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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X]ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024
OR
[ ]TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________to_________
Commission File Number 1-5039
WEIS MARKETS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)1000 S. Second StreetP. O. Box 471
24-0755415(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Sunbury, Pennsylvania(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (570) 286-4571
17801-0471(Zip Code)Registrant’s web address: www.weismarkets.com
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading symbol
Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock, no par value
WMK
New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes [ ] No [X]
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes [ ] No [X]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer [ X ]
Accelerated filer [ ]
Non-accelerated filer [ ]
Smaller reporting company [ ]
Emerging growth company [ ]
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. [X]
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. [X]
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes [ ] No [X]
The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant is approximately $593,000,000 as of June 29, 2024 the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
Shares of common stock outstanding as of February 26, 2025 - 26,898,443.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: Selected portions of the 2025 Weis Markets, Inc. definitive proxy statement are incorporated herein by reference.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I
Item 1. Business
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Item 1a. Risk Factors
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Item 1b. Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 1c. Cybersecurity
Item 2. Properties
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Information about our Executive Officers
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Part II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 6. [Reserved]
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 7a. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
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Item 9a. Controls and Procedures
Item 9b. Other Information
Item 9c. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item 11. Executive Compensation
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
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Item 15(c)(3). Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
Signatures
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Exhibit 21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant
Exhibit 31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification - CEO
Exhibit 31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification - CFO
Exhibit 32 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
PART I
Item 1. Business:
Weis Markets, Inc. (Weis Markets or the Company) is a Pennsylvania business founded by Harry and Sigmund Weis in 1912 and incorporated in 1924. The Company is engaged principally in the retail sale of food in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. There was no material change in the nature of the Company’s business during fiscal 2024. The Company’s stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1965 under the symbol “WMK.” The Weis family currently owns approximately 65% of the outstanding shares. Jonathan H. Weis serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer.
The Company’s retail food stores sell groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services, deli products, prepared foods, bakery products, beer and wine, fuel and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care and household products. The store product selection includes national, local and private brands including natural, gluten-free and organic varieties. The Company advertises its products and promotes its brand through digital and printed circulars; television ads; radio ads; e-mail blasts; and on-line via its web site, social media and mobile applications. The Company promotes competitive pricing by using Everyday Lower Price; Low Price Guarantee; Low, Low Price; 3 Day Sale; senior and military discounts; and Loyalty programs. The Loyalty program includes reward points that may be redeemed for discounts on items in store, at the Company’s fuel stations or at one of its third-party fuel station partners. The Company owns and operates 198 retail food stores many of which have on-line order customer service. The Company’s operations are reported as a single reportable segment. The majority of the Company’s revenues are generally not seasonal in nature. However, revenues tend to be higher during the major holidays throughout the year. Additionally, extreme weather systems, particularly winter storms, tend to affect sales trends.
The following table provides additional detail on the percentage of consolidated net sales contributed by product category for fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively:
2024
2023
2022
Center Store (1)
53.7
%
54.4
54.7
Fresh (2)
28.6
29.1
30.0
Pharmacy Services
12.5
11.2
9.4
Fuel
4.9
5.1
5.6
Other
0.3
0.2
Consolidated net sales
100.0
At the end of 2024, Weis Markets, Inc. operated 3 stores in Delaware, 49 stores in Maryland, 6 stores in New Jersey, 8 stores in New York, 120 stores in Pennsylvania, 9 stores in Virginia and 3 stores in West Virginia, for a total of 198 retail food stores operating under the Weis Markets trade name. Since the end of 2024, the Company acquired one store location in Pennsylvania and closed one store location in Pennsylvania, so the current total store count remains at 198.
Item 1. Business: (continued)
All retail food store locations operate as conventional supermarkets. The retail food stores range in size from 8,000 to 71,000 square feet, with an average size of approximately 49,000 square feet. The Company’s store fleet includes a variety of sizes with a few locations in operation since the 1950s; all stores are branded Weis Markets and provide the same basic offerings scaled to the size of each store. The following summarizes the number of stores by size categories as of year-end:
Square feet
Number of stores
% of Total
Over 55,000
64
32%
45,000 to 54,999
70
35%
36%
35,000 to 44,999
24%
23%
25,000 to 34,999
6%
Under 25,000
5
3%
Total
198
100%
197
The Company believes that opening new stores and remodeling current stores are vital for future Company growth. The location and appearance of its stores are important components of attracting new and retaining current customers. On an average basis, the Company has two to three new/relocated stores in the process of being developed and dedicates one third of its capital expenditure budget to new stores annually, excluding acquisitions. Although supply chain conditions relating to labor and materials needed for opening and remodeling stores are stabilizing, labor and supply chain disruptions resulted in multiple store development and construction projects (new, relocated, addition, major remodel) to be carried over for completion in 2025 and 2026. Generally, another fifteen to twenty percent of the capital expenditure budget is dedicated to store remodels while the remainder is attributable to supply chain, technology, smaller in-store sales-driven projects, store maintenance and store support function expenditures.
The following schedule shows the changes in the number of retail food stores, total square footage and store additions/remodels as of year-end:
2021
2020
Beginning store count
196
New/relocated stores (1)
2
—
Closed/relocated stores
(1)
(4)
Ending store count
Total square feet (000’s), at year-end
9,757
9,710
9,617
9,568
Additions/major remodels
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Utilizing its own strategically located distribution center and transportation fleet, Weis Markets self distributes approximately 53% of product supplied to stores with the remaining being supplied by direct store vendors and regional wholesalers. In addition, the Company has three manufacturing facilities which process milk, water, ice, ice cream and fresh meat products. The corporate offices are located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania where the Company was founded in 1912.
The Company strives to be good stewards of the environment and makes this an important part of its overall mission. Its sustainability strategy operates under four key pillars: green design, natural resource conservation, food and agricultural impact and community impact. The goal of the sustainability strategy is to reduce the Company’s overall carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the impact on the environment, which also serves to increase the Company’s efficiency. The Company continues to be a member of the EPA GreenChill program for advancing environmentally beneficial refrigerant management systems. The Company currently has fifteen stores certified under this program and plans to expand this program to more stores. Since 2017, the Company has replaced 96% of its stores fluorescent lighting with more energy efficient and environmentally friendly LED lighting. The Company continues to emphasize recycling in all areas, diverting approximately 40 thousand tons of waste from landfills annually. These statistics and more can be found in the Company’s most recently published sustainability report, linked below in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The Company operates in a highly competitive marketplace. The number and the variety of competitors vary by market. The Company’s principal competition consists of international, national, regional and local food chains, as well as independent food stores. The Company also faces substantial competition from convenience stores, membership warehouse clubs, specialty retailers, supercenters and large-scale drug and pharmaceutical chains. This competition is augmented by the food retail industry’s expansion into the online market in recent years. The Company continues to effectively compete by offering a strong combination of value, quality and service. The Company has provided additional product offerings and customer conveniences such as “Weis 2 Go Online,” currently offered at 190 store locations. “Weis 2 Go Online” allows the customer to order on-line and have their order delivered or picked up at an expedient store drive-thru. The Company also currently offers home delivery to customers at all 198 of its locations via multiple grocery delivery partners.
Human Capital. The Company believes that talent is a business differentiator and is committed to creating a sustainable competitive advantage through the selection, development and promotion of talented, highly motivated people. The Company believes that establishing a learning culture supports its commitment to be an employer of choice and helps drive customer engagement with its employees. Improvements in the Company’s talent management and development will help drive business impact while providing internal career opportunities. The Company continues to grow leaders at every level throughout the organization by creating a culture of mentoring, coaching and leveraging on-the-job assignments for continued development. The Company believes that a strong employment brand is necessary to attract and retain top talent and affects its ability to compete and execute strategic plans. The Company will continue to assess and upgrade underlying technologies to support human capital development as a strategic imperative for future growth.
The Company currently employs approximately 22,000 full-time and part-time employees. Approximately 94% of Weis Markets employees are paid an hourly wage.
Trade Names and Trademarks. The Company has invested significantly in the development and protection of “Weis Markets” both as a trade name and a trademark and considers it to be an important asset. The Company is the exclusive licensee of nearly 115 trademarks registered and/or pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office from WMK Holdings, Inc., including trademarks for its product lines and promotions such as Weis, Weis 2 Go, Weis Great Meals Start Here, Weis Gas-n-Go and Weis Nutri-Facts. Each trademark registration is for an initial period of 10 years and may be renewed so long as it is in continued use in commerce.
The Company considers its trademarks to be of material importance to its business and actively defends and enforces its rights.
The Company maintains a corporate web site at www.weismarkets.com/investor-relations. The Company makes available, free of charge, on the “Investor Relations” page of its web site, its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such
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material or furnishes it to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by clicking on the “SEC Information” link.
The Company’s Corporate Governance materials can be found on the “Governance” page of its web site. These materials include the Corporate Governance Guidelines; the Charters of the Audit, Compensation and Disclosure Committees; both the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Code of Ethics for the CEO and CFO; the Policy Relating to Recovery (Clawback) of erroneously Awarded Compensation; and the Securities Trading Policy. A copy of the foregoing corporate governance materials is available upon written request to the Company’s principal executive offices.
Item 1a. Risk Factors:
Competitive and Reputational Risks
The Company’s industry is highly competitive. If the Company is unable to compete effectively, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations could be materially affected.
The retail food industry is intensely price competitive, and the competition the Company encounters may have a negative impact on product retail prices. The operating environment continues to be characterized by aggressive expansion, entry of non-traditional competitors, market consolidation and increasing fragmentation of retail and online formats. The introduction of on-line food retail in recent years has augmented competition in industry. The financial results may be adversely impacted by a competitive environment that could cause the Company to reduce retail prices without a reduction in its product cost to maintain market share; thus, reducing sales and gross profit margins.
