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| We are confident that as we layer on our team's deep experience and skills in product innovation and marketing, we will be able not only grow our brands, but also evolve the overall craft beer category, where there is clear and strong opportunity to grow the consumer demographics and expand into new products and formats, such as [RTD] (ph) and new channels |
| So, we feel very good about capacity and utilization overall |
| Importantly, beverages are a fast-growing category with significant growth through innovation and M&A and high future growth and healthy margins |
| At Tilray Brands, we strategically diversified our cannabis lifestyle and CPG company globally, and we've done so for several reasons, including the tremendous growth opportunities we see within the beverage category and across markets like craft beer, ready-to-drink cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages, energy, and nutritional drinks |
| We got great brands in regards to Breckenridge Bourbon and Manitoba Harvest, and we have a really, really strong relationships with doctors and distributors in the European market in regards to our medical business |
| This effort is backed by our portfolio of high-quality lifestyle brands and the strong and growing distribution networks that are behind them |
| Our goal is doing this is clear to accelerate our ability to deliver industry-leading profitable growth and sustainable long-term shareholder value |
| To this end, our achievements in fiscal 2024 to date and expectations for the balance of the year reflects the strides we're making by focusing on our core fundamentals: number one, maximizing profitable revenue growth through organic expansion initiatives and key strategic acquisition with strong synergy potential; number two, realizing the benefits of optimized asset utilization and cost management to ensure a lean efficient cost structure across all our business segments; and of course, number three, continuing to strengthen our industry-leading balance sheet and cash position |
| It's also worth noting that Manitoba Harvest is the industry leader in terms of sustainability, having recertified as a B Corp for the 10th consecutive year and having launched the first Regenerative Organic Certified Hemp Hearts SKU this past spring |
| As a result, we had a record Q1 with net revenue of $177 million, representing 15% growth year-over-year |
| Internationally, medical has tremendous opportunities |
| We grew Canadian cannabis revenue by 16.5% in the quarter and remain the leading strongest and most profitable international cannabis LP with approximately a 13.4% share in Canada inclusive of HEXO and Truss, 631 basis points ahead of the next LP |
| Going forward, we are very confident that the beer brands themselves will be able to maintain a margin above 50%, but our spirits business traditionally has been closer to 50% |
| We grew international cannabis revenue by 37%, and we are the market leader in medical cannabis across Europe with leading market shares in Germany, Poland, and Luxembourg |
| Strong consumer interest in hemp products, expanded distribution into Whole Foods and Walmart and product innovation to meet needs of the Gen Z/millennial consumer through new hemp [forward] (ph) foods and supplement offerings in CBD wellness beverage like our Happy Flower |
| With our recent acquisition of eight craft beer and beverage brands from Anheuser-Busch, we are growing fast in the craft beverage alcohol industry, solidifying our leadership position as the fifth largest U.S |
| And then as we as we evolve through the year, we have a significant outperformance in Q4 traditionally in our distribution business, as people -- as pharmacies buy-in for their customers going on vacation in the summer in our distribution business |
| The balance we have brought to our business model by going beyond cannabis has given us a strong position today and is positioning us well for higher growth future opportunities, including when U.S |
| We believe we're in a great place going forward, well positioned with the resources, infrastructure, and operations, the distribution of brands, sales and marketing and know-how to lead the revolution of cannabis CPG into the American and European mainstream |
| Finally, our wellness segment is delivering higher gross profit on a stable of top-line as it's adjusted to higher ingredient costs through increased pricing from a year ago |
| Our distributors are extremely excited about us coming over and bringing energy and investments in focus |
| I don't have a crystal ball on that front, but certainly as Irwin talked about, as we move all of our packaging from the acquisitions into Leamington, we're going to see great synergies on that side |
| We also project positive adjusted free cash flow from operations, excluding our cost to integrate HEXO, Truss and the brands from Anheuser-Busch and the cash income taxes we pay at Aphria Diamond |
| The substantial increase in wholesale cannabis revenue was an opportunistic sale, which helped increase our cash flow from operations, even though it had a negative impact on gross margin and EBITDA |
| It grew 14% in Q1 from a year ago and expanded its gross profit margin due to a reduction in production costs and an improving product mix |
| Regionally, we grew our share at all four major markets in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec, furthering our best-in-class market coverage to a highly-fragmented retail network |
| So, the drivers here are going to be top-line growth, taking costs out, which ultimately improve margins and drives profitability to the bottom-line |
| The transaction further strengthens our number one cannabis market share position in Canada with a combined market share of approximately 40% in the THC beverage and positions us at the forefront of the adult-use beverage sector |
| I don't think anything is going to happen here for a little while, for over the next two years anyway, but it would basically be very, very, very good for the cannabis industry |
| We believe that THC beverages present a significant opportunity |
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| Listen, I can reassure you this here, the cannabis industry is a tough industry |
| Gross profit was $44.2 compared to $48.6 million in the prior-year quarter, while gross margin decreased to 25% from 32% in the prior-year quarter |
| Adjusted EBITDA was $11.4 million, down from $13.5 million in the prior-year quarter |
| Adjusted cannabis gross profit, which removes the purchase price accounting step-up decreased to $24.3 million from $29.7 million in the prior-year quarter, while adjusted gross cannabis margin decreased to 35% from 51% in the prior-year quarter |
| The beer industry is a tough industry |
| Canadian medical cannabis decreased slightly due to increased competition from the adult-use market and price compression in the medical cannabis market |
| And at least on the retail side, where we can see some data, those have been declining for the last two or so years |
| Wellness segment revenue held at $13.3 million compared to $13.4 million in the prior-year quarter, despite increasing pricing to combat ingredient cost inflation |
| On a per share basis, this amounted to a net loss of $0.10 versus $0.13 in the prior-year quarter |
| There is so much confusion out there on legalization and customers want it |
| Offsetting the increase in the current period was a substantial reduction of advisory services revenue from the prior-year quarter to do the HEXO acquisition, which terminated the previous strategic arrangement that was in place |
| At one point during the year last year, we did provide some downside protection |
| By segment, cannabis net revenue rose 20% or 22% on a constant currency basis, inclusive of $3.1 million due to price compression in Canada, of which virtually all also represented a reduction in EBITDA |
| There's a major shortage and they want vegetables grown in Quebec |
| But we have to do that |
| However, if we are to exclude advisory services revenue from HEXO of $1.5 million in Q1 2024 and $7.8 million in Q1 2023 and the wholesale transaction with a negative growth profit of $2.7 million in the quarter, our adjusted cannabis gross margin would have been 39% compared to 43% |
| strategy because of these factors |
| And I think that's what the important thing is of how food does not dilute our margins in our brew houses |
| And so, if we look at our business, we really see like our business is very nascent today and is still developing |
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