Second quarter net revenue grew 9.0% with organic revenue growth of 11.4%

Global Points of Access grew by 12.8% to 12,872

GAAP net income of $0.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $48.8 million

Krispy Kreme, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNUT) (“Krispy Kreme” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 2, 2023. Net revenue grew 9.0% year-over-year to $408.9 million and organic revenue grew 11.4%, led by the U.S., where all sales channels including doughnut and cookie shops, Delivered Fresh Daily (“DFD”) doors, and ecommerce contributed to 12.7% organic growth in the quarter.

GAAP net income for the quarter was $0.1 million compared to net loss of $2.4 million a year ago while GAAP diluted EPS for the quarter was $0.00 compared to diluted loss per share of $0.02 last year. Adjusted diluted EPS decreased $0.01 to $0.07 for the quarter, compared to $0.08 last year in the same period, driven by higher net interest expense. Adjusted EBITDA increased 3.1% in the quarter to $48.8 million led by the U.S. and Market Development segments.

Global Points of Access, which reflect all locations where fresh doughnuts and cookies can be purchased, increased by 462 during the quarter and 1,035 year-to-date, providing consumers with access to Krispy Kreme and Insomnia Cookies through 12,872 locations around the world.

Commenting on the Company’s performance, CEO Mike Tattersfield stated, “I am proud of the results we delivered in the second quarter, which were bolstered by our continued focus on expanding our hub and spoke model as we leaned heavily into our omni-channel and DFD capabilities as well as our international expansion strategy. We executed the strongest and largest National Doughnut Day in our history, which we now celebrate in a dozen countries. We are also pleased with our continued global expansion, as we opened three new markets during the quarter in Chile, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, all exceeding our revenue growth targets.”

Mike continued, “We look forward to capitalizing on a strong start to the year in the back half of 2023 and delivering profitable growth as we focus on our capital efficient hub and spoke model and omni-channel strategy. We continue to expect to open in three to five additional markets in 2023, and recently opened in Switzerland which marked our first opening in Continental Europe to be followed by France before year-end. Overall, we remain on our path to grow Global Points of Access and become the most loved sweet treat brand in the world.”

Financial Highlights

Key Operating Metrics

Second Quarter 2023 Consolidated Results

Krispy Kreme’s second quarter 2023 results reflect strong growth compared to the prior year. Net revenue grew 9.0% to $408.9 million and total company organic revenue grew 11.4% in the quarter. Organic revenue growth was driven by a strong performance in all three business segments. Ecommerce revenue growth in the quarter was 18.0% and represented 18.8% of retail sales in the quarter.

GAAP net income for the quarter was $0.1 million, compared to a GAAP net loss of $2.4 million in 2022. GAAP net income included a $4.4 million charge related to the previously disclosed exit of the Company’s Branded Sweet Treats business that was largely non-cash. Inventory write-offs and employee severance associated with the exit of the Branded Sweet Treats business had a 70 basis point impact on product and distribution costs as a percent of revenue in the second quarter of 2023.

Adjusted EBITDA in the quarter grew 3.1% to $48.8 million despite an approximate $0.5 million negative impact from the stronger U.S. dollar. Operating margins declined 60 basis points to 1.4%, while Adjusted EBITDA margins declined 70 basis points to 11.9% as pricing initiatives and hub and spoke efficiencies were offset by inflationary pressure and the timing of certain performance-based incentives. Adjusted Net Income, Diluted, decreased 13.1% to $11.4 million in the quarter. GAAP diluted EPS in the quarter was $0.00 compared to a loss per share of $0.02 in the same quarter last year, while adjusted diluted EPS decreased 12.5% to $0.07 from $0.08 in the second quarter of 2022, due primarily to higher net interest expense.

Second Quarter 2023 Market Segment Results

U.S.: In the U.S. segment, net revenue grew $22.8 million, or approximately 9.3%, and organic revenue increased $29.8 million, or approximately 12.7%, compared to a year ago. Organic growth was driven by successful pricing actions, marketing activations and expansion of our DFD strategy. Sales per hub in the U.S. increased 9% to $4.7 million and DFD average sales per door increased 16% year over year to $632 per week, with an additional 815 Points of Access compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Additionally, ecommerce as a percent of retail sales grew 260 basis points. This level of performance was achieved despite short-term disruption from a third-party POS provider during the first part of the quarter, which has since been resolved. We also saw strong performance at Insomnia Cookies which opened 23 new Cookie Shops compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2022.