Food safety issues could result in the loss of consumer confidence in the Company.
Customers count on the Company to provide them with safe and wholesome food products. Concerns regarding the safety of food products sold in its stores could cause shoppers to avoid purchasing certain products from the Company, or to seek alternative sources of supply for all of their food needs, even if the basis for the concern is outside of the Company’s control. A loss in confidence on the part of its customers would be difficult and costly to reestablish. As such, any issue regarding the safety of any food items sold by the Company, regardless of the cause, could have a substantial and adverse effect on operations.
The Company may be unable to retain key management personnel.
The Company’s success depends to a significant degree upon the continued contributions of senior management. The loss of any key member of management may prevent the Company from implementing its business plans in a timely manner. In addition, employment conditions specifically may affect the Company’s ability to hire and train qualified employees.
Financial, Investments and Infrastructure Risks
The failure to execute expansion plans could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business and results of its operations.
Circumstances outside the Company’s control could negatively impact anticipated capital investments in the Company’s stores, distribution and manufacturing, as well as in information technology and equipment. The Company cannot determine with certainty whether its new or acquired stores will meet expected benefits including, among other things, operating efficiencies, procurement savings, innovation, sharing of best practices and increased market share that may allow for future growth. Achieving the anticipated benefits may be subject to a number of significant challenges and
Item 1a. Risk Factors: (continued)
uncertainties, including, without limitation, the possibility of imprecise assumptions underlying expectations regarding potential synergies and the integration process, unforeseen expenses and delays diverting Management’s time and attention and competitive factors in the marketplace.
The Company’s investment portfolio may suffer losses from changes in market interest rates and changes in market conditions which could adversely affect results of operations and liquidity.
The Company’s marketable securities consist of corporate and municipal bonds, commercial paper and equity securities. These investments are subject to general credit, liquidity, market and interest rate risks. As a result, the Company may experience a reduction in value or loss of liquidity from investments, which may have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
Unexpected factors affecting self-insurance claims and reserve estimates could adversely affect the Company.
The Company uses a combination of insurance and self-insurance to provide for potential liabilities for workers’ compensation, general liability, vehicle accident, property and employee medical benefit claims. Management estimates the liabilities associated with the risks retained by the Company, in part, by considering historical claims experience, demographic and severity factors and other actuarial assumptions which, by their nature, are subject to a high degree of variability. Any projection of losses concerning workers’ compensation and general liability is subject to a high degree of variability. Among the causes of this variability are unpredictable external factors affecting future inflation rates, litigation trends, legal interpretations, benefit level changes and claim settlement patterns.
Information Security, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Risks
Disruptions or cybersecurity breaches in the Company’s information technology systems could adversely affect results of operations.
The Company’s business is highly dependent on complex information technology systems that are vital to its continuing operations. If the Company was to experience difficulties maintaining existing systems or implementing new systems, significant losses could be incurred due to disruptions in its operations. Additionally, these systems contain valuable proprietary data as well as receipt and storage of personal information about its employees and customers, in particular electronic payment data and personal health information that, if breached, would have an adverse effect on the Company. Such an occurrence could adversely affect the Company’s reputation with its customers, employees, and vendors, as well as the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity with potential litigation against the Company or the imposition of penalties. The techniques and sophistication used in breach information technology systems and the rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies may intensify the Company’s cyber security risks.
Supply Chain and Third-Party Risks
The Company is affected by certain operating costs which could increase or fluctuate considerably, and other potential disruptions.
Employee expenses contribute to the majority of the Company’s operating costs. The Company’s financial performance is potentially affected by increasing wage and benefit costs, a competitive labor market, regulatory wage increases and the risk of unionized labor disruptions of its non-union workforce. The Company’s profit is particularly sensitive to the cost of oil. Oil prices directly affect the Company’s product transportation costs, as well as its utility and petroleum-based supply costs. It also affects the costs of its suppliers, which impacts its cost of goods. Additionally, disruptions to the Company’s distribution of food products pose significant risks to the Company's operations. Various factors such as extreme weather conditions, food and drug safety, health epidemics or pandemics, and civil unrest could all contribute to such disruptions.
Changes in vendor promotions or allowances, including the way vendors target their promotional spending, and the Company’s ability to effectively manage these programs could significantly impact margins and profitability.
The Company cooperatively engages in a variety of promotional programs with its vendors. As the parties assess the results of specific promotions and plan for future promotions, the nature of these programs and the allocation of dollars among them changes over time. The Company manages these programs to maintain or improve margins while at the same time increasing sales. A reduction in overall promotional spending or a shift by vendors in promotional spending away from certain types of promotions that the Company and its customers have historically utilized could have a significant impact on profitability.
Legal, Regulatory and Other External Risks
The trade area of the Company is located within a region and is subject to the economic, social and climate variables of that region.
The majority of the Company’s stores are concentrated in central and northeast Pennsylvania, central Maryland, suburban Washington, DC and Baltimore regions and New York’s Southern Tier. Changes in economic and social conditions in the Company’s operating regions, including fluctuations in the inflation rate along with changes in population and employment and job growth rates and changes in government benefits such as SNAP/EBT or child care credits, affect customer shopping habits. Business disruptions due to extreme weather and catastrophic events may also affect our business. The Company’s geographic regions could receive an extreme variance in the amount of annual snowfall that may materially affect sales and expense results.
Various aspects of the Company’s business are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations.
The Company is subject to various federal, state and local laws, regulations and administrative practices that affect the Company’s business. The Company must comply with numerous provisions regulating health and sanitation standards, food labeling, equal employment opportunity, minimum wages and licensing for the sale of food, drugs and alcoholic beverages. The Company’s compliance with these regulations may require additional capital expenditures and could adversely affect the Company’s ability to conduct the Company’s business as planned. Management cannot predict either the nature of future laws, regulations, interpretations or applications, or the effect either additional government regulations or administrative orders, when and if promulgated, or disparate federal, state, and local regulatory schemes would have on the Company’s future business. They could, however, require the reformulation of certain products to meet new standards, the recall or discontinuance of certain products not able to be reformulated, additional record keeping, expanded documentation of the properties of certain products, expanded or different labeling and/or scientific substantiation. Any or all of such requirements could have an adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.
Changes in tax laws may result in higher income tax.
The Company’s future effective tax rate may increase from current rates due to changes in laws and the status of pending items with various taxing authorities. Currently, the Company benefits from a combination of its corporate structure and certain state tax laws.
The Company is a controlled Company due to the common stock holdings of the Weis family.
The Weis family’s share ownership represents approximately 65% of the combined voting power of the Company’s common stock as of December 28, 2024. As a result, the Weis family has the power to elect a majority of the Company’s directors and approve any action requiring the approval of the shareholders of the Company, including adopting certain amendments to the Company’s charter and approving mergers or sales of substantially all of the Company’s assets. Currently, one of the Company’s five directors is a member of the Weis family.
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Item 1b. Unresolved Staff Comments:
There are no unresolved staff comments.
Item 1c. Cybersecurity:
Risk Management and Strategy
The Company utilizes information systems to support a variety of business processes and activities in its operations. These systems may be subject to cyber-based attacks or breaches. Some examples of the cybersecurity threats that could negatively impact the Company are credit card skimmers, denial of service attacks, excessive port scans, firewall breach and computer virus outbreak.
Cybersecurity risk management is part of Management’s annual risk assessment program. In order to manage the risks associated with cybersecurity threats, the Company maintains a risk-based cybersecurity program consisting of processes, technologies, and controls to assess, identify and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats.
While the Company's information systems are exposed to cybersecurity threats and risks, the Company has not experienced any material cybersecurity incidents affecting its business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition, and any costs or operational impacts related to cybersecurity incidents were immaterial during the period presented.
For additional information related to the risks associated with cybersecurity threats, refer to the Information Security, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Risks section of Item 1a. Risk Factors.
Governance
Board of Directors Oversight
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for providing oversight and strategic guidance to management to support the long-term interests of the Company's shareholders. The Audit Committee is the lead committee of the Board of Directors responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk-based cybersecurity program and bears the primary responsibility for this aspect of the business. As part of this responsibility, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors annually reviews the Company's Information Security Incident Response Plan.
On a quarterly basis cybersecurity incidents are summarized and reported to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors which cover any identified cybersecurity incidents, results of third-party vulnerability testing, and key developments in policies.
Management’s Role in Managing Risk
The Company’s cybersecurity risk management is part of the Company's Information Security Office, led by the Chief Information Officer. In order to manage the risks associated with cybersecurity threats, the Company has implemented an Information Security Incident Response Plan.
The Company engages with a range of third-party experts, including cybersecurity assessors, consultants, and auditors in evaluating and testing its risk management systems. These relationships enable Management to leverage specialized knowledge and insights with respect to the Company’s cybersecurity strategies and processes.
Item1c. Cybersecurity: (continued)
The Company's Information Security Incident Response Plan includes detailed processes and controls related to cybersecurity awareness training for employees, phishing simulations, backup and recovery, response planning, vulnerability management and endpoint protection as well as ongoing cybersecurity requirements for third-party service providers. The framework is regularly reviewed, assessed, and updated. This framework is designed to mitigate risks related to data breaches or other security incidents originating from third parties.
Item 2. Properties:
As of December 28, 2024, the Company owned and operated 105 of its retail food stores and leased and operated 93 stores under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2038. The Company owns all trade fixtures and equipment in its stores and several parcels of vacant land, which are available as locations for possible future stores or other expansion.
