BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP Commitments Disclosure

NOTE 6- Contingencies and Commitments:

 

The Company leases warehouse and/or office facilities throughout the United States through month-to-month rental agreements. In the case of month-to-month lease or rental agreements with terms of 12 months or less, the Company made an accounting policy election to not recognize lease assets and liabilities and record them on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For further information regarding our lease accounting policy, please refer to Note 1 – The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Leases.

 

The Company leased three long-haul trucks received during fiscal year 2019. The six-year leases for these trucks would have expired in fiscal year 2025. We returned one long-haul truck on June 22, 2023, for a loss of $12 and returned two long-haul trucks on July 11, 2024, for a loss of $90, in an effort to reduce the overall cost of delivering products. All long-haul trucks under this lease agreement have been returned as of November 1, 2024.

 

The Company leased one refrigerated truck received on May 10, 2024, for a net present value of $166. The seven-year lease for this truck will expire in fiscal year 2031. Amortization of equipment as a finance lease was $24 during the fifty-two weeks ended October 31, 2025.

 

The Company performed a detailed analysis and determined that the only indications of a long-term lease in addition to transportation leases for long-haul trucks were the warehouse leases with Hogshed Ventures, LLC and Racine Partners 4333 LLC.

 

The Company’s 5 five-year term lease with Racine Partners 4333 LLC, was effective June 1, 2022. A ROU asset of $1,378 and corresponding liability for warehouse storage space of $1,433 as of October 31, 2025, was recorded for Racine Partners 4333 LLC for 43rd Street in Chicago, Illinois. This lease does not provide an implicit rate, and we estimated our incremental interest rate to be approximately 3.68%. We used our estimated incremental borrowing rate and other information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of the lease payments.

 

We leased warehouse storage space from Hogshed Ventures, LLC for 40th Street in Chicago, Illinois, during fiscal year 2024. We leased this space under a non-cancellable operating lease. This lease terminated on June 30, 2024 and was not renewed. There is no further lease liability recorded as of October 31, 2025.

 

We, as lessor, leased a parking lot in Anaheim, California with a five-year term effective May 29, 2024, to a tenant. Both current and non-current receivables less executory costs including broker’s commissions, were recorded in current and non-current liabilities in the amount of $181 and $527, as of October 31, 2025. Unearned revenue was also recorded in the amount of $181 and $498, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2025. This lease does not provide an implicit rate, and we estimated our incremental interest rate to be approximately 7.34%. We used our estimated incremental borrowing rate and other information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of the lease payments. Legal ownership does not transfer at the end of the lease. We retain ownership of the parking lot. There is no net book value of the underlying asset.

 

The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments for transportation leases and ROU assets:

 

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments

Fiscal Year		Financing Obligations
2026		$	1,202
2027			656
2028			249
2029			127
Later Years			74
Total minimum lease payments(a)		$	2,308
Less: Amount representing executory costs			-
Less: Amount representing interest(b)			27
Present value of future minimum lease payments(c)		$	2,281

 

(a)	Minimum payments exclude contingent rentals based on actual mileage and adjustments of rental payments based on the Consumer Price Index.
(b)	Amount necessary to reduce net minimum lease payments to present value calculated at the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the inception of the leases.
(c)	Reflected in Note 2, as current and noncurrent obligations under capital leases of $20 and $120, respectively, and ROU assets of $1,182 and $959, respectively.

 

We purchase large quantities of pork, beef, and flour. These ingredients are generally available from a number of different suppliers although the availability of these ingredients is subject to seasonal variation. We build ingredient inventories to take advantage of downward trends in seasonal prices or anticipated supply limitations.

 

We purchase bulk flour under short-term fixed price contracts at current market prices. The contracts are usually effective for and settle within three months or less at a fixed price and quantity. We monitor and manage our ingredient costs to help negate volatile daily swings in market prices when possible. We do not participate in the commodity futures market or hedging to limit commodity exposure.

 

The Company is involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.