Business Description

Our Company Central Garden & Pet Company (“Central”) is a market leader in the U.S. pet and garden industries. For more than 40 years, we have delivered innovative, trusted solutions that help lawns grow greener, gardens bloom bigger, pets live healthier, and communities grow stronger. We operate through two reportable segments: Pet and Garden. Our Pet segment offers a broad range of products for dog and cat supplies, including treats and chews, toys, beds and containment, grooming items, waste management and training pads. We also provide supplies for aquatics, small animals, reptiles and pet birds, such as toys, enclosures, habitats, bedding, food and supplements, equine and livestock products, animal and household health solutions and insect control items. This segment also includes live fish and small animals as well as outdoor cushions. Products are sold under well-recognized brands including Aqueon ® , Best Bully Sticks ® , Cadet ® , C&S ®, Comfort Zone ® , Farnam ® , Four Paws ® , Kaytee ® , Nylabone ® , Zilla ® and Zoëcon ® . Our Garden segment includes lawn and garden consumables such as grass seed; vegetable, flower and herb packet seed; wild bird feed, bird houses and other birding accessories; weed, grass, and other herbicides, insecticide and pesticide products; fertilizers and live plants. Brands in this segment include 3D ® , Amdro ® , Ferry-Morse ® , Pennington ® and Sevin ® . The charts below present product classes that accounted for approximately 10% or more of our consolidated net sales and the percentage of net sales represented by segment for fiscal 2025. Strategy Our Central to Home strategy reflects our purpose of nurturing happy and healthy homes and our ambition to lead the pet and garden industries. Our goal is to grow net sales, operating income and cash flows by developing innovative products, expanding market share, acquiring complementary businesses and partnering with our customers to grow the categories we serve. We manage our business with a long-term view, confident that delivering on this strategy will generate sustainable value for all stakeholders. To achieve this, we leverage our competitive strengths and favorable industry dynamics by executing against five strategic pillars designed to drive long-term growth. Consumer: Build and Grow Brands that Consumers Love We are focusing on developing differentiated new produ cts and reinvesting some of our annual cost savings into brand building and demand creation to deliver sustainable organic growth and expand market share. To deepen our understanding of consumers, the products and features they value, and how they make their purchasing decisions, we are investing in consumer insights, data analytics, and research and development. These efforts are fueling our product innovation pipeline. Recognizing that more consumers research and buy products online, we are further enhancing our digital capabilities to meet them where they are. Recent marketing initiatives, including our Farnam “Everything for the Ride”, Nylabone’s 70 th birthday campaign and DoMyOwn’s “Chief Solutions Officer” initiative with Richard Karn have delivered promising results, accelerating growth and driving share gains across multiple brands. 1 Customer: Win with Winning Customers and Channels We are building on our strong customer relationships by developing and executing winning category growth strategies. We produce both branded and private label products for our customers as well as distribute third-party brands that give our retail partners a breadth of selection from ultra-premium to value offerings. Today's convenience-oriented consumers increasingly rely on eCommerce channels, including pure-play, omnichannel and direct-to-consumer, as part of their shopping routine. To meet this demand, we continue to expand our digital and eCommerce capabilities while ensuring the right policies, products and programs enable all channels to compete effectively. At the same time, we are optimizing our supply chain for high-demand eCommerce items, ensuring customer and consumer availability requirements are fulfilled at optimal cost. We are also investing in sales planning, net revenue management and price pack architecture to strengthen our position across the marketplace. Central: Fortify the Central Portfolio We manage each business based on clearly articulated strategies that establish its role within our portfolio.…