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  "company": "Lifeway Foods",
  "headline": "Lifeway Foods posts record Q2 2026 sales despite market pressure.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Pricing Play}\n◆ GOLD · Organic growth amid category decline · Lifeway Foods\n\nLifeway Foods posts record Q2 2026 sales despite market pressure.\n\nMost small brands panic when their category flattens. Lifeway didn't. They printed record sales. That's not market tailwind; that's pricing discipline. The category is fermented dairy — kefir. Not exactly a growth narrative. The move was staying firm on price when everyone expects you to cave. That's how you make record sales in a flat year.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/lifeway-foods-2026-08-26t21-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/lifeway-foods-2026-08-26t21-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/lifeway-foods-2026-08-26t21-3",
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      "title": "Lifeway Foods posts record Q2 2026 sales despite market pressure.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nPer Investing.com, Lifeway Foods reported record Q2 2026 sales in an earnings call despite broader category and market headwinds.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): in a declining category, the win belongs to the brand that doesn't chase volume through discounting. Lifeway raised or held price and grew sales — which means they took share by keeping customers at higher margin. The play: audit your customer retention rate (repeat buyers at full price, not on discount). If it's above 40%, raise price on your highest-repeat SKU by 5–8% and track churn over 30 days. If churn stays flat, you own margin. If it rises, roll it back. The brands that win in flat categories are the ones who test pricing power first.\nWhat that means for you: Most small brands panic when their category flattens. Lifeway didn't. They printed record sales. That's not market tailwind; that's pricing discipline. The category is fermented dairy — kefir. Not exactly a growth narrative. The move was staying firm on price when everyone expects you to cave. That's how you make record sales in a flat year.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Investing.com: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPWmVCeU50T3p1d3R3b3J0R3UzT0kyOVRGeTNEVXprSEU2WmRERGpZX2JMUUVPMExCU2JhbUUwU2l6X29jYl90YXJmTjktVXlkMzhmRUZueWg2VVhwVWZWbElXYUNkbXl6VTdjNE1hWXVpd2ZFT2xHOFV2OERReDl2el9qNmtzNjlLU2U4LVotOTc5bXM2M3BOTTZfMVZmUGVsdmF2T0RDT1A4SUFxdVpwcEhMNUFBdG5IcmJSZTdaSEZnSnk3Q1Bid3RhT090eTdkb2c.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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