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Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
- Company Makes Progress on its Three Strategic Pillars, Including $700K in Executed Annual Cost Savings, Sale of Non-Core Frozen Yogurt Business and New
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Company Makes Progress on its Three Strategic Pillars, Including $700K in Executed Annual Cost Savings, Sale of Non-Core Frozen Yogurt Business and New Revenue Enhancing Logistics Partnership - - Company to Host Conference Call Today at 5:00 p.m. ET - DURANGO, Colo., July 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMCF) (the \"Company\", “we” or \"RMCF\"), an international franchisor and processor of premium chocolates and other confectionary products, is reporting financial and operating results for the three months ended May 31, 2023. The Company will host a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss the results. “During the quarter, we continued to lay the foundation of our strategic transformation plan: do more with less, simplify and focus our operations, and amplify and elevate the Rocky Mountain Chocolate brand,” said Rob Sarlls, CEO of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. “To do more with less, we have significantly reduced waste and scrap due to better staff training and the elimination of underperforming SKUs. We have also migrated certain store delivery logistics to now utilize third-party cross docking to reduce trips and maximize pound volume on our own trucks shipped from Durango. Further, we eliminated two offsite third-party warehouses during the quarter as we have become more efficient with inventory management and demand planning, as reflected by a 46% reduction of inventory compared to the prior year. These initiatives have combined for over $700,000 in annual cost savings, which is more than 60% of our $1.2 million annual cost saving target introduced last quarter. This is ahead of our original expectations in terms of both magnitude and timing.” “To simplify and focus our operations, our key strategic decision to divest our U-Swirl frozen yogurt business was completed in May, which enables us to better focus on our core premium chocolate business moving forward. Additionally, we are midway through a plan to reduce SKU count by 25% as we eliminate underperforming chocolate SKUs and increase our ability to produce significantly higher volumes of our most popular items. “To amplify and elevate our brand, we recently completed an overhaul of our franchise offering and documentation, establishing for the first time an area development offering to better attract mul...