The Simply Good Foods Company announced Geoff Tanner, formerly Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at The J.M. Smucker Company, has been named President, Chief Operating Officer and CEO Elect and a member of the Simply Good Foods Board of Directors, effective April 3, 2023. Mr. Tanner will subsequently succeed Joseph E. Scalzo as Chief Executive Officer on July 7, 2023, in connection with Mr. Scalzo's sixth anniversary as CEO of the Company. At the time of the CEO succession, Mr. Scalzo will be appointed as Executive Vice Chair of the Board and will serve in this role through August 31, 2024, the last day of the Company's fiscal year 2024.

Mr. Scalzo is expected to continue to serve as a director thereafter. Upon Mr. Scalzo's appointment as Executive Vice Chair, David J. West will step down from the position of Vice Chair of the Board, but is expected to continue to serve as an independent director of the Company. Mr. Tanner has more than 20 years of experience driving financial and marketplace results for leading food companies including Smucker, Del Monte Foods and Big Heart Pet Brands.

In his most recent executive leadership position at Smucker, overseeing the $8+ billion JMS Commercial organization, he led a successful transformation of the company's marketing and sales organizations, which helped Smucker deliver successive years of growth in organic sales, profits and market share, contributing to meaningful stock price appreciation. He brings significant expertise in strategy and business development, operations, brand building, innovation, omnichannel strategy and revenue management.