |
|
(2,947 |
) |
|
|
(332 |
) |
Net increase (decrease) in cash |
$ |
(3,471 |
) |
|
$ |
257 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table reconciles EBITDA, Adjusted
EBITDA, free cash flow, free cash flow conversion, Adjusted Net
Income to the most directly comparable IFRS financial performance
measure:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the 13 weeks ended |
|
|
For the 39 weeks ended |
|
(in thousands) |
September 26, 2021 |
|
|
September 27, 2020 |
|
|
September 26, 2021 |
|
|
September 27, 2020 |
|
Net loss |
$ |
(749 |
) |
|
$ |
(246 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,699 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,347 |
) |
Interest
income, net |
|
4 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
Income
tax expense (recovery) |
|
(113 |
) |
|
|
(1,081 |
) |
|
|
(281 |
) |
|
|
(1,826 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
409 |
|
|
|
922 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
|
|
3,951 |
|
EBITDA |
|
(449 |
) |
|
|
(363 |
) |
|
|
(1,772 |
) |
|
|
(2,232 |
) |
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based compensation expense(1) |
|
680 |
|
|
|
680 |
|
|
|
2,195 |
|
|
|
2,211 |
|
Foreign exchange (gain) loss |
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
214 |
|
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
(233 |
) |
Other adjustments(2) |
|
199 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(541 |
) |
|
|
2,121 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
409 |
|
|
|
531 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
1,867 |
|
Constant currency remeasurement |
|
- |
|
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(200 |
) |
Adjusted EBITDA on a constant currency basis |
$ |
409 |
|
|
$ |
473 |
|
|
$ |
71 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
Less capital expenditures |
|
360 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
513 |
|
|
|
528 |
|
Free cash flow |
$ |
49 |
|
|
$ |
483 |
|
|
$ |
(442 |
) |
|
$ |
1,339 |
|
Free cash flow conversion |
|
12.0 |
% |
|
|
91.0 |
% |
|
|
(622.5 |
%) |
|
|
71.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
(749 |
) |
|
|
(246 |
) |
|
|
(2,699 |
) |
|
|
(4,347 |
) |
Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based compensation expense(1) |
|
680 |
|
|
|
680 |
|
|
|
2,195 |
|
|
|
2,211 |
|
Foreign exchange (gain) loss |
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
214 |
|
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
(233 |
) |
Other adjustments(2) |
|
199 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(541 |
) |
|
|
2,121 |
|
Related tax effects(3) |
|
(227 |
) |
|
|
(237 |
) |
|
|
(488 |
) |
|
|
(1,086 |
) |
Adjusted Net Income (Loss) |
$ |
(118 |
) |
|
$ |
411 |
|
|
$ |
(1,344 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,334 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes: (1) In the 39 week periods ended
September 26, 2021 and September 27, 2020, the Company granted RSUs
to executive officers, management, and employees of the Company in
conjunction with an annual employee grant.(2) For the 13 and 39
week periods ended September 26, 2021, non-recurring expenditures
related to the acquisition of Natura Market. Also included in the
39 week period ended September 26, 2021, franchise fee revenue, net
of related commissions, resulting from a change in the Company’s
estimated future performance obligations. The inclusion of this
revenue is a one-time occurrence and so has been removed for
purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA. For the 39 week period
ended September 27, 2020, represents certain professional fees
associated with one-time investments in the Company’s growth
strategy.(3) Related tax effects are calculated at statutory rates
in Canada or U.S. depending on the adjustment.The Company’s
condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the 13 and
39 week periods ended September 26, 2021 and September 27, 2020 and
the relevant Management’s Discussion and Analysis documents, are
available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
_______________1 This is a non-IFRS measure.
Please refer to the “Non-IFRS Measures and Industry Metrics”
section included later in this news release.
2 System-wide sales, same-store sales growth,
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, North American stores and free cash flow
are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a
standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely
to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
See “Non-IFRS Measures and Industry Metrics” and the table
reconciling such measures to the most directly comparable IFRS
financial performance measure, included later in this news
release.
For further information
contact:Investor Relationsir@freshii.com1.866.337.4265
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