Lamb Weston Q1 FY2027 Earnings: Sales Up 1%, Profit Down 55% as Plants Close
Lamb Weston's Q1 FY2027 net sales rose 1% to $1.67B while net income fell 55% to $29.1M. Plant-closure and legal charges put $51M into cost of sales.
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The Predominant Use Study: How Manufacturers Stop Paying Sales Tax on Their Utility Bills
If 50%+ of your metered electricity or gas runs production equipment, Texas, Indiana and other states exempt the whole utility bill — plus 3–4 years of refunds.
Deere Q3 FY2026 Earnings: $1.38B Profit From a Tractor Maker With a $70B Bank
Deere's Q3 FY2026: $1.379B net income on $12.6B revenue, large ag sales down 6%, construction margin up to 12.1%, and a $49.2B finance receivables book.
Acuity FY2026: GAAP EPS Up 36% to $17.05, Adjusted EPS Up 10.5%
Acuity's FY2026 GAAP EPS rose 36.1% to $17.05 while adjusted EPS rose only 10.5%; tariff refunds and a 2025 pension charge explain the gap.
Selling Packaged Food? The FDA Label Rules and Small-Business Exemptions That Decide What Goes on the Package
Small food businesses with under $500,000 in sales can skip the Nutrition Facts panel, but identity, ingredients, allergens, and net weight stay mandatory.
Manufacturing in Mexico Under IMMEX: How the Maquiladora Program Lets US Companies Import Materials Duty-Free, What a Shelter Operator Handles, and the USMCA Qualification Math to Run First
IMMEX lets US firms import materials into Mexico duty-free — if you meet the export floor, run Annex 24 inventory control, and clear USMCA origin rules.
THOR Industries FY2026: Sales Flat at $9.6B, Profit Down 31% as RV Margins Narrow
THOR Industries' FY2026 sales were flat at $9.61B, but net income fell 31% to $177.5M as gross margin slid from 14.0% to 12.6%. See the open ledger.
Armenia's 2026 Tax Squeeze for Small Traders and Manufacturers: Mandatory E-Invoicing Meets Doubled Turnover Tax
Armenia taxes small traders 10% of gross turnover and manufacturers 7%, and since September 2026 every invoice must precede the goods — the compliance playbook.
Hawaii's Enterprise Zone Program Just Opened to Retail, Health Care, and IT: Is Your Small Business Now Eligible?
Hawaii's Act 182 opens 7-year enterprise zone tax breaks — full GET exemption plus an 80% income tax credit — to retail, health care, and IT firms in-zone.
Jabil FY2026: $36B of Revenue and the 2.9% Margin of Building AI Servers for Others
Jabil's FY2026 revenue rose 21% to $36.0B, yet GAAP net income was $1.04B — a 2.9% margin. Trace the AI-server economics and $13.09 core EPS in a public ledger.
Bonded Premises vs. Tax-Paid Tasting Room: A Craft Distillery's Guide to Booking Federal Excise Tax Correctly
Spirits in bond carry no excise tax; removal to a tasting room triggers $2.70–$13.50 per proof gallon. Book it as inventory cost so your ledger ties to TTB.
Pricing a 3D-Printed Product: Build a Bill of Materials So Your COGS Isn't a Filament Guess
Filament is usually the smallest of six print cost lines. Build a per-SKU bill of materials, then price from true COGS.