Annual Report 2021

Chobani is the story of a few dedicated everyday people coming together to create something extraordinary. Together, we have built a transformative force in the food industry that aims to provide good food for all while also improving our communities. We are a new kind of company that operates on a simple fundamental principle that we do well by doing good.

We have built Chobani for the long term. We have made significant investments in the past few years to ensure we control our innovation capabilities, our production, our distribution, and our marketing. This makes us different from other food companies. We continuously invest in our people and our infrastructure so that we never lose the ability to develop, launch, and scale our products very fast.

Our success confirms that Americans want high–quality food and that how a company is run is as important as what it makes. Together, we are building the leading modern food company that is empowering people around the world to turn away from legacy food full of unhealthy, processed ingredients and toward Chobani products that are delicious, natural, nutritious, and accessible. And together we are supporting our employees, giving back to communities, protecting the environment, working to eradicate hunger, and working to employ and support immigrants and refugees.

While Chobani has come a long way since we re-opened the factory in 2007 (by the way, many of our earliest employees are still with us!), we are still a young, energetic, entrepreneurial company. I still feel most comfortable in our factories, alongside my team – all of whom are owners of our business—developing and executing new ideas to strengthen our leadership position and sustain our growth.

As I think about the next stage of this incredible journey, I am excited to partner with new shareholders who share our mission to provide good food for all while improving our communities. Our goal is lofty—but achievable: we will recreate the way food is made and consumed all over the world and be a new model for how a next-generation company should operate responsibly.

I invite you to join our journey.

Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO