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Simply Good Foods Announces Cost Savings Initiatives and Leadership Changes as Part of Ongoing Strategic Evolution
DENVER, April 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Simply Good Foods Company (NASDAQ: SMPL) (“Simply Good Foods” or the “Company”), a leader in the Nutritional Snacking category, today announced cost savings and corporate realignment initiatives to position the business for its next phase of growth. “We have taken a clear-eyed assessment of the business to identify areas for enhancing our performance to set a foundation for a go-forward model to return the business to a compelling growth trajectory,
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