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Lifeway Issues Letter to Shareholders Regarding Dissident Director Nominees, Revealing Disqualifying Track Records and Ethical Failures
Highly concerning nominee backgrounds underscore questionable judgement by Edward Smolyansky and George Sent, Managing Director of Cascadia Capital Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky’s personal liquidity needs may be behind their demands for a quick sale of Lifeway at any price MORTON GROVE, Ill., Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWAY) (“Lifeway” or the “Company”), a leading U.S. supplier of kefir and fermented probiotic products, today issued the following statement in
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