U.S. Adjusted EBITDA increased 16.3% to $28.1 million with Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion of 60 basis points to 10.5%. This was primarily driven by efficiencies from network optimizations and price increases augmenting Sales per Hub, partially offset by inflation and labor inefficiencies due to the temporary outages associated with a third-party POS provider. Profitability at Insomnia Cookies was pressured because of the impact of higher product and distribution costs, partially offset by pricing, as well as timing of investments to support strategic growth initiatives.

International: In the International segment, net revenue grew $4.5 million, or approximately 4.8%, from the second quarter of fiscal 2022 to the second quarter of fiscal 2023, aided by foreign currency translation impacts of $1.2 million from a weakening U.S. dollar. International organic revenue grew $3.3 million, or approximately 3.5%, from the second quarter of fiscal 2022 to the second quarter of fiscal 2023, driven by increased pricing and Points of Access growth of 245 locations, or 7%, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2022.

International Adjusted EBITDA declined 0.4% compared to the prior year at $19.5 million, driven by cost inflation. Adjusted EBITDA margins declined 100 basis points to 19.8%. We have already begun to see results from the actions taken in the International segment, focused on expansion with key partners including adding Krispy Kreme to consumer loyalty card programs, deploying pricing and cost control initiatives, and optimizing price pack architecture in the UK DFD market.

Market Development: In the Market Development segment, net revenue increased $6.4 million, or approximately 17.4%, from the second quarter of fiscal 2022 to the second quarter of fiscal 2023, despite the impacts of certain foreign currencies devaluing against the U.S. dollar. When adjusted for the impacts of acquisitions and foreign currency, Market Development organic revenue grew $8.5 million, or approximately 23.2%, from the second quarter of fiscal 2022 to the second quarter of fiscal 2023, driven by strong performance in the Company’s international franchise markets, Canada, and Japan, aided by Hub and Spoke model expansion.

Market Development Adjusted EBITDA grew 27.3% to $15.7 million, with strong margin improvement in the Company’s equity-owned Japan and Canada markets from hub and spoke efficiencies and strength in international franchise revenue more than offsetting inflation and the strong U.S. dollar. Adjusted EBITDA margins for the segment increased 290 basis points to 36.5% despite a negative impact from mix shift.

Balance Sheet & Capital Expenditures

During the second quarter of 2023, the company invested $27.7 million in capital expenditures, or 6.8% of revenue, primarily to support growth of our hot light theaters, cookie shops, and DFD Doors.

As of July 2, 2023 the company had total available liquidity of $201.6 million, including $26.6 million of cash and cash equivalents plus undrawn capacity of $175 million under available credit facilities, and net debt of $833.5 million. In line with the strategic decision to reduce reliance on vendor financing programs, the Company paid down a further $33.7 million in structured payables and supply chain financing vehicles in the second quarter which will provide a long-term tailwind to Adjusted EBITDA.

2023 Financial Outlook

Krispy Kreme re-affirms its previous guidance for the full year 2023 as follows:

• Net Revenue of $1.65 billion to $1.68 billion, +8% to +10% vs 2022 (+9% to +11% in constant currency)
• Organic Revenue growth of 9% to 11%
• Adjusted EBITDA of $205 million to $215 million, +8% to +13% vs 2022 (+10% to +14% in constant currency)
• Adjusted Net Income, Diluted, of $52 million to $58 million, +5% to +17% vs 2022 (+9% to +21% in constant currency)
• Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.31 to $0.34, +7% to +17% vs 2022 (+10% to +21% in constant currency)
• Income Tax rate between 24.5% to 26.0%
• Capital Expenditures between $105 million to $115 million, or approximately 6.6% of revenue
• Interest Expense, net between $39 million to $43 million

The above guidance continues to assume a negative 1% impact to 2023 revenue and a negative $3 million impact to 2023 Adjusted EBITDA from FX headwinds, with the impact entirely in the first half of the year. The Company expects to reduce its net leverage in 2023, as we make progress towards our 2026 goal of approximately 2.0x to 2.5x net leverage.