The Company owns and operates one distribution center in Milton, Pennsylvania of approximately 1.3 million square feet, and one in Northumberland, Pennsylvania totaling approximately 76 thousand square feet. The Company also owns one warehouse complex in Sunbury, Pennsylvania totaling approximately 535 thousand square feet. The Company utilizes 258 thousand square feet of its Sunbury location to operate its three manufacturing facilities which process milk, water, ice, ice cream and fresh meat products.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings:
Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is presently a party to, nor is any of their property subject to, any pending legal proceedings, other than routine litigation incidental to the business that would not have a material adverse effect on the financial results. The Company estimates any exposure to these legal proceedings and establishes accruals for the estimated liabilities, where it is reasonably possible to estimate and where an adverse outcome is probable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures:
Not Applicable.
Information about Our Executive Officers
The following sets forth the names and ages of the Company’s executive officers as of February 26, 2025, indicating all positions held during the past five years:
Name
Age
Current Title
Robert G. Gleeson (a)
59
Chief Operating Officer
David W. Gose II (b)
58
Senior Vice President of Operations
Michael T. Lockard (c)
55
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
James E. Marcil (d)
66
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
John F. O'Hara (e)
65
Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs & Real Estate, Secretary
Jeanette R. Rogers (f)
Vice President, Corporate Controller, Assistant Secretary
Jonathan H. Weis (g)
57
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
R. Gregory Zeh Jr. (h)
52
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Information about Our Executive Officers: (continued)
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities:
The Company’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol WMK). The approximate number of shareholders, including individual participants in security position listings on February 26, 2025 was 12,475.
The following line graph compares the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P Composite-500 Stock Index and the cumulative total return of a Company-selected group index that the Company deems most properly represents its “Peer Group”, for the period of five years. The updated Peer group is made up of six retail grocers that the Company feels most closely relate to its size and business profile, including one national grocer the Company believes to be an industry market leader. The companies making up the Peer Group, in no particular order, are, Ingles Markets, Inc.; Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V., added for the year ending December 28, 2024; Village Super Market, Inc.; SpartanNash Co., added for the year ending December 28, 2024; Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. and The Kroger Company. Smart & Final Stores has been removed from the peer group due to the acquisition of the company by Apollo Global Management, LLC in June 2019. The graph depicts $100 invested at the close of trading on the last trading day preceding the first day of the fifth preceding year in Weis Markets, Inc. common stock, S&P 500, and the Peer Group. The cumulative total return assumes reinvestment of dividends.
Comparative Five-Year Total Returns
2019
Weis Markets, Inc.
100.00
121.26
170.83
217.12
172.16
189.16
S&P 500
116.26
147.52
118.84
147.64
182.05
Updated Peer Group
113.33
153.85
147.22
157.20
226.45
Prior Peer Group
110.27
162.03
165.30
179.25
282.28
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations:
Overview
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is intended to help the reader understand Weis Markets, Inc., its operations and its present business environment. The MD&A is provided as a supplement to and should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes thereto contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this report. The following analysis should also be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements included in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the cautionary statement captioned “Forward-Looking Statements” immediately following this analysis. This overview summarizes the MD&A, which includes the following sections:
Company Overview
General
Weis Markets is a conventional supermarket chain that operates 198 retail stores with approximately 22 thousand employees located in Pennsylvania and six surrounding states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and West Virginia. Approximately 94% of Weis Markets employees are paid an hourly wage. Its products sold include groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services at certain locations, deli products, prepared foods, bakery products, beer and wine, fuel, and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care and household products. The store product selection includes national, local and private brands and the Company promotes competitive pricing by using Everyday Lower Price; Low Price Guarantee; Low, Low Price; 3 Day Sale; senior and military discounts; and Loyalty programs. The Loyalty program includes reward points that may be redeemed for discounts on items in store, at one of the Company’s fuel stations or one of its third-party fuel station partners.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations: (continued)
Company Overview (continued)
The Company has provided additional product offerings and customer conveniences such as “Weis 2 Go Online,” currently offered at 190 store locations. “Weis 2 Go Online” allows the customer to order on-line and have their order delivered or picked up at an expedient store drive-thru. The Company also currently offers home delivery to customers at all 198 of its locations via multiple grocery delivery partners.
Strategic Imperatives
The following strategic imperatives continue to be focused upon by the Company to attempt to ensure the success of the Company in the coming years:
Results of Operations
Two-Year Stacked Comparable Store Sales Analysis
Management is providing Comparable Store Sales Two-Year Stacked analysis, a non-GAAP measure, because Management believes this metric is useful to investors and analysts. Information presented in the tables below is not intended for use as an alternative to any other measure of performance. It is not recommended that this table be considered a substitute for the Company’s operating results as reported in accordance with GAAP.
Year-over-year and sequential comparisons are the primary calculations used to analyze operating results, however, due to significant fluctuations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and declining government benefits, Management believes it is necessary to provide a Two-Year Stacked Comparable Store Sales analysis. The following table provides the two-year stacked comparable store sales, excluding fuel and adjusted for an additional week in 2022 for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2024, and December 30, 2023, as well as fiscal years ended December 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Percentage Change
Year Ended
2024 vs. 2023
2023 vs. 2022
Comparable store sales, adjusted for an additional week in 2022, excluding fuel (individual year)
1.9
2.3
Comparable store sales, adjusted for an additional week in 2022, excluding fuel (two-year stacked)
4.2
Comparable store sales, adjusted for an additional week in 2022 (individual year)
1.7
Comparable store sales, adjusted for an additional week in 2022 (two-year stacked)
3.4
Comparable store sales, excluding fuel (individual year)
Comparable store sales, excluding fuel (two-year stacked)
2.2
Comparable store sales (individual year)
(0.2)
Comparable store sales (two-year stacked)
1.5
The 2024 and 2023 years were comprised of 52 weeks, whereas the 2022 year was comprised of 53 weeks.
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Results of Operations (continued)
When calculating the percentage change in comparable store sales, the Company defines a new store to be comparable after it has been in operation for five full fiscal quarters. Relocated stores and stores with expanded square footage are included in comparable store sales since these units are located in existing markets and are open during construction. Planned store dispositions are excluded from the calculation. The Company only includes retail food stores in the calculation.
Analysis of Consolidated Statements of Income
(amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
2024 vs.
2023 vs.
For the Fiscal Years Ended December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
(52 Weeks)
(53 Weeks)
Net sales
$
4,773,880
4,696,950
4,695,943
1.6
0.0
Other revenue
17,850
17,623
18,043
1.3
(2.3)
Total revenue
4,791,730
4,714,573
4,713,986
Cost of sales, including advertising, warehousing and distribution expenses
3,587,651
3,535,009
3,514,029
0.6
Gross profit
1,204,079
1,179,564
1,199,957
2.1
(1.7)
Gross profit margin
25.2
25.1
25.6
Operating, general and administrative expenses
1,072,364
1,042,378
1,042,905
2.9
(0.1)
O, G & A, percent of net sales
22.5
22.2
Income from operations
131,715
137,186
157,052
(4.0)
(12.6)
Operating margin
2.8
3.3
Investment income (loss) and interest expense
21,970
13,162
(82)
66.9
16151.2
Investment income (loss) and interest expense, percent of net sales
0.5
Other income (expense)
(3,409)
(3,652)
3,807
6.7
(195.9)
Other income (expense), percent of net sales
0.1
Income before provision for income taxes
150,275
146,696
160,777
2.4
(8.8)
Income before provision for income taxes, percent of net sales
3.1
Provision for income taxes
40,334
42,868
35,581
(5.9)
20.5
Effective income tax rate
26.8
29.2
22.1
Net income
109,941
103,828
125,196
5.9
(17.1)
Net income, percent of net sales
2.7
Basic and diluted earnings per share
4.09
3.86
4.65
6.0
(17.0)
Net Sales
Individual Year-Over-Year Analysis of Sales
Net sales, adjusted for an additional week in 2022, excluding fuel
1.8
2.6
Net sales, adjusted for an additional week in 2022
Net sales, excluding fuel
Comparable store sales excluding fuel
Comparable store sales
When calculating the percentage change in comparable store sales, the Company defines a new store to be comparable when it has been in operation after five full fiscal quarters. Relocated stores and stores with expanded square footage are included in comparable store sales since these units are located in existing markets and are open during construction. Planned store dispositions are excluded from the calculation. The Company only includes retail food stores in the calculation.
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Net Sales (continued)
According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report, the annual Food-at-Home Price Index increased 1.8% in 2024, adjusted, 5.0% in 2023 and 11.4% in 2022. Even though the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ index rates may be reflective of a trend, it will not necessarily be indicative of the Company’s actual results. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the 52-week average price of gasoline in the Central Atlantic States decreased 5.1%, or $0.19 cents per gallon, in 2024 compared to the 52-week average in 2023. The 52-week average price of gasoline in the Central Atlantic States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, decreased 10.1%, or $0.42 per gallon, in 2023 compared to the 53-week average in 2022.
Comparable store sales, excluding fuel and adjusted for the 53rd week in 2022, increased for all years presented. Comparable store sales, including fuel, increased in 2024 compared to 2023, which decreased when compared to 2022. On a comparable store sales basis pharmacy services increased in sales driven by the increased number of filled prescriptions. Comparable store sales increased 1.9% excluding fuel and 1.7% including fuel for 2024 compared to 2023. The Company has provided additional product offerings and customer conveniences such as “Weis 2 Go Online,” currently offered at 190 store locations. “Weis 2 Go Online” allows the customer to order on-line and have their order delivered or picked up at an expedient store drive-thru. The Company also currently offers home delivery to customers in all 198 of its locations via multiple grocery delivery partners.
