Biography

Joseph E. Scalzo has been our President and CEO since January 19, 2026 and a member of our Board of Directors since January 28, 2026. From July 2017 until July 2023, Joe served as our President and CEO and in the same roles for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., our predecessor entity, and as a member of Atkins’ board of directors from February 2013 until July 2017. Joe also was a member of our Board of Directors from July 2017 until January 2025, having served as Vice Chair of the Board from August 2024 until January 2025 and Executive Vice Chair of the Board from July 2023 until August 2024. Joe has deep familiarity with Simply Good Foods, its brands and infrastructure, and the vision required to lead a modern nutritional snacking platform, supported by a deep understanding of industry trends and consumer preferences. During his prior decade-long tenure as our President and CEO, Joe presided over a period of substantial value creation, overseeing our successful debut in the public markets in 2017, fueling significant growth, and executing our transition into a multi-brand, category-leading platform via our successful acquisition and integration of Quest Nutrition.

Most recently Joe was a Partner at Centerview Capital Consumer from October 2024 until rejoining Simply Good Foods. From November 2005 to February 2011, Joe served as a senior executive in various roles at Dean Foods, including as President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of WhiteWave Foods. Joe is credited at Dean for leading the transformation of WhiteWave Foods, which began as three separate businesses, into a winning consumer foods company. Prior to that, Joe held various executive roles at Gillette, where he spearheaded the successful three-year turnaround of the company’s one billion dollar global personal care business and The Coca Cola Company. Joe began his career at P&G in 1985.