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−Removed: Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading “Management’s
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.
−Removed: and other pandemics, epidemics, or outbreaks of a contagious illness may adversely affect our operating results, cash flows and
−Removed: financial condition.
−Removed: coronavirus outbreak and other pandemics, epidemics, or outbreaks of a contagious illness, and similar events, may cause harm
−Removed: to us, our employees, our customers, our vendors and supply chain partners, and financial institutions, which could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
−Removed: The impacts may include, but would not be limited
−Removed: availability and increased cost of supplies due to increased demand around food and food-related products due to increased
−Removed: global demand and disruptions along the global supply chains of these manufactures and distributors;
−Removed: to operations due to the unavailability of employees due to illness, quarantines, risk of illness, travel restrictions or
−Removed: factors that limit our existing or potential workforce;
−Removed: employee turnover which may increase payroll expense and recruiting-related expenses;
−Removed: disruption of global financial markets, which could have a negative impact on us or our customers’ ability to access
−Removed: capital in the future.
−Removed: addition, we have taken and will continue to take temporary precautionary measures intended to help minimize the risk of COVID-19
−Removed: to our employees, including requiring administrative and other groups of our employees to work remotely, suspending non-essential
−Removed: travel and restricting attendance at industry events and in-person work-related meetings.
−Removed: Such measures could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: further spread of COVID-19, and the requirements to take action to help limit the spread of the virus, could impact the resources
−Removed: required to carry out our business as usual and may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition
−Removed: and cash flows.
−Removed: The extent to which COVID-19 will impact our business and our financial results will depend on future developments,
−Removed: which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
−Removed: Such developments may include the ongoing geographic spread of the virus,
−Removed: the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak and the type and duration of actions that may be taken by various governmental
−Removed: authorities in response to the outbreak and the impact on the United States and the global economy.
−Removed: Any of these developments,
−Removed: individually or in aggregate, could materially impact our business and our financial results and condition.
−Removed: have identified material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: not remediated, our failure to establish and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting could result in material misstatements in our financial statements and a failure to meet our reporting and financial
−Removed: obligations, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and the trading price of our common
−Removed: effective internal control over financial reporting and effective disclosure controls and procedures are necessary for us to produce
−Removed: reliable financial statements.
−Removed: As discussed in Part I, Item 4 – “Controls and Procedures” of this Quarterly
−Removed: Report on Form 10-Q, we have re-evaluated our internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures
−Removed: and concluded that they were not effective as of September 30, 2020.
−Removed: material weakness is defined as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such
−Removed: that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be
−Removed: prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: The material weaknesses we identified are (1) ineffective controls over outsourced IT
−Removed: systems and business processes and (2) inadequate segregation of duties within accounting processes.
−Removed: We identified these material
−Removed: weaknesses initially as of December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The execution of our remediation commenced in the first fiscal quarter of 2020 and
−Removed: entails splitting activities where inadequate segregation of duties existed and seeking an outsourced IT provider that can provide
−Removed: effective controls over outsourced IT systems and business processes.
−Removed: This activity is ongoing and will require validation and
−Removed: testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period of financial reporting cycles.
−Removed: Management expects to complete its remediation plan during its fourth fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Implementation
−Removed: of the Company’s remediation plans is being overseen by senior management and the audit committee.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we can effectively
−Removed: remediate our reported weaknesses or that other significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting will not be identified in the future.
−Removed: Any failure to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, or any
−Removed: difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, cause us to
−Removed: fail to timely meet our periodic reporting obligations, or result in material misstatements in our financial statements.
−Removed: failure could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations regarding disclosure controls and the effectiveness
−Removed: of our internal control over financial reporting required under Section 404 and the SEC’s rules.
−Removed: The existence of a material
−Removed: weakness could result in errors in our financial statements that could result in a restatement of financial statements, cause
−Removed: us to fail to timely meet our reporting obligations, and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information.
−Removed: Continued determinations that there are material weaknesses in our internal controls could also reduce our ability to obtain financing
−Removed: or increase the cost of any financing we obtain and require additional expenditures of both money and our management’s time
−Removed: to comply with applicable requirements.
−Removed: We may not be entitled to forgiveness
−Removed: of our recently received Paycheck Protection Program Loan, and our application for the Paycheck Protection Program Loan could
−Removed: in the future be determined to have been impermissible.
−Removed: On April 20, 2020, we were granted a Paycheck
−Removed: Protection Program loan (the “PPP loan”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES
−Removed: Act”) administered by the U.S.
−Removed: Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) in the aggregate amount of $770,000
−Removed: pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under the CARES Act.
−Removed: The PPP loan agreement is dated April
−Removed: 20, 2020, matures on April 20, 2022, bears interest at a rate of 1% per annum, with the first six months of interest deferred,
−Removed: is payable monthly commencing on November 2020, and is unsecured and guaranteed by the U.S.
−Removed: Small Business Administration.
−Removed: loan term may be extended to April 20, 2025, if mutually agreed to by the Company and lender.
−Removed: The PPP loan may be prepaid at any
−Removed: time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.
−Removed: Under the CARES Act, as amended in June 2020, loan forgiveness is generally
−Removed: available for the sum of documented payroll costs, covered rent payments, covered mortgage interest and covered utilities during
−Removed: the “Covered Period”, which is 8 weeks or 24 weeks (at the election of the Company) beginning on the date of the first
−Removed: disbursement of the PPP Loan.