Although the Company experienced retail inflation and deflation in various commodities for the periods presented, the Company anticipates overall product costs to increase given the recent inflationary indicators in the food retail industry. Management cannot accurately measure the full impact of inflation or deflation on retail pricing due to changes in the types of merchandise sold between periods, shifts in customer buying patterns and the fluctuation of competitive factors. Management remains confident in its ability to generate long-term sales growth in a highly competitive environment, but also understands some competitors have greater financial resources and could use these resources to take measures which could adversely affect the Company’s competitive position.
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
Cost of sales consists of direct product costs (net of discounts and allowances), net advertising costs, warehousing costs, transportation costs, as well as manufacturing facility costs. Increased sales volume resulted in an increase in cost of sales. Both direct product cost and distribution cost increase when sales volume increases.
Gross profit rate was 25.2% in 2024, 25.1% in 2023, and 25.6% in 2022. The increase in gross profit rate is attributable to increased grocery sales, which have a higher gross profit margin than pharmacy and fuel sales.
The Company experienced unfavorable non-cash LIFO inventory valuation adjustments, decreasing gross profit by $608 thousand, $6.7 million and $29.2 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
The Company has experienced retail inflation and deflation in various commodities for the periods presented. Management cannot accurately measure the full impact of inflation or deflation on retail pricing due to changes in the types of merchandise sold between periods, shifts in customer buying patterns and the fluctuation of competitive factors.
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Operating, General and Administrative Expenses
The majority of the expenses were driven by increased sales volume.
Employee-related costs such as wages, employer paid taxes, health care benefits and retirement plans, comprise approximately 55.7% of the total “Operating, general and administrative expenses.” As a percent of sales, direct store labor increased by 0.2% in 2024 compared to 2023 and increased 0.1% in 2023 compared to 2022. Direct store labor expenses increased in 2024 compared to 2023 due to increased wage expenses for hourly employees. Direct store labor increased slightly in 2023 compared to 2022 due to flat net sales results for the same period. Management continues to monitor store labor efficiencies and develop labor standards to reduce costs while maintaining the Company’s customer service expectations. During 2023, the Company completed a multi-year initiative to install or upgrade self-checkouts in its stores in response to customer preference and labor supply, including adding convertible dual-use checkout lanes.
Depreciation and amortization expense charged to “Operating, general and administrative expenses” was $102.8 million, or 2.2% of net sales, for 2024 compared to $98.0 million, or 2.2% of net sales, for 2023 compared to $94.6 million, or 2.0% of net sales, for 2022. See the Liquidity and Capital Resources section for further information regarding the Company’s capital expenditure program.
A breakdown of the material increases (decreases) as a percent of sales in "Operating, general and administrative expenses" is as follows:
(amounts in thousands)
Increase
Increase (Decrease)
December 28, 2024
(Decrease)
as a % of sales
Employee expense
12,498
Employee insurance benefits expense
4,684
Third party fees (information technology, consulting, and financial service fees)
9,769
Supplies expense
2,999
Other expenses (utilities, asset disposals, and deferred compensation plan liability)
36
The net increase in other expenses to 2024 from 2023 included a gain from the asset disposal on the sale of business assets and the change in the Company’s deferred compensation plan liability.
Employee insurance benefit expense increased in 2024 from 2023 due to more high dollar claims.
December 30, 2023
(6,338)
Fixed expense (amortization, depreciation, insurance expenses, and occupancy costs)
3,999
Repairs and maintenance expense
3,563
Other expenses (employee expense, utilities, technology, asset disposals and insurance proceeds)
(1,751)
The majority of the decrease in other expenses to 2023 from 2022 were technology expenses due to more third-party information technology subscription and consulting services offset by less asset disposals and insurance proceeds.
Employee insurance benefits expense decreased to 2023 from 2022 due to a dependent audit which resulted in fewer claims.
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Provision for Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate was 26.8%, 29.2% and 22.1% in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively. The effective income tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state taxes as well as nondeductible employee-related expenses. The Company reduced its provision for income taxes by $5.5 million in 2022 primarily due to the effects of Pennsylvania House Bill 1342 which was enacted on July 8, 2022. The bill made significant changes to the Commonwealth’s corporate income tax laws which included lowering the tax rate gradually from 9.99% in 2022 to 4.99% in 2031, offset by taxable income changes, inclusive of, updating market sourcing rules, and codifying the economic nexus standard.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The primary source of cash is cash flows generated from operations. In addition, the Company has access to a revolving credit agreement entered into on September 1, 2016, and amended on September 29, 2023, with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement matures on October 1, 2027, and provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30.0 million with an additional discretionary amount available of $70.0 million. As of December 28, 2024, the availability under the revolving credit agreement was $14.5 million with $15.5 million of letters of credit outstanding. The letters of credit are maintained primarily to support performance, payment, deposit or surety obligations of the Company. The Company has not had an obligation on the Credit Agreement since the second quarter of 2018.
The Company’s investment portfolio consists of high-grade bonds with maturity dates between one and 30 years and four high yield, large capitalized public company equity securities. The portfolio totaled $192.0 million as of December 28, 2024. Management anticipates maintaining the investment portfolio but has the ability to liquidate if needed. See “Item 7a. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for more details regarding the Company’s market risk.
The Company’s capital expenditure program includes the construction of new superstores, the expansion and remodeling of existing units, the acquisition of sites for future expansion, new technology purchases and the continued upgrade of the Company’s distribution facilities and transportation fleet. The Company completed the purchase of a store located in Newville, Pennsylvania in the first quarter of 2025. Management continues to reinvest in its long-term capital expenditure program including plans to complete multiple carryover projects from prior years that were delayed due to labor and supply chain disruptions. The Company anticipates to fund the long-term capital expenditure program, the acquisition of retail stores, the construction of additional distribution facilities, repurchases of common stock, and cash dividends on common stock through its cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, cash flows from operating activities, and revolving credit agreement.
The Board of Directors’ 2004 resolution authorizing the repurchase of up to one million shares of the Company’s common stock has a remaining balance of 752,468 shares.
Quarterly Cash Dividends
Total cash dividend payments on common stock, on a per share basis, amounted to $1.36 in 2024, $1.36 in 2023 and $1.30 in 2022. The Company increased its quarterly dividend from 32 cents per share to 34 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2022. The Company expects to continue paying regular cash dividends on a quarterly basis. However, the Board of Directors reconsiders the declaration of dividends quarterly. The Company pays these dividends at the discretion of the Board of Directors and the continuation of these payments and the amount of the dividends depends upon the financial condition of the Company, results of operations and other factors which the Board of Directors deems relevant.
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Cash Flow Information
For the Fiscal Years Ended December 28, 2024,
December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
(52 weeks)
(53 weeks)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
187,467
201,602
218,024
(14,135)
(16,422)
Investing activities
(144,779)
(138,800)
(111,107)
(5,979)
(27,693)
Financing activities
(36,582)
(34,968)
(1,614)
Operating
Cash flows from operating activities decreased in 2024 as compared to 2023 and 2022. The decrease in 2024 from 2023 is due to increased value of inventory on hand due to timing of New Year’s selling period and in 2023 from 2022 is due to lower net income.
Investing
Property and equipment purchases totaled $168.5 million in 2024, $104.0 million in 2023 and $122.2 million in 2022. As a percentage of sales, capital expenditures totaled 3.5% in 2024, 2.2% in 2023 and 2.5% in 2022. The Company decreased its marketable securities holdings in 2024 by $34.0 million to fund the increase in capital expenditures and increased its marketable securities holdings in 2023 by approximately $39.5 million and in 2022 the Company maintained its marketable securities portfolio. In 2024, the Company purchased two previously leased store locations. The Company also completed a business acquisition in 2024, for which cash consideration totaled $16.2 million.
Financing
The Company paid dividends of $36.6 million in 2024, $36.6 million in 2023 and $35.0 million in 2022. The Company increased its quarterly dividend from 32 cents per share to 34 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Contractual Obligations
The following table represents scheduled maturities of the Company’s long-term contractual obligations as of December 28, 2024.
Payments due by period
Less than
More than
(dollars in thousands)
1 year
1-3 years
3-5 years
5 years
Operating leases
202,996
47,184
76,339
45,813
33,660
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company is not a party to any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The Company has chosen accounting policies that it believes are appropriate to accurately and fairly report its operating results and financial position, and the Company applies those accounting policies in a consistent manner. The Significant Accounting Policies are summarized in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires that the Company makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. These estimates and assumptions are based on historical and other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The Company evaluates these estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis and may retain outside consultants, lawyers and actuaries to assist in its evaluation. The Company believes the following accounting policies are the most critical because they involve the most significant judgments and estimates used in preparation of its Consolidated Financial Statements.
Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using both the retail inventory and average cost methods. The retail inventory method is commonly used by retail companies to determine cost and calculate gross margin based on applying a cost-to-retail ratio to each similar merchandise category’s ending retail value. The Company’s center store and pharmacy inventories are valued using last in, first out (LIFO). The Company’s fresh inventories are valued using average cost. The Company evaluates inventory shortages throughout the year based on actual physical counts in its facilities. Allowances for inventory shortages are recorded based on the results of these counts and to provide for estimated shortages from the last physical count to the financial statement date.
