Company: THS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001320695-25-000007
Chunk: 31

Company: TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 31
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Item 1A.    Risk Factors 

Our business, financial condition, and results of operations are and will remain subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. In addition to the factors discussed elsewhere in this Report, investors should carefully consider the following risk factors, which may have materially affected or could materially affect us, including impacting our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, stock price, credit rating, or reputation. These are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company or other unknown events or factors or risks that we do not currently consider to be material may also impair the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, stock price, credit rating, or reputation.

Business and Operating Risks

Disruption of our supply chain or distribution capabilities could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our ability to manufacture, move, and sell products is critical to our success. We are subject to damage or disruption to raw material supplies or our manufacturing or distribution capabilities (in particular, to the extent that our raw materials are sourced globally) due to weather, including any potential effects of climate change, natural disaster, fire, terrorism, war, adverse geopolitical events and regional conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war and conflicts in the Middle East, pandemics and public health crises, strikes, labor shortages, freight transportation availability and transport capacity constraints, disruption in logistics, import restrictions, or other factors that impair our ability to manufacture, move, or sell our products. Failure to take adequate steps to mitigate the likelihood or potential impact of such events, or to effectively manage such events if they occur, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations, as well as require additional resources to restore our supply chain.

We are dependent upon third party suppliers and manufacturers for the manufacturing and packaging of our products. Our operating results are adversely affected if we do not manage our supply chain effectively.

The success of our business depends, in part, on maintaining a strong sourcing and manufacturing platform. The inability of any supplier of raw materials or packaging, independent co-packer, or third-party distributor to deliver or perform for us in a timely or cost-effective manner, while also meeting quality standards, could cause our operating costs to increase and our profit margins to decrease, especially as it relates to our products that have a short shelf life. We must continuously monitor our inventory and product mix against forecasted demand or risk having inadequate supplies to meet consumer demand as well