COVID-19	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Covid-19
COVID-19	Note 15 – COVID-19 The ultimate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic or any future pandemic or disease outbreak will have on Lifeway’s business and its consolidated results of operations is uncertain. To date, the Company has seen increased customer and consumer demand for its products. Lifeway has not experienced significant supply chain disruptions or labor supply shortages and it has continued to be able to satisfy customer and consumer demand for its products. However, COVID-19 pandemic, or any future pandemic, may limit the availability of, or increase the cost of, employees, ingredients, packaging and other inputs necessary to produce Lifeway’s products, and its operations may be negatively impacted. In 2021, the Company’s costs increased primarily due to inflationary price increases of milk, other ingredients, packaging materials, and freight. However, because of market conditions or for competitive reasons, the Company’s pricing actions may sometimes lag input cost changes, or it may not be able to pass along the full effect of increases in raw materials and other input costs as it incurs them. In 2022, social distancing, shelter-in-place and work-from-home mandates and recommendations have begun to be ease. The increased customer demand the Company has realized over the past two years as consumers increased their at-home consumption and e-commerce purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic may change or decrease due to the decrease in social distancing and stay-at-home and work-from-home mandates and recommendations. Lifeway is unable to predict the nature and timing of when such change may occur, if at all. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business will depend on many factors, including, among others, whether additional waves of COVID-19 or different variants of COVID-19 will affect the United States and other markets and the duration of any social distancing and stay home and work from home mandates or recommendations that may occur as a result of such COVID-19 wave or variant; the Company’s ability and the ability of its suppliers to continue to maintain production despite unprecedented demand in the food industry, supply chain disruptions, tight labor markets and increased raw material and packaging costs; and the extent to which macroeconomic conditions resulting from the pandemic and the pace of the subsequent recovery may impact consumer eating and shopping habits. The Company cannot predict the duration or scope of the disruption or the impact of any recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. Therefore, the financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

COVID-19

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Note 15 – COVID-19

The ultimate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic or any future pandemic or disease outbreak will have on Lifeway’s business and its consolidated results of operations is uncertain.

To date, the Company has seen increased customer and consumer demand for its products. Lifeway has not experienced significant supply chain disruptions or labor supply shortages and it has continued to be able to satisfy customer and consumer demand for its products. However, COVID-19 pandemic, or any future pandemic, may limit the availability of, or increase the cost of, employees, ingredients, packaging and other inputs necessary to produce Lifeway’s products, and its operations may be negatively impacted. In 2021, the Company’s costs increased primarily due to inflationary price increases of milk, other ingredients, packaging materials, and freight. However, because of market conditions or for competitive reasons, the Company’s pricing actions may sometimes lag input cost changes, or it may not be able to pass along the full effect of increases in raw materials and other input costs as it incurs them.

In 2022, social distancing, shelter-in-place and work-from-home mandates and recommendations have begun to be ease. The increased customer demand the Company has realized over the past two years as consumers increased their at-home consumption and e-commerce purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic may change or decrease due to the decrease in social distancing and stay-at-home and work-from-home mandates and recommendations. Lifeway is unable to predict the nature and timing of when such change may occur, if at all.

The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business will depend on many factors, including, among others, whether additional waves of COVID-19 or different variants of COVID-19 will affect the United States and other markets and the duration of any social distancing and stay home and work from home mandates or recommendations that may occur as a result of such COVID-19 wave or variant; the Company’s ability and the ability of its suppliers to continue to maintain production despite unprecedented demand in the food industry, supply chain disruptions, tight labor markets and increased raw material and packaging costs; and the extent to which macroeconomic conditions resulting from the pandemic and the pace of the subsequent recovery may impact consumer eating and shopping habits. The Company cannot predict the duration or scope of the disruption or the impact of any recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. Therefore, the financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.