Vendor Allowances
Vendor allowances related to the Company’s buying and merchandising activities are recorded as a reduction of cost of sales as they are earned, in accordance with the underlying agreement. Off-invoice and bill-back allowances are used to reduce direct product costs upon the receipt of goods. Promotional rebates and credits are accounted for as a reduction in the cost of inventory and recognized when the related inventory is sold. Volume incentive discounts are accounted for as a reduction of cost of sales and realized using estimated amounts at the time it is deemed probable that the incentive target will be reached. Long-term contract incentives, which require an exclusive vendor relationship, are allocated over the life of the contract. Promotional allowance funds for specific vendor-sponsored programs are recognized as a reduction of cost of sales as the program occurs and the funds are earned per the agreement. Cash discounts for prompt payment of invoices are realized in cost of sales as invoices are paid. Warehouse and back-haul allowances provided by suppliers for distributing their product through the Company’s distribution system are recorded in cost of sales as the required performance is completed. Warehouse slotting allowances are recorded in cost of sales when new items are initially set up in the Company’s distribution system, which is when the related expenses are incurred and performance under the agreement is complete. Swell allowances for damaged goods are realized in cost of sales as provided by the supplier, helping to offset product shrink losses also recorded in cost of sales.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are inherently complex and require Management’s evaluation and estimates, specifically regarding current and deferred income taxes and uncertain tax positions. The Company reviews the tax positions taken, or expected to be taken, on tax returns to determine whether, and to what extent, a benefit can be recognized in its Consolidated Financial Statements. The assessment of the Company’s tax position relies on the judgment of Management to estimate the more likely than not merits associated with the Company’s various tax positions.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates (continued)
Leases
The Company leases approximately 47% of its open store facilities under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2038, with the remaining store facilities being owned. These leases generally provide for fixed annual rentals; however, several provide for minimum annual rentals plus variable lease costs related to real estate taxes and insurance as well as contingent rentals based on a percentage of annual sales or increases periodically based on inflation. These variable lease costs are not included in the measurement of the operating lease right-to-use assets or lease liabilities and are charged to the related expense category included in “Operating, general and administrative expenses.” Most of the leases contain multiple renewal options, under which the Company may extend the lease terms from 5 to 20 years. Additionally, the Company has operating leases for certain transportation and other equipment. The Company leases or subleases space to tenants in owned, vacated and open store facilities. Rental income is recorded when earned as a component of “Operating, general and administrative expenses.”
Self-Insurance
The Company is self-insured for a majority of its workers’ compensation, general liability, vehicle accident and employee medical benefit claims. The self-insurance liability for most of the medical benefit claims is determined based on historical data and an estimate of claims incurred but not reported. The other self-insurance liabilities including workers’ compensation are determined actuarially, based on claims filed and an estimate of claims incurred but not yet reported. The Company is self-insured for certain healthcare claims and stop-loss coverage is maintained for individual annual claim occurrences exceeding a $600 thousand specific deductible. The Company is liable for workers’ compensation claims ranging from $1.0 million to $2.0 million per claim. Property and casualty insurance coverage is maintained with outside carriers at deductible or retention levels ranging from $250 thousand to $1.0 million. Significant assumptions used in the development of the actuarial estimates include reliance on the Company’s historical claims data including average monthly claims and average lag time between incurrence and reporting of the claim.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this Annual Report may contain forward-looking statements, which are included pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For example, risks and uncertainties can arise with changes in: general economic conditions, including their impact on capital expenditures; business conditions in the retail industry; the regulatory environment; rapidly changing technology and competitive factors, including increased competition with regional and national retailers; and price pressures. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect Management’s analysis only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the Company files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Item 7a. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk:
Expected Maturity Dates
Fair Value
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
Thereafter
Dec. 28, 2024
Rate sensitive assets:
Fixed interest rate securities
69,729
26,000
13,459
13,995
6,410
55,135
184,728
186,041
Average interest rate
3.39
2.37
3.50
2.80
3.09
2.63
2.88
Other Relevant Market Risks
The Company’s equity securities at December 28, 2024 had a fair value of $5.9 million. The dividend yield realized on these equity investments was 5.2% in 2024. By their nature, both the fixed interest rate securities and the equity investments inherently expose the holders to market risk. The extent of the Company’s interest rate and other market risk is not quantifiable or predictable with precision due to the variability of future interest rates and other changes in market conditions. However, the Company believes that its exposure in this area is not material.
The Company’s revolving credit agreement is exposed to interest rate fluctuations to the extent of changes in the SOFR rate. The Company believes this exposure is not material due to availability of liquid assets to eliminate the outstanding credit facility.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data:
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(amounts in thousands, except shares)
Assets
Current:
Cash and cash equivalents
190,323
184,217
Marketable securities
191,971
225,991
SERP investment
31,123
26,651
Accounts receivable, net
81,567
65,092
308,895
296,157
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
40,980
34,107
Total current assets
844,859
832,214
Property and equipment, net
1,011,498
961,353
Operating lease right-to-use
165,760
174,208
Goodwill
61,255
52,330
Intangible and other assets, net
24,066
19,527
Total assets
2,107,438
2,039,632
Liabilities
Accounts payable
234,278
226,164
Accrued expenses
34,196
42,676
39,336
40,658
Accrued self-insurance
19,729
18,353
Deferred revenue, net
13,040
12,416
Income taxes payable
2,723
516
Total current liabilities
343,304
340,782
Postretirement benefit obligations
29,032
25,662
25,174
134,127
142,345
Deferred income taxes
112,149
118,091
15,044
9,871
Total liabilities
661,409
665,296
Shareholders’ Equity
Common stock, no par value, 100,800,000 shares authorized, 33,047,807 shares issued, 26,898,443 shares outstanding
9,949
Retained earnings
1,589,797
1,516,438
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(Net of deferred taxes of $1,029 in 2024 and $430 in 2023)
(2,859)
(1,193)
1,596,888
1,525,194
Treasury stock at cost, 6,149,364 shares
(150,857)
Total shareholders’ equity
1,446,031
1,374,337
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(amounts in thousands, except shares and per share amounts)
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
26,898,443
Cash dividends per share
1.36
1.30
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Other comprehensive income (loss) by component, net of tax:
Available-for-sale marketable securities
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during period (Net of deferred taxes of $599, $1,912 and $3,011, respectively)
(1,666)
5,255
(8,135)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Comprehensive income, net of tax
108,275
109,083
117,061
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accumulated
Common Stock
Retained
Comprehensive
Treasury Stock
Shareholders’
Shares
Amount
Earnings
Income (Loss)
Equity
Balance at December 25, 2021
33,047,807
1,358,963
1,687
6,149,364
1,219,742
Dividends paid
Balance at December 31, 2022
1,449,191
(6,449)
1,301,834
Balance at December 30, 2023
Balance at December 28, 2024
1,446,030
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
52 Weeks Ended
53 Weeks Ended
December 31, 2022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
113,875
108,438
104,026
(Gain) loss on disposition of fixed assets
(4,447)
(46)
(2,407)
Unrealized (gain) loss in value of equity securities
(1,020)
275
1,325
(5,344)
4,955
(852)
Unrealized (gain) loss in SERP
(2,987)
(2,834)
5,653
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
(12,637)
(2,883)
(23,687)
Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses
(23,347)
(18,564)
2,436
Accounts payable and other liabilities
11,364
13,095
7,695
Income taxes
2,208
(5,839)
(1,005)
(139)
1,176
(356)
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment
(161,349)
(104,010)
(122,169)
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
6,507
867
6,691
Purchase of marketable securities
(163,638)
(112,979)
(355,757)
Proceeds from the sale and maturities of marketable securities
195,662
79,518
362,237
Acquisition of business
(16,225)
Purchase of intangible assets
(4,251)
(1,075)
(819)
Change in SERP investment
(1,485)
(1,120)
(1,290)
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
6,106
26,220
71,949
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
157,997
86,048
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Cash paid for income taxes was $43.1 million, $43.8 million, $37.4 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Cash paid for interest related to long-term debt was $45 thousand, $41 thousand, $40 thousand in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies utilized in preparing the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements:
(a) Description of Business
Weis Markets, Inc. is a Pennsylvania business corporation founded in 1912 and incorporated in 1924. The Company is engaged principally in the retail sale of food in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The Company’s operations are reported as a single reportable segment. There was no material change in the nature of the Company’s business during fiscal 2024.
(b) Definition of Fiscal Year
The Company’s fiscal year ends on the last Saturday in December. Fiscal 2024 was comprised of 52 weeks, ending on December 28, 2024. Fiscal 2023 was comprised of 52 weeks, ending on December 30, 2023. Fiscal 2022 was comprised of 53 weeks, ending on December 31, 2022. References to years in this Annual Report relate to fiscal years.
(c) Principles of Consolidation
The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
(d) Use of Estimates
Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(e) Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company maintains its cash balances in the form of core checking accounts and money market accounts. The Company maintains cash deposits with banks that at times exceed applicable insurance limits. The Company reduces its exposure to credit risk by maintaining such deposits with high quality financial institutions that Management believes are creditworthy.
The Company considers investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Investment amounts classified as cash equivalents as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 totaled $129.7 million and $118.4 million, respectively.
Consumer electronic payments accepted at the point of sale, including all credit card, debit card and electronic benefits transfer transactions that process in three days or less are classified as cash equivalents. Consumer electronic payment amounts classified as cash equivalents as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 totaled $31.6 million and $39.7 million, respectively.
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Note 1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
(f) Marketable Securities
Marketable securities consist of corporate and municipal bonds, commercial paper and equity securities. The Company invests primarily in high-grade marketable debt securities. The Company classifies all of its marketable securities as available-for-sale.
Available-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value as determined by quoted market price based on national markets. To determine fair value the Company utilizes standard pricing procedures of its investment advisory firm(s), which include various third-party pricing services. If the cost of an investment exceeds its fair value, the Company evaluates general market conditions, credit quality of debt instrument issuers, and the extent to which the fair value is less than cost. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, on corporate and municipal bonds and commercial paper are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity until realized. Unrealized holding gains and losses on equity securities are recorded in investment income (loss) and interest expense. Dividend and interest income is recognized when earned. Realized gains and losses are included in earnings and are derived using the specific identification method for determining the cost of securities.
