Rao's single Italy facility
“10-K Item 1A: 'the substantial majority of our Rao's tomato-based sauce products are produced by a third-party contract manufacturer at a single facility in Italy'”
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The most significant concentration The Campbell's discloses is Rao's single Italy facility, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: The Campbell's’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
“10-K Item 1A: 'the substantial majority of our Rao's tomato-based sauce products are produced by a third-party contract manufacturer at a single facility in Italy'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'In 2025, our five largest customers accounted for approximately 47% of our consolidated net sales'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'the largest customer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its affiliates, accounting for approximately 21% of our consolidated net sales'”
The company's concentration profile combines a high-share single-facility supply dependency for a key brand, a moderate top-customer concentration at the consolidated level, and a low-share exposure to the largest individual retail customer. The most operationally vulnerable exposure is the Rao's supply arrangement: the substantial majority of Rao's tomato-based sauce products are produced by a third-party contract manufacturer at a single facility in Italy, a high-share dependency with no disclosed backup manufacturing capability. For a brand that represents a premium growth driver, concentration of production in one foreign facility creates meaningful operational risk — a natural disaster, regulatory shutdown, labor disruption, or logistics disruption at that single site would directly constrain the company's ability to supply its fastest-growing product line. At the consolidated level, customer concentration is moderate: in 2025, the five largest customers accounted for approximately 47% of consolidated net sales, a moderate-share dependency by disclosed size. Within that group, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its affiliates is the single largest customer at approximately 21% of consolidated net sales, a low-share exposure at the enterprise level. That the largest customer represents roughly a fifth of sales reflects the structural reality of selling packaged goods through mass retail, where a single account at that scale carries significant pricing and promotional leverage. In aggregate, the supply risk on the Rao's facility is the most idiosyncratic item in the profile; the customer concentration is more structural and broadly typical for a branded food company of this scale.
For the engine’s reasoning on CPB’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT | Central Garden & Pet Company | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| CENTA | Central Garden & Pet Company | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| CPB● | The Campbell's Company | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| CAG | ConAgra Brands, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BRBR | BellRing Brands, Inc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.