• Nomad Foods Q1 2026 earnings Q&A featured Head of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Jason English, CEO Dominic Brisby, CFO Ruben Baldew, with questions from Jefferies, Mizuho Securities, CJS Securities.
• Management flagged Q1 category growth of 3.8% versus internal expectations, while keeping planning anchored to roughly 2% growth due to timing effects such as earlier Easter and A&P phasing.
• Price negotiations caused temporary disruption in France and Germany, including suspended orders and canceled promotions that drove out-of-stocks and weaker market share in March into April; management said pricing is now secured, shelves are being restocked, promotions set for rest of year, with April weighing on Q2.
• Middle East conflict seen as manageable, with no supply-chain impact so far; overall 2026 COGS inflation ticked up by less than 1% and remains within mid-single-digit outlook, with incremental inflation expected to roll into P&L in Q4 and into fiscal 2027 if conditions persist.
• Strategy shift signaled toward broader portfolio flexibility beyond “healthy” positioning, with more detail planned for Analyst and Investor Day in fall; private label expected to raise prices with a lag, with elasticity impact expected to weigh in Q2.

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