Investment amounts classified as marketable securities as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 totaled $192.0 million and $226.0 million, respectively.
Equity securities are measured at fair value and the unrealized holding gains and losses are recorded in investment income (loss) and interest expense. The Company recognized a $1.0 million gain in 2024 and a $275 thousand loss in 2023.
(g) Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated net of an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $3.4 million and $2.0 million as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively. The reserve balance relates to amounts due from pharmacy third party providers, retail customer returned checks, manufacturing customers, vendors and tenants. The Company maintains an allowance for the amount of receivables deemed to be uncollectible and calculates this amount based upon historical collection activity adjusted for current conditions. Accounts receivable as of January 1, 2023 amounted to $50,863.
(h) Inventories
(i) Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided on the cost of buildings and improvements and equipment using the straight-line method.
Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the terms of the leases or the useful lives of the assets, whichever is shorter.
Maintenance and repairs are expensed and renewals and betterments are capitalized. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the assets and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and any profit or loss on the disposition is credited or charged to “Operating, general and administrative expenses.”
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(j) Leases
(k) Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill is not amortized but tested for impairment on an annual basis and between annual tests when indicators of impairment are identified. Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life are not amortized until their useful life is determined to be no longer indefinite and are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired.
In 2024, the Company increased goodwill by $8.9 million from the acquisition of two Sunnyway Food stores, increasing goodwill to $61.3 million in 2024 from $52.3 million in 2023 and 2022.
The Company’s intangible assets and related accumulated amortization at December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 consisted of the following:
Gross
Amortization
Net
Liquor licenses
16,394
15,975
Software license
3,656
Asset acquisitions and other
2,683
1,259
1,424
3,612
1,734
1,878
22,733
21,474
19,587
17,853
Intangible assets with a definite useful life are generally amortized on a straight-line basis over periods up to 10 years for customer lists and 3 years for software. Estimated amortization expense for the next five fiscal years is approximately $1.5 million in 2025, $1.5 million in 2026, $1.1 million in 2027, $148 thousand in 2028 and $121 thousand in 2029. As of December 28, 2024, the Company’s intangible assets with indefinite lives consisted of goodwill and liquor licenses.
(l) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company periodically evaluates the period of depreciation or amortization for long-lived assets to determine whether current circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. The Company completes an impairment test annually. The Company also reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount to the net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. An impairment loss would be recorded for the excess of net book value over the fair value of the asset impaired. The fair value is estimated based on current market values or expected discounted future cash flows.
With respect to owned property and equipment associated with closed stores, the value of the property and equipment would be adjusted to reflect recoverable values if current economic conditions and estimated fair values of the property was less than the net book value.
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(l) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (continued)
The results of impairment tests are subject to Management’s estimates and assumptions of projected cash flows and operating results. The Company believes that, based on current conditions, materially different reported results are not likely to result from long-lived asset impairments. However, a change in assumptions or market conditions could result in a change in estimated future cash flows and the likelihood of materially different reported results.
(m) Self-Insurance
(n) Income Taxes
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The Company reviews the tax positions taken or expected to be taken on tax returns to determine whether and to what extent a benefit can be recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Refer to Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the amount of unrecognized tax benefits and other disclosures related to uncertain tax positions. To the extent interest and penalties would be assessed by taxing authorities on any underpayment of income tax, such amounts are accrued and classified as a component of income tax expense.
(o) Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share are based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding.
(p) Revenue Recognition
Revenue from the sale of products to the Company’s customers is recognized at the point of sale. Discounts provided to customers at the point of sale through the Weis Club Preferred Shopper loyalty program are recognized as a reduction in sales as products are sold. Periodically, the Company will run a point-based sales incentive program that rewards customers with future sales discounts. The Company makes reasonable and reliable estimates of the amount of future discounts based upon historical experience and its customer data tracking software. Sales are reduced rationally and systematically by these estimates over the life of the program. Discounts to customers at the point of sale provided by vendors, usually in the form of paper coupons, are not recognized as a reduction in sales provided the discounts are redeemable at any retailer that accepts those discounts. The Company records “Deferred revenue” for the sale of gift cards and revenue is recognized in “Net sales” at the time of customer redemption for products. Gift card breakage income is recognized in “Operating, general and administrative expenses” based upon historical redemption patterns and represents the balance of gift cards for which the Company believes the likelihood of redemption by the customer is remote. Gift card breakage income is not material for either period presented. Sales tax is excluded from “Net sales.” The Company charges sales tax on all taxable customer purchases and remits these taxes monthly to the appropriate taxing jurisdiction. Merchandise return activity is immaterial to revenues due to products being returned quickly and the relatively low unit cost. The Company provides a variety of services to its customers, including but not limited to lottery, money orders, third-party gift cards, and third-party bill pay services. Commission income earned from these services are recorded when earned as a component of “Other revenue.” The Company recorded commission income of $17.9 million in 2024, $17.6 million in 2023, $18.0 million in 2022.
(q) Cost of Sales, Including Advertising, Warehousing and Distribution Expenses
“Cost of sales, including advertising, warehousing and distribution expenses” consists of direct product costs (net of discounts and allowances), advertising (net of vendor paid cooperative advertising credits), distribution center and transportation costs, as well as manufacturing facility operations. Advertising costs, net of vendor paid cooperative advertising credits, are expensed as incurred which are primarily funded by vendor cooperative advertising credits and occur in the same period as the product is sold.
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(r) Vendor Allowances
Vendor allowances related to the Company’s buying and merchandising activities are recorded as a reduction of cost of sales as they are earned, in accordance with the underlying agreement. Off-invoice and bill-back allowances are used to reduce direct product costs upon the receipt of goods. Promotional rebates and credits are accounted for as a reduction in the cost of inventory and recognized when the related inventory is sold. Volume incentive discounts are accounted for as a reduction of cost of sales and realized using estimated amounts at the time it is deemed probable that the incentive target will be reached. Long-term contract incentives, which require an exclusive vendor relationship, are allocated over the life of the contract. Promotional allowance funds for specific vendor-sponsored programs are recognized as a reduction of cost of sales as the program occurs and the funds are earned per the agreement. Cash discounts for prompt payment of invoices are realized in cost of sales as invoices are paid. Warehouse and back-haul allowances provided by suppliers for distributing their product through the Company’s distribution system are recorded in cost of sales offsetting costs incurred. Warehouse slotting allowances are recorded in cost of sales when new items are initially set up in the Company’s distribution system, which is when the related expenses are incurred and performance under the agreement is complete. Swell allowances for damaged goods are realized in cost of sales as provided by the supplier, helping to offset product shrink losses also recorded in cost of sales.
Vendor allowances recorded as credits in cost of sales totaled $122.9 million in 2024, $106.9 million in 2023 and $120.0 million in 2022. Vendor paid cooperative advertising credits totaled $2.8 million in 2024, $3.1 million in 2023 and $2.9 million in 2022. These credits were netted against advertising costs within “Cost of Sales, including Advertising, Warehousing and Distribution expenses.” The Company had accounts receivable due from vendors of $318 thousand and $450 thousand for earned advertising credits and $10.1 million and $8.8 million for earned promotional discounts as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively. The Company had $1.6 million and $2.4 million in unearned income included in accrued liabilities for unearned vendor programs under long-term contracts for display and shelf space allocation as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively.
(s) Operating, General and Administrative Expenses
Business operating costs including expenses generated from administration and purchasing functions, are recorded in “Operating, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Business operating costs include items such as wages, benefits, utilities, repairs and maintenance, rent, insurance, depreciation, leasehold amortization and costs for outside provided services.
(t) Advertising Costs
The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. The Company recorded advertising expense, before vendor paid cooperative advertising credits, of $25.5 million in 2024, $24.2 million in 2023, $23.7 million in 2022 in “Cost of Sales, including Advertising, Warehousing and Distribution Expenses.”
(u) Rental Income
The Company leases or subleases space to tenants in owned, vacated and open store facilities. Rental income is recorded when earned as a component of “Operating, general and administrative expenses.” All leases are operating leases. Refer to Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further disclosure on operating leases and rental income.
(v) Current Relevant Accounting Standards
The Company regularly monitors recently issued accounting standards and assesses their applicability and impact. The Company believes there are three accounting standard updates (ASU) that have or will have an impact on the Company’s disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures ("ASU 2023-07"), which requires companies to enhance the disclosures about segment expenses. The new standard expands incremental line-item disclosures of significant segment expenses and how the expense information is applied in decision making and assessing performance of the reportable segment. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024.
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(v) Current Relevant Accounting Standards (continued)
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), that is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. ASU 2023-09 requires disclosures of reconciliation of the expected tax at the applicable statutory federal income tax rate to the reported tax in a tabular format, using both percentages and amounts, broken out into specific categories with certain reconciling items of five percent or greater of the expected tax further broken out by nature and/or jurisdiction, disclosure of income taxes paid, net of refunds received, broken out between federal and state and local income taxes and payments to individual jurisdictions representing five percent or more of the total income tax payments must also be separately disclosed. The disclosures are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The disclosures in ASU 2023-09 should be applied on a prospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company's disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("ASU 2024-03"), which requires incremental disclosures about specific expense categories, including but not limited to, purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization and selling expenses. The new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods after December 15, 2026, and interim periods with annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption of ASU 2024-03 is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company's disclosures.
