UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

_________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 69, 2025

LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

ILLINOIS

000-17363

36-3442829

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

6431 Oakton St. Morton Grove, IL		60053
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 967-1010

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	LWAY	Nasdaq Global Market
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights	None	Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b 2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 28.0201. ~~Results~~Other ~~of Operations and Financial Condition~~Events.

On October 69, 2025, Lifeway Foods, Inc., an Illinois corporation (the “Company”), announced that the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders ~~issued~~will abe ~~press~~held ~~release~~on ~~announcing~~December ~~estimated~~16, ~~unaudited~~2025. ~~net~~Any ~~sales~~shareholder proposals or nominations under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated By-laws (the “By-laws”) must be received by the Company on or before the close of ~~between~~business ~~$55.8~~on October 20, 2025 and ~~$57~~must otherwise comply with the By-laws.0 ~~million~~For ~~for~~any proposal to be included in the ~~third~~Company’s ~~quarter~~proxy ~~ended~~statement ~~September~~pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities ~~30,~~Exchange ~~2025~~Act of 1934, ~~representing~~as aamended 21(“Rule 14a-~~24%~~8”), ~~increase~~such ~~from~~proposal must be received at the ~~same~~Company’s ~~period~~principal inexecutive office no later than the ~~prior~~close ~~year~~of business on October 20, 2025 and must otherwise comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8.

~~A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.~~2

The information in this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, or incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.SIGNATURE

~~This~~Pursuant ~~Current~~to ~~Report and Exhibit 99.1 hereto contain “forward-looking statements” within~~ the ~~meaning~~requirements of ~~Section 27A of~~ the Securities ~~Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities~~ Exchange Act of 1934, ~~as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and those regarding~~ the ~~Company’s intent, belief, plans or expectations for the Company’s business, operations, financial performance or condition,~~ ~~including,~~registrant ~~without~~has ~~limitation,~~duly ~~statements~~caused regarding estimated unaudited net sales. These statements use words, and variations of words, such as “continue,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “project,” “estimate,” “outlook,” “potential,” “forecast” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could.” You are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this ~~Current~~report ~~Report, are based on current expectations of future events and thus are inherently subject~~ to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances beyond the Company’s control. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the Company’s expectations and projections. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include: price competition; the decisions of customers or consumers; the actions of competitors; changes in the pricing of commodities; and the effects of government regulation; possible delays in the introduction of new products; and customer acceptance of products and services. A further list and description of these risks and uncertainties, and other factors can be ~~found~~signed ~~in the Company’s Annual Report~~ on ~~Form~~its ~~10-K~~behalf ~~for~~by the ~~fiscal~~undersigned ~~year~~hereunto ~~ended~~duly ~~December 31, 2024 and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025~~authorized. Copies of these filings are available online at https://www.sec.gov, http://lifewaykefir.com/investor-relations/, or on request from the Company. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or new information), except as required by law.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

	LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.
Dated: October 9, 2025	By:	/s/ Eric Hanson
		Name: Eric Hanson
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

~~(d) Exhibits:~~3

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated October 6, 2025
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.
Dated: October 6, 2025	By:	/s/ Eric Hanson
		Name: Eric Hanson
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

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