Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: LWAY) produces and markets cultured dairy and probiotic foods, primarily drinkable kefir sold to retail and distributor customers. Its products include kefir in organic and conventional varieties, European-style soft cheeses, cream, drinkable yogurt, children’s ProBugs kefir, butter and… From the company’s description.
Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Lifeway Foods, Inc. reported revenue of $242.41M, up 25.6% from a year earlier, and net income of $10.87M. Its operating margin was 6.5%, and operations generated $11.22M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $212.50M, up 13.7% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $13.86M.
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What Lifeway Foods, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: LWAY) produces and markets cultured dairy and probiotic foods, primarily drinkable kefir sold to retail and distributor customers. Its products include kefir in organic and conventional varieties, European-style soft cheeses, cream, drinkable yogurt, children’s ProBugs kefir, butter and sour cream. The company sells under the Lifeway, Fresh Made and GlenOaks Farms brands and also makes private-label products. Lifeway operates as one reportable segment, with substantially all revenue coming from cultured dairy products. In 2025, drinkable kefir other than ProBugs represented 85% of net sales, and total net sales were $212.5 million. The company sells mainly through retail-direct and distributor channels, with direct store delivery in the Chicago area, and reaches markets in the United States, Mexico, parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, France, Ireland and the Middle East. Founded in 1986, Lifeway manufactures most of its products at its own facilities; it employed 295 people at year-end 2025. Its website is www.lifewayfoods.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry (SIC)
- Food Products
- Headquarters
- MORTON GROVE, IL
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 814586
- SIC
- 2020
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Lifeway Foods, Inc. — and what changed
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