Note 2 Marketable Securities
The Company’s marketable securities are all classified as available-for-sale within “Current Assets” in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has established three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2Observable inputs, other than Level 1 inputs in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
The Company’s marketable securities valued using Level 1 inputs include four public company equity securities, for which quoted market prices are available. The Company’s bond and commercial paper portfolio is valued using Level 2 inputs. The Company’s corporate and municipal bonds and commercial paper are valued using a combination of pricing for similar securities, recently executed transactions, cash flow models with yield curves and other pricing models utilizing observable inputs, which are considered Level 2 inputs.
For Level 2 investment valuation, the Company utilizes standard pricing procedures of its investment advisory firm(s), which include various third-party pricing services. These procedures also require specific price monitoring practices as well as pricing review reports, valuation oversight and pricing challenge procedures to maintain the most accurate representation of investment fair market value.
The Company accrues interest on its bond and commercial paper portfolio throughout the life of each bond and commercial paper held. Dividends from the equity securities are recognized as received. Both interest and dividends are recognized in “Investment income and interest expense” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company recognized investment income of $18.6 million, $9.5 million and $3.8 million which included unrealized gain in equity securities of $1.0 million, an unrealized loss in equity securities of $275 thousand, and an unrealized loss in equity securities of $1.3 million in the fiscal years ended December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
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Note 2 Marketable Securities (continued)
Marketable securities, as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, consisted of:
Amortized
Unrealized
Fair
Cost
Holding Gains
Holding Losses
Value
Available-for-sale:
Level 1
Equity securities
5,930
Level 2
Corporate and municipal bonds
171,258
2,525
(6,583)
167,201
Commercial Paper
18,671
169
18,840
189,930
2,695
4,910
177,972
3,853
(6,553)
175,272
Commercial paper
44,732
1,076
45,808
222,704
4,929
Maturities of marketable securities classified as available-for-sale at December 28, 2024, were as follows:
Due within one year
69,258
69,564
Due after one year through five years
62,259
59,575
Due after five years through ten years
12,787
11,899
Due after ten years
45,626
45,004
SERP Investments
The Company also maintains a non-qualified supplemental executive retirement plan (SERP) for certain of its employees which allows them to defer income to future periods. Participants in the plans earn a return on their deferrals based on mutual fund investments. The Company chooses to invest in the underlying mutual fund investments to offset the liability associated with the non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Such investments are reported on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as “SERP investment,” are classified as trading securities and are measured at fair value using Level 1 inputs with gains and losses included in “Investment income and interest expense” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company recognized investment income of $3.4 million in the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, investment income of $3.7 million in the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 and investment loss of $3.8 million in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, respectively. The changes in the underlying liability to the employees are recorded in “Other income (expense).”
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Note 3 Inventories
Inventories, as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, were valued as follows:
LIFO
198,029
201,683
Average cost
110,865
94,474
Management believes the use of the LIFO method for valuing certain inventories represents the most appropriate matching of costs and revenues in the Company’s circumstances. If all inventories were valued on the average cost method, which approximates current cost, total inventories would have been $110.9 million and $110.3 million higher than as reported on the above methods as of December 28, 2024, and December 30, 2023, respectively.
Note 4 Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, consisted of:
Useful Life
(in years)
Land
160,282
137,784
Buildings and improvements
10-60
876,022
839,202
Equipment
3-12
1,488,166
1,397,659
Leasehold improvements
5-20
242,295
234,287
Total, at cost
2,766,765
2,608,932
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
1,755,267
1,647,579
Note 5 Lease Commitments
The following is a schedule of the lease costs included in “Operating, general and administrative expenses” for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Operating lease cost
46,179
47,187
48,289
Variable lease cost
11,079
11,335
11,221
Lease or sublease income
(10,572)
(10,210)
(9,744)
Net lease cost
46,686
48,312
49,766
The following is a schedule by year of the future minimum rental payments required under operating leases and total minimum sublease and lease rental income to be received as of December 28, 2024.
Subleases
(5,655)
41,863
(4,630)
34,476
(3,658)
27,053
(2,392)
18,760
(1,456)
(2,037)
Total Lease Payments
(19,827)
Less: Interest
29,533
-
Present value of lease liabilities
173,463
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Note 5 Lease Commitments (continued)
The following is a schedule of weighted-average remaining lease terms and weighted-average discount rates as of December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted-average remaining lease term
3.56
3.63
3.85
Weighted-average discount rate
4.08%
3.43%
2.81%
The following is a schedule of supplemental cash flow information related to leases as of December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities
47,203
48,476
48,744
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities
40,163
39,928
27,364
Note 6 Retirement Plans
The following is a schedule of the retirement plan costs for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Retirement savings plan
5,976
5,882
5,155
Profit Sharing
Deferred compensation plan
(2,381)
821
815
Supplemental executive retirement plan
793
875
709
4,388
7,578
6,679
The Company has a qualified retirement savings plan, the Weis Markets, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, covering substantially all employees. Employer contributions are made at the sole discretion of the Company. In 2022, the plan was adjusted to benefit more employees by eliminating the noncontributory profit-sharing component and increasing the contributory component to $0.50 for every dollar that all eligible employeess contributed to the plan, up to 6% of their eligible pay.
The Company maintained a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for the payment of specific amounts of annual retirement benefits to certain officers or their beneficiaries over an actuarially computed normal life expectancy. The expected payments under the plan provisions were determined through actuarial calculations dependent on the age of the recipient, using an assumed discount rate. As of December 28, 2024, there are no active participants in the plan. A benefit payment of approximately $1.0 million was made in 2024 and the $2.4 million remaining liability was reversed.
The Company also maintains a non-qualified supplemental executive retirement plan covering highly compensated employees. This plan is designed to provide retirement benefits and salary deferral opportunities because of limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code and the Regulations implemented by the Internal Revenue Service. This plan is unfunded and accounted for on an accrual basis. Plan participants are 100% vested in their accounts after three years of service with the Company. Benefits are distributed among participants upon termination or retirement. Substantial risk of benefit forfeiture does exist for participants in this plan. The present value of accumulated benefits amounted to $31.1 million and $26.7 million at December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively, and is included in “Postretirement benefit obligations” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Note 7 Revenue Recognition
The following table represents net sales by product category and other revenue for years ending December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
53 Weeks Ending
Grocery
3,927,461
82.3
3,921,041
83.5
3,978,397
84.7
Pharmacy
603,216
12.6
527,010
441,840
235,126
239,665
263,265
Manufacturing
8,077
9,233
12,441
Total net sales
Note 8Segment Reporting
The Company manages the business activities on a consolidated basis and has one operating segment: retail. The Company derives all its revenue from sales within Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The Company’s retail segment derives revenues from customers through the retail sale of a range of products including grocery, pharmaceutical and fuel from company owned supermarkets. See Note 7 for the disaggregation of revenue by product category. The accounting policies of the Company’s single segment are the same as those described in the Company’s Significant Accounting Policies.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Operating Officer. The chief operating decision maker assesses performance for the segment and decides how to allocate resources based on operating income and net income that is also reported on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income. The measure of segment assets used to assess performance and allocate resources is reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as total assets. The chief operating decision maker uses operating income and net income to evaluate income generated from segment assets in deciding whether to reinvest profits into the segment, such as for acquisitions. Operating income and net income are used to monitor budget versus actual results. The chief operating decision maker also uses operating income and net income in competitive analysis by benchmarking to the Company’s competitors. The competitive analysis along with the monitoring of budgeted versus actual results are used in assessing performance of the segment.
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Note 8Segment Reporting (continued)
The following table presents the retail segment’s revenue, significant segment expenses, and segment operating and net income for the years ended December 28, 2024, December 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022:
Other revenue (1)
Less:
Cost of sales - stores
3,508,283
3,491,616
3,471,725
Labor - stores
425,333
410,681
408,149
Depreciation and amortization - stores (2)
90,890
88,508
85,389
Occupancy - stores
85,872
84,345
81,756
All other expense - stores (3)
312,690
276,197
270,536
Administration, manufacturing, and property management expense
125,785
118,412
145,790
Distribution and transportation
111,161
107,626
93,589
Other income (expense) (4)
Note 9 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
All balances in accumulated other comprehensive income are related to available-for-sale marketable securities. The following table sets forth the balance of the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax.
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
on Available-for-Sale
Marketable Securities
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) balance as of December 31, 2022
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) balance as of December 30, 2023
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) balance as of December 28, 2024
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Note 10 Income Taxes
Federal
33,979
28,392
28,536
State
11,699
9,521
7,896
Deferred:
(5,939)
955
3,191
595
4,000
(4,042)
The reconciliation of income taxes has been computed at the federal statutory rate of 21% in 2024, 2023 and 2022. Ending deferred tax liability has been computed at the federal statutory rate of 21%.
Income taxes at federal statutory rate
31,558
30,806
33,763
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
8,900
9,800
4,700
Nondeductible employee-related expenses
2,137
2,709
2,235
State deferred rate change
(5,462)
Tax Credits
(1,450)
(810)
(448)
345
The effective income tax rate was 26.8%, 29.2% and 22.1% in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively. The effective income tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state taxes, federal and state tax credits, and nondeductible employee-related expenses. The Company reduced its provision for income taxes by $5.5 million in 2022 primarily due to the effects of Pennsylvania House Bill 1342 which was enacted on July 8, 2022. The bill made significant changes to the Commonwealth’s corporate income tax laws which included lowering the tax rate gradually from 9.99% in 2022 to 4.99% in 2031, offset by taxable income changes, inclusive of, updating market sourcing rules, and codifying the economic nexus standard.
Cash paid for federal income taxes was $34.4 million, $23.0 million and $29.4 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively. Cash paid for state income taxes was $8.7 million, $20.8 million and $8.0 million in 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively.
