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Investments in and Acquisitions of Businesses
6 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2024
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Investments in and Acquisitions of Businesses
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Investments in and Acquisitions of Businesses

On December 28, 2022, Suburban Renewable Energy acquired a platform of RNG production assets (the “RNG Acquisition”) from Equilibrium Capital Group (“Equilibrium”), a leading sustainability-driven asset management firm.

The following table presents unaudited pro forma combined financial information as if the aforementioned acquisition had occurred on September 25, 2022, the first day of the Partnership’s 2023 fiscal year:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 30,

 

 

March 25,

 

 

March 30,

 

 

March 25,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Revenues

 

$

498,087

 

 

$

526,501

 

 

$

863,921

 

 

$

927,901

 

Net income

 

 

111,500

 

 

 

104,452

 

 

 

135,954

 

 

 

139,349

 

Suburban Renewable Energy owns a 25% equity stake in Independence Hydrogen, Inc. (“IH”) based in Ashburn, VA. IH is a veteran-owned and operated, privately held company developing a gaseous hydrogen ecosystem to deliver locally sourced hydrogen to local markets, with a primary focus on material handling and backup power applications.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2022, Suburban Renewable Energy announced an agreement to construct, own and operate a new biodigester system with Adirondack Farms, a family dairy farm located in Clinton County, New York, for the production of RNG. Construction of the assets began during the first quarter of fiscal 2023, and is expected to be completed during the second half of calendar 2025.

The Operating Partnership owns a 38% equity stake in Oberon Fuels, Inc. (“Oberon”) based in San Diego, California and has also purchased certain secured convertible notes issued by Oberon. Oberon, a development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (“rDME”) transportation fuel, is focused on the research and development of practical and affordable pathways to zero-emission transportation through its proprietary production process. Oberon’s rDME fuel is a low-carbon, zero-soot alternative to petroleum diesel, and when blended with propane can significantly reduce the carbon intensity of propane. Additionally, rDME is a carrier for hydrogen, making it easy to deliver this renewable fuel for the growing hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry. During the first half of fiscal 2024, the Operating Partnership purchased four additional secured convertible notes issued by Oberon.

These strategic investments were made to support the Partnership’s Go Green with Suburban Propane corporate pillar, which focuses on advocating for the clean-burning and versatile nature of propane and renewable propane as a solution to a lower carbon future and investing in innovative, renewable energy alternatives to lower GHG emissions. The investments in IH and Oberon are being accounted for under the equity method of accounting and were included in “Other assets” within the condensed consolidated balance sheets, and the Partnership’s equity in their earnings were included in “Other, net” within the condensed consolidated statements of operations.