Middleby to Discontinue Brewing Group

Published on Sep. 10, 2026
Middleby News
The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD), a global leader in commercial foodservice solutions, today announced that it will discontinue its Middleby Brewing & Distilling Solutions Group business (“Brewing Group”), which includes its Deutsche Beverage + Process, Ss Brewtech and Wild Goose Filling brands, with the wind-down expected to be substantially complete by the end of this year.

The decision is a result of the company’s ongoing focus on operational excellence and business simplification initiatives, in which management evaluates each business against its long-term growth and margin potential and directs capital accordingly. This discipline is intended to support both organic net sales growth and margin expansion over time.

In 2025, the Brewing Group represented $24 million of the company’s net sales with an approximate loss of $9 million in adjusted EBITDA(1), an approximate 60 basis negative impact to adjusted EBITDA margin. The company expects the 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA of the Brewing Group to be similar to 2025, and the discontinuation to be immaterial to its 2026 financial guidance as presented below. The company expects to realize the annual benefit of the discontinuation of the Brewing Group within its 2027 adjusted EBITDA margins.

Please see the attached PDF for more financial information.

The company also announced its participation at the 2026 Jefferies Global Industrials Conference in New York City.

The company is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat presentation at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 10, 2026, during which management will provide a business update. Additionally, management will participate in one-on-one and group investor meetings at the conference. The fireside chat will be webcast live and accessible through the Investor Relations section of the company website at www.middleby.com. The webcast will be available for replay from the company’s website.

In connection with the conference, the company will publish an updated investor presentation, which will be available in the Investor Relations section of the company website at www.middleby.com.

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