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Note 10 Income Taxes (continued)
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, are:
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable
794
540
Employment incentives
4,300
4,855
Self-insurance liability
9,283
9,155
6,454
6,565
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards
1,533
2,153
Unrecognized tax benefits
549
1,341
174 R&D Capitalization
6,411
2,307
116
683
Total deferred tax assets
29,440
27,599
Deferred tax liabilities:
(11,811)
(12,225)
Unrealized gains on marketable securities
(223)
(554)
Prepaids
(9,895)
(6,290)
Nondeductible accruals and other
382
Depreciation
(120,042)
(126,621)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(141,589)
(145,690)
Net deferred tax liability
(112,149)
(118,091)
The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits:
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year
6,384
13,661
Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(1,042)
(948)
Settlements
(2,726)
(6,329)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year
2,616
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was $0 in 2024, $0 in 2023 and $3.6 million in 2022.
The Company or one of its subsidiaries files tax returns in the United States and various state jurisdictions. The tax years subject to examination in the United States and in Pennsylvania, where the majority of the Company’s revenues are generated, are 2022 to 2024.
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Note 11 Acquisition of Business
Fiscal 2024 Acquisitions
On October 21, 2024, the Company purchased two Sunnyway Food stores located in South Central Pennsylvania. The Company acquired these locations and their operations in an effort to expand its presence in the region. The results of operations of the former Sunnyway Food stores acquisition are included in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements from the date of acquisition. The two former Sunnyway Food stores contributed $5.4 million to sales in 2024. The cash purchase price paid was $16.2 million for the property, equipment, inventories, and goodwill related to this purchase. The Company accounted for this transaction as a business combination in accordance with the acquisition method. The fair value of property and equipment were determined based on external appraisals. Goodwill of $8.9 million has been recorded, based upon the expected benefits to be derived from new management business strategy and cost synergies. The $8.9 million of goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The purchase price has been allocated to the acquired assets as follows:
2 Sunnyway
Food Stores
October 21, 2024
101
Property and equipment
7,200
8,924
Total fair value of assets acquired
16,225
Note 12 Prior Year Revisions
As of December 28, 2024, the Company corrected the presentation of commission income which had previously been included in “Operating, general and administrative expenses” to be reflected as “Other revenue”.
The table below summarizes the effect of the correction of the previously reported Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal years ended December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Consolidated Statements of Income
As Previously
Reported
Revision
As Adjusted
1,161,941
1,181,914
1,024,755
1,024,862
Note 13 Fair Value Information
The carrying amounts for cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value because of the short maturities of these instruments. The fair values of the Company’s marketable securities, as disclosed in Note 2, are based on quoted market prices and institutional pricing guidelines for those securities not classified as Level 1 securities. The Company’s SERP investments are classified as trading securities and are carried at fair value using Level 1 inputs.
Note 14 Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is involved in various legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. The Company also accrues for contingencies when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the contingency can be reasonably estimated, based on experience. In the opinion of Management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.
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Note 15 Long-Term Debt
Interest expense related to long-term debt was $45 thousand, $41 thousand and $40 thousand for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Weis Markets, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Weis Markets, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the 52 week period ended December 28, 2024, the 52 week period ended December 30, 2023 and the 53 week period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the 52 week period ended December 28, 2024, the 52 week period ended December 30, 2023 and the 53 week period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013, and our report dated February 26, 2025, expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Retail inventory and related cost of sales
As described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company accounts for retail center store inventory under the retail inventory method (RIM) using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. RIM is commonly used by retail companies to determine cost and calculate gross margin based on applying a cost-to-retail ratio to each similar merchandise category’s ending retail value.
We identified the auditing of RIM inventory as a critical audit matter due to the increased audit effort, including involvement of more experienced audit team members and our information technology (IT) professionals. The RIM inventory computations utilize critical inputs dependent on multiple information systems that capture and process high volume transactions that elevates the importance of data interfaces and reliability of information systems.
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Our audit procedures related to the Company’s RIM inventory include the following, among others:
/s/ RSM US LLP
We have served as the Company's auditor since 2016.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 26, 2025
Opinion on the Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
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We have audited Weis Markets, Inc.’s (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for 52 week period ended December 28, 2024, the 52 week period ended December 30, 2023, and the 53 week period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index, and our report dated February 26, 2025, expressed an unqualified opinion.
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure:
None.
Item 9a. Controls and Procedures:
Management’s Report on Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively) have concluded, based on their evaluation as of the close of the period covered by this Report, that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports filed or submitted by it under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in such reports is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013 framework). The Company’s internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Based on the Company’s evaluation, Management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 28, 2024.
RSM US LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and, as part of their audit, has issued their attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2024. The report can be found in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In the fourth quarter of 2023, Management implemented a new enterprise resource planning system (“ERP”) for human capital management and financial management. As a result, Management revised certain existing internal controls, processes, and procedures. There are inherent risks in implementing an ERP system and, accordingly, Management will continue to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of these controls. Other than the ERP system implementation, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9b. Other Information:
During the three months ended December 28, 2024, no director or officer of the Company, nor the Company itself, adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9c. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections:
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance:
In addition to the information reported in Part I of this Form 10-K under the caption “Information about our Executive Officers,” “Election of Directors,” “Board Committees and Meeting Attendance, Audit Committee,” “Corporate Governance Matters,” “Compensation Tables” and “Stock Ownership” of the 2025 Weis Markets, Inc. definitive proxy statement are incorporated herein by reference.
The Company has adopted an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale, and/or disposition of its securities by its directors, officers, employees, and other covered persons. The Company believes this policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations, and the NYSE listing standards. A copy of this policy is filed as Exhibit 19 to this Annual Report. Additionally, the Company’s policy is to only engage in transactions of the Company securities in compliance with insider trading laws.
Item 11. Executive Compensation:
“Board Committees and Meeting Attendance, Compensation Committee,” “Executive Compensation, Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Compensation Committee Report,” “Compensation Tables” and “Other Information Concerning the Board of Directors, Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” of the 2025 Weis Markets, Inc. definitive proxy statement are incorporated herein by reference.
The Company did not grant stock options or stock appreciation rights to its employees during Fiscal 2024 and does not anticipate that it will use stock options or stock appreciation rights as part of its compensation program going forward. The Company does not have any program, plan, or practice to time annual or ad hoc grants of equity-based awards in coordination with the release of material non-public information or otherwise, and does not grant stock options or stock appreciation rights during periods in which there is material nonpublic information about the Company, including at any time during the four business days prior to or the one business day following the filing of our periodic reports or the filing or furnishing of a Form 8-K that discloses material nonpublic information.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters:
“Stock Ownership” of the 2025 Weis Markets, Inc. definitive proxy statement is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence:
“Other Information Concerning the Board of Directors, Review and Approval of Related Party Transactions” and “Independence of Directors” of the 2025 Weis Markets, Inc. definitive proxy statement are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services:
“Ratification Of Appointment Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” of the 2025 Weis Markets, Inc. definitive proxy statement are incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules:
(a)(1)- The Company’s 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are included in Item 8 of Part II.
Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID:49)
(a)(2)- Financial statement schedules required to be filed by Item 8 of this form, and by Item 15(c)(3) below:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts, page 50 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K
All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules: (continued)
(a)(3) A listing of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference is as follows:
Exhibit No.
Exhibits
3-A
Articles of Incorporation, filed as exhibit 4.1 in Form S-8 on September 13, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference.
3-B
By-Laws, filed as exhibit under Part IV, Item 14(c) in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference.
4-A
Description of Securities Registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, filed as exhibit 4-A in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.
10-B
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, filed as exhibit 10-B in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference. *
10-D
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Amendment, filed as exhibit 10-D in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. *
10-E
Deferred Compensation Agreement between the Company and Mr. Robert F. Weis, filed as exhibit under Part IV, Item 15(a)(3) in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference. *
10-I
Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and Jonathan H Weis, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, signed on November 15, 2019 effective January 1, 2020 and continuing thereafter through December 31, 2023, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K November 18, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference. *
10-J
Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and Jonathan H Weis, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, signed on March 22, 2023 effective January 1, 2023 and continuing thereafter through December 31, 2025, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K March 24, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference. *
Weis Markets, Inc. Securities Trading Policy
Subsidiaries of the Registrant, filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification - CEO, filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K
31.2
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification - CFO, filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K
97
Policy Relating to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation, filed as Exhibit 97 in the Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.
*
Management contract or compensatory plan arrangement.
The Company will provide a copy of any exhibit upon receipt of a written request for the particular exhibit or exhibits desired. All requests should be addressed to the Company’s principal executive offices.
(b) The Company files as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, those exhibits listed in Item 15(a)(3) above.
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Item 15(c)(3). Financial Statement Schedules:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts:
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Col. A
Col. B
Col. C
Col. D
Col. E
Additions
Balance at
Charged to
Beginning
Costs and
Accounts
Deductions
End of
Description
of Period
Expenses
Describe
Describe (1)
Period
Fiscal Year ended December 28, 2024:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for uncollectible accounts
2,041
2,231
883
3,389
Fiscal Year ended December 30, 2023:
4,577
73
2,609
Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2022:
3,451
2,489
1,363
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant)
Date:
2/26/2025
/S/ Jonathan H. Weis
Jonathan H. Weis
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Date
and Director
/S/ Michael T. Lockard
Michael T. Lockard
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/S/ Harold G. Graber
Harold G. Graber
Director
/S/ Dennis G. Hatchell
Dennis G. Hatchell
/S/ Edward J. Lauth III
Edward J. Lauth III
/S/ Gerrald B. Silverman
Gerrald B. Silverman
/S/ Jeanette R. Rogers
Jeanette R. Rogers
Vice President, Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)