Definitions

The following definitions apply to terms used throughout this press release:

• Global Points of Access: Reflects all locations at which fresh doughnuts or cookies can be purchased. We define global points of access to include all Hot Light Theater Shops, Fresh Shops, Carts and Food Trucks, DFD Doors and Cookie Shops, at both Company-owned and franchise locations as of the end of the respective reporting period. We monitor global points of access as a metric that informs the growth of our omni-channel presence over time and believe this metric is useful to investors to understand our footprint in each of our segments.
• Hubs: Reflects locations where fresh doughnuts are produced and processed for sale at any point of access. We define Hubs to include self-sustaining Hot Light Theater Shops and Doughnut Factories, at both Company-owned and franchise locations as of the end of the respective reporting period.
• Sales Per Hub: Sales per Hub equals Fresh Revenues from Hubs with Spokes, divided by the average number of Hubs with Spokes at the end of the five most recent quarters.
• Fresh Revenues from Hubs with Spokes: Fresh Revenues include product sales generated from our Doughnut Shop business (including Ecommerce and delivery), as well as DFD sales, but excluding sales from our legacy wholesale business and our Branded Sweet Treat Line. It also excludes all Insomnia Cookies revenues as the measure is focused on the Krispy Kreme business. Fresh Revenues from Hubs with Spokes equals the Fresh Revenues derived from those Hubs currently producing product for other shops, Carts and Food Trucks, and/or DFD Doors, but excluding Fresh Revenues derived from those Hubs not currently producing product for other shops, Carts and Food Trucks, and/or DFD Doors.
• Total Net Leverage Ratio: Calculated using Net Debt (including both bank debt and financing leases as part of debt) divided by Adjusted EBITDA.
• Free Cash Flow: Defined as cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment.

Conference Call

Krispy Kreme will host a public conference call at 8:30 AM Eastern Time today to discuss its results for the second quarter of 2023. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1 (800) 599-5188 and entering the conference ID 5487868. International participants can access the call via the corresponding number listed here and entering the conference ID 5487868. To listen to the live audio webcast and Q&A, visit the Krispy Kreme investor relations website at investors.krispykreme.com. A replay and transcript of the webcast will be available on the website within 24 hours after the call. Krispy Kreme’s earnings press release and related materials will also be available on the investor relations section of the Company’s website.

About Krispy Kreme

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Krispy Kreme is one of the most beloved and well-known sweet treat brands in the world. Our iconic Original Glazed® doughnut is universally recognized for its hot-off-the-line, melt-in-your-mouth experience. Krispy Kreme operates in 35 countries through its unique network of fresh doughnut shops, partnerships with leading retailers, and a rapidly growing Ecommerce and delivery business with nearly 13,000 fresh points of access. Our purpose of touching and enhancing lives through the joy that is Krispy Kreme guides how we operate every day and is reflected in the love we have for our people, our communities and the planet. Connect with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts at www.KrispyKreme.com, or on one of its many social media channels, including www.Facebook.com/KrispyKreme and www.Twitter.com/KrispyKreme.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The words “believe,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “outlook,” “guidance,” or similar words, or the negative of these words, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and estimates that we consider reasonable but are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, financial results, financial conditions, business, prospects, growth strategy and liquidity. Accordingly, there are, or will be, important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. Our actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements included herein. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties described under the headings “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2023, filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and described in the other filings we make from time to time with the SEC. We believe that these factors include, but are not limited to, the impact of pandemics, changes in consumer preferences, the impact of inflation, and our ability to execute on our omni-channel business strategy. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this document, and we do not undertake any obligation, other than as may be required by applicable law, to update or revise any forward-looking or cautionary statement to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of events, unanticipated or otherwise, or changes in future operating results over time or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Measures

This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures including organic revenue growth, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Diluted, Adjusted Diluted EPS, Fresh Revenue from Hubs with Spokes and Sales per Hub, which differ from results using U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP financial measures are not universally consistent calculations, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Other companies may calculate similarly titled financial measures differently than we do or may not calculate them at all. Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP. In order to facilitate a clear understanding of our consolidated historical operating results, you should examine our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with our historical consolidated financial statements and notes thereto filed with the SEC.

To the extent that the Company provides guidance, it does so only on a non-GAAP basis. The Company does not provide reconciliations of such forward-looking non-GAAP measures to GAAP due to the inability to predict the amount and timing of impacts outside of the Company’s control on certain items, such as net income and other charges reflected in our reconciliation of historic numbers, the amount of which, based on historical experience, could be significant.

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