−Removed: We will be required to repay any portion of the outstanding principal that is not forgiven, along
−Removed: with accrued interest, and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be eligible for loan forgiveness, that we will apply for
−Removed: forgiveness, or that any amount of the PPP Loan will ultimately be forgiven by the SBA.
−Removed: In order to apply for the PPP Loan, we
−Removed: were required to certify, among other things, that the current economic uncertainty made the PPP Loan request necessary to support
−Removed: our ongoing operations.
−Removed: We made this certification in good faith after analyzing, among other things, the maintenance of our workforce,
−Removed: our need for additional funding to continue operations, and our ability to access alternative forms of capital in the current
−Removed: market environment to offset the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Following this analysis, we believe that we satisfied all eligibility
−Removed: criteria for the PPP Loan, and that our receipt of the PPP Loan is consistent with the broad objectives of the CARES Act.
−Removed: certification described above is subject to interpretation.
−Removed: On April 23, 2020, the SBA issued guidance stating that it is unlikely
−Removed: that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be able to make the required certification
−Removed: in good faith.
−Removed: The lack of clarity regarding loan eligibility under the Paycheck Protection Program has resulted in significant
−Removed: media coverage and controversy with respect to public companies applying for and receiving loans.
−Removed: If, despite our good-faith belief
−Removed: that given our circumstances we satisfied all eligible requirements for the PPP Loan, we are later determined to have not been
−Removed: in compliance with these requirements or it is otherwise determined that we were ineligible to receive the PPP Loan, we may be
−Removed: required to repay the PPP Loan in its entirety and/or be subject to additional penalties.
−Removed: Should we be audited or reviewed by
−Removed: federal or state regulatory authorities as a result of filing an application for forgiveness of the PPP Loan or otherwise, such
−Removed: audit or review could result in the diversion of management’s time and attention and the incurrence of additional costs.
−Removed: Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under
+Added: the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.
+Added: may not be entitled to forgiveness of our recently received Paycheck Protection Program Loan, and our application for the Paycheck
+Added: Protection Program Loan could in the future be determined to have been impermissible.
+Added: April 20, 2020, we were granted a Paycheck Protection Program loan (the “PPP loan”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
+Added: and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) administered by the U.S.
+Added: Small Business Administration (the “SBA”)
+Added: in the aggregate amount of $770,000 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under the CARES Act.
+Added: PPP loan agreement is dated April 20, 2020, matures on April 20, 2022, bears interest at a rate of 1% per annum, with the first
+Added: six months of interest deferred, is payable monthly commencing on November 2020, and is unsecured and guaranteed by the U.S.
+Added: Business Administration.
+Added: The loan term may be extended to April 20, 2025, if mutually agreed to by the Company and lender.
+Added: PPP loan may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.
+Added: Under the CARES Act, as amended in June 2020,
+Added: loan forgiveness is generally available for the sum of documented payroll costs, covered rent payments, covered mortgage interest
+Added: and covered utilities during the “Covered Period”, which is 8 weeks or 24 weeks (at the election of the Company) beginning
+Added: on the date of the first disbursement of the PPP Loan.
+Added: We will be required to repay any portion of the outstanding principal that
+Added: is not forgiven, along with accrued interest, and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be eligible for loan forgiveness,
+Added: that we will apply for forgiveness, or that any amount of the PPP Loan will ultimately be forgiven by the SBA.
+Added: In order to apply
+Added: for the PPP Loan, we were required to certify, among other things, that the current economic uncertainty made the PPP Loan request
+Added: necessary to support our ongoing operations.
+Added: We made this certification in good faith after analyzing, among other things, the
+Added: maintenance of our workforce, our need for additional funding to continue operations, and our ability to access alternative forms
+Added: of capital in the current market environment to offset the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Following this analysis, we believe
+Added: that we satisfied all eligibility criteria for the PPP Loan, and that our receipt of the PPP Loan is consistent with the broad
+Added: objectives of the CARES Act.
+Added: The certification described above is subject to interpretation.
+Added: On April 23, 2020, the SBA issued
+Added: guidance stating that it is unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be
+Added: able to make the required certification in good faith.
+Added: The lack of clarity regarding loan eligibility under the Paycheck Protection
+Added: Program has resulted in significant media coverage and controversy with respect to public companies applying for and receiving
+Added: If, despite our good-faith belief that given our circumstances we satisfied all eligible requirements for the PPP Loan,
+Added: we are later determined to have not been in compliance with these requirements or it is otherwise determined that we were ineligible
+Added: to receive the PPP Loan, we may be required to repay the PPP Loan in its entirety and/or be subject to additional penalties.
+Added: we be audited or reviewed by federal or state regulatory authorities as a result of filing an application for forgiveness of the
+Added: PPP Loan or otherwise, such audit or review could result in the diversion of management’s time and attention and the incurrence
+Added: of additional costs.
+Added: Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
+Added: Increases in costs of freight may
+Added: have an adverse impact on our gross and operating margins.
+Added: The capacity in the freight market has
+Added: not kept up with demand and increased freight rates.
+Added: During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, we experienced higher transportation
+Added: We believe that costs will continue to increase throughout fiscal 2021.
+Added: We are implementing mitigation plans to manage
+Added: however, due to the price sensitivity of our products, we may not be able to pass such increases on to our customers.
+Added: For a discussion of increased delivery and handling expenses, see “Operating Expenses” under the heading “Management’s
+Added: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
+Added: that have not been previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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