Sow Good Inc.

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Note: This is NOT an IPO. This is a NASDAQ uplisting from the OTC market. Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace maintained by OTC Markets, Inc. (“OTCQB”) under the symbol “SOWG.” On April 12, 2024, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $22.00 per share.

Note: We intend to list our common stock on the NASDAQ under the proposed symbol “SOWG” – from the prospectus.

We manufacture freeze-dried snacks. (Incorporated in Delaware)

Sow Good is a trailblazing U.S.-based freeze dried candy and snack manufacturer dedicated to providing consumers with innovative and explosively flavorful freeze dried treats. Our website addresses are: https://www.thisissowgood.com/ and https://www.sowginc.com/

Sow Good has harnessed the power of our proprietary freeze drying technology and product-specialized manufacturing facility to transform traditional candy into a novel and exciting everyday confectionaries subcategory that we call freeze dried candy. We began commercializing our freeze dried candy products in the first quarter of 2023, and as of December 31, 2023, we have fourteen (14) stock keeping units (“SKUs”) in our Sow Good Candy line of treats and four SKUs in our Sow Good Crunch Cream line. We sell our treats using an omnichannel strategy primarily focused on the wholesale and retail channels with less than 2% of sales coming from e-commerce as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, our treats are offered for sale in over 5,850 brick-and-mortar retail outlets in the United States. The rapid demand growth for our delectable treats since their retail debut in March 2023 highlights our consumers’ excitement for our novel and explosively flavorful treats that “satisfy your sweet tooth in fewer bites.”

We have custom-built a 20,945 square foot freeze drying facility in Irving, Texas, and have entered into additional co-manufacturing arrangements in China and Colombia, that we anticipate, depending on product mix, will provide for a total of 30 million units by the end of 2024, with a significant portion of that capacity coming from our co-manufacturer relationships. Freeze drying removes up to 99% of moisture from a product in its frozen state by applying a small amount of heat in an extremely low air pressure, near outer space-like environment, through the use of massive vacuum chambers, resulting in moisture being removed from the product at the speed of sound. This process of removing moisture from the product, which can take up to twenty-four hours, concentrates its flavor, creating a “hyper dried, hyper crunchy, and hyper flavorful” snackable treat. Our commitment to providing the most flavorful and crunchy treats extends into the product packaging process, where our 194 employees dedicated to hand-packaging as of December 31, 2023 put our treats through our hand-packed precision packaging process in vigilantly managed low humidity conditions to protect our treats from reintroduction to moisture.

We have built four bespoke freeze driers using proprietary technology tailored specifically to our products, creating a truly state-of-the-art facility in Irving, Texas. We are in the process of fabricating and operationalizing two additional freeze driers, which we anticipate will come online in our Irving, Texas facility in the third quarter of 2024. We estimate that each of our proprietary freeze driers can produce up to approximately $10 million of revenue per year depending on product mix. In addition, due to strong customer demand that consistently outpaces available supply, we have entered into co-manufacturing arrangements with third-party manufacturers whose freeze drying facilities meet our exacting production, sanitation and allergen control requirements, as well as our food quality and safety standards. Currently, all of our products manufactured by third parties are shipped to our facilities in Texas for packaging. However, we are actively searching for additional packaging facilities and additional internal freeze driers for further increased capacity.

We believe in building a company that creates good experiences for our customers and growth for our investors and employees through our core pillars: (i) innovation—creating novel products that delight our consumers; (ii) scalability—building strong business and manufacturing foundations to support rapid growth and accelerated retail launches; (iii) manufacturing excellence—harnessing our executive team’s manufacturing expertise and continuously refining our processes to maximize efficiencies and reduce energy intake and waste, effectively lowering our costs, increasing margins, and improving our sustainability practices; (iv) meaningful employment opportunities—providing developmental opportunities for our communities by cultivating a growth-oriented and opportunity-rich workplace for our employees, top to bottom, and increasing our employee headcount sevenfold since March 2023; and (v) food quality standards—achieving superior product outcomes by using humidity control throughout our entire facilities, and methodical hand-packed precision packaging process of our treats, which takes additional time and expense when compared to an automated system, but ensures optimal flavor and texture, and maximum protection of product integrity, thereby minimizing customer product return rates.

Sow Good is led by co-founders Claudia and Ira Goldfarb, who have over a decade of manufacturing experience with an extensive freeze drying background, dedication to job creation, and proven track record of identifying and growing niche trends into everyday categories. Under their leadership, our revenues have grown from $428.1 thousand during the year ended December 31, 2022 to approximately $16.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, with approximately $14.6 million of that being recorded in the six-month period ended December 31, 2023. This revenue was achieved through the capacity provided by our three freeze driers and co-manufacturing arrangements that started in December 2023. Our fourth freeze drier became operational in the first quarter of 2024.

 

Note: Net loss and revenue are for the year ended Dec. 31, 2023.

(Note: Sow Good Inc. priced its public offering/NASDAQ uplisting at $10.00 – below its stock’s $10.98 OTC close – and priced 1.2 million shares – to raise $12.0 million on Wednesday night, May 1, 2024. Sow Good shares closed at $10.98 on the OTC Pink Sheets on Wednesday night, May 1, 2024.  Background: Sow Good Inc. updated its prospectus for its proposed public offering and NASDAQ uplisting on April 22, 2024. The company filed its S-1 on Feb. 13, 2024.)

 

Industry: Food & Kindred Products - Freeze-Dried Snacks
Employees: 225
Founded:
Contact Information
Address 1440 N. Union Bower Rd Irving, Texas 75061
Phone Number (214) 623-6055
Web Address https://www.thisissowgood.com/
View Prospectus: Sow Good Inc.
Financial Information
Market Cap
Revenues $16.1 mil (last 12 months)
Net Income $-3.06 mil (last 12 months)
IPO Profile
Symbol SOWG
Exchange NASDAQ
Shares (millions): 1.2
Price range $10.00 - $10.00
Est. $ Volume $12.0 mil
Manager / Joint Managers Roth Capital Partners
CO-Managers Craig-Hallum
Expected To Trade: 5/2/2024
Status: Priced
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