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Jewett-Cameron Trading Company

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Annual Report

2021

September 2020 to August 2021

Jewett Cameron Co.

Table of Contents

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Message From the 
CEO & President

Financial Performance

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Sustainability

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Corporate Structure

13 Social Media & 

Influencer Recap

New Product 
Category Recap

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Greenwood Products 
& Jewett Cameron 
Seed Co

FY2021 Sales

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Employee Milestones 
& Demographics

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Office Remodel Project

Brand Development

Crafted. Stewardship. Legacy.

Board of Directors

Senior Management

Geoff Guilfoy
B U S I N E S S   C O N S U LTA N T

Sarah Johnson
S U P P LY   C H A I N   O P E R AT I O N S   P R O F E S S I O N A L

Chris Karlin
B O A R D   M E M B E R

Charlie Hopewell
C EO

Chad Summers
P R E S I D E N T

Mike Ulwelling
C H I E F   R E V E N U E   O F F I C E R

Mike Nasser
J C C   O F F I C E R

Charlie Hopewell
C EO

Michelle Rule Walker
V P   G L O B A L   B R A N D   M K T N G .   &   EC O M M

Marty Ramirez
C H I E F   O P E R AT I N G   O F F I C E R

Mitch Van Domelen
D I R EC TO R   O F   F I N A N C E

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ANNUAL REPORT 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 Message From the 
CEO & President

To our entire team… this is your story!
Be proud of what you’ve helped 
build, be diligent in both challenging 
yourself as well as our organization, 
and continue to help us all continue the 
trails that allowed us all to be a part of 
this story. We are extremely pleased 
to provide you with a more graphic 
and in-depth view of our company, our 
divisions, products, and most of all, 
our performance and future. We hope 
that this review will encourage you 
to more closely follow our progress 
forward, ask questions, and of course… 
purchase some of our products or 
recommend them to friends and family. 

Approximately two-and-a-half 
years ago, we consciously focused 
on our brand; what it truly means to 
the organization and hopefully, our 
shareholders. We are tremendously 
proud of the work our teams have done 
to integrate this branding not just into 
products, but into the organization as 
well. Aligned with this, we also took an 
inventory of what cultural elements we 
strive to support, achieve and reach 
for. The combination of these has 
literally manifested in perception and 
reality. Our workplace is different. Our 
products are different. Our approach 
and follow through continues to drive 
towards our three pillars of Crafted, 
Stewardship and Legacy. As we state 
in our vision of who we are: we are our 
past as much as our future. We hope 
you will see witness of this in the pages 
that follow.

We have invested heavily these 
past few years and this has paid rich 
dividends to our future. We have driven 
the organization to fully embrace our 
omni-channel experience FOR our 
customers… seeing us consistently 
whether on a store shelf, or on-line. 
This proved incredibly successful when 
COVID hit all of us and people made 
the transition from traditional in-store 
purchasing, to on-line or “hybrid 
shopping” where they research on line, 
but still purchase locally. These past 
few years have been challenging to say 
the least, but our team continues to 
grow, we continue to see rewards for 
our efforts, and we hope that you too 
will see continual advancement in our 
value, our products, and our culture.

It is indeed our pleasure to start “a new 
tradition” of better engagement with 
our stakeholders and shareholders by 
presenting the information in these 
pages. We remain a growth oriented 
company seeking the talent and 
resources that will compliment our 
culture while helping us into our future.

Thank you all stakeholders for your 
contributions.

Charlie Hopewell
C EO

The values that form the foundation 
of Jewett Cameron and guide every 
aspect of our business are crafted, 
stewardship, and legacy.  These have 
helped get us to where we are today 
and will continue to propel us into 
the future. These core values directly 
influence the people, the partners, the 
products, and the processes that make 
up our organization.

People. We are committed to our 
people who design, manufacture, 
package, sell, ship, and support the 
products and customers with which 
we have the privilege of working with. 
It is our desire to be a workplace that 
engages employees to enjoy the work 
they do and who they do it with. This 
effort helps ensure we retain our best 
talent, train team members to advance 
as we grow, and attract new talent.

Partners. Jewett Cameron is 
selective with whom we do business. 
We put a lot of time and resources 
into our supply partners. They need to 
produce consistent quality products in 
a timely fashion, meet manufacturing 
and workforce standards, and truly 
partner with us as we innovate and 
grow. We place a great deal of value 
on our business partners that provide 
us with professional services (such 
as banking, accounting, legal, etc.) to 
help us run our business as efficiently 
and effectively as possible. We also 
consider our customers as valued 
partners and strategically pursue 
and maintain those we are uniquely 
equipped to serve best.

Products. All of our products are 
designed with the end user in mind. 
We also take pride in designing our 

Chad Summers
P R E S I D E N T 

products to best accommodate 
the sales channels and partners we 
work with to accelerate the velocity 
of movement off their shelves, be it 
virtual or physical, into the hands of 
end users. We continue to incorporate 
a greater degree of recyclability and 
sustainability in the materials we use 
for our designs. Jewett Cameron 
products are quality designed and 
built, thoughtful, and functional with 
special attention towards elegance 
and innovation. Watch for continued 
expansion of new innovative products 
within our good, better, and best 
category options.

Process. It is important our 
end users, customers, and supply 
partners experience us as reliable and 
dependable. We continue to invest 
in our infrastructure to streamline 
processes with automation and make 
Jewett Cameron easy to work with. 
Our commitment to becoming omni-
channel and having our products 
available wherever our customers 
prefer to purchase has proven 
invaluable.  Whether it’s receiving 
orders via EDI or through our Business 
to Business (B2B) portal to make it 
simple to place orders with us, or 
providing a subscription service to 
receive Lucky Dog poop bags every 3 
months so you never run out, we are 
committed to improving our processes 
that compliment customer satisfaction 
and experience. These efforts also 
enable us to scale and accommodate 
our continued growth trajectory.

I am personally grateful to all the 
leaders and team members that 
contributed to building Jewett 
Cameron over the last nearly 7 
decades. We are excited to build upon 
the quality product mix, the amazing 
supply partners, and the incredible 
customer base. I couldn’t be more 
excited and honored to take the 
reins and help drive Jewett Cameron 
forward.

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ANNUAL REPORT 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 2021  
Corporate Structure

Jewett-Cameron 
Trading Company Ltd.

JC USA Inc.

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ANNUAL REPORT 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 Delivering quality, innovative products, right  
where you want them

Industrial wood panels designed for Original Equipment 

Manufacturers (OEMs) in transportation sector and 

structural, engineered panels for construction

High quality seeds for your custom needs

  Clean, store, and broker grass, clover, and grains in our 

turnkey facility

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ANNUAL REPORT 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 FY2021 Sales

Growth of  E-commerce vs Non-E-commerce

E-commerce
$10,463,872

E-commerce
$13,414,004

E-commerce
$10,239,281

E-commerce
$13,055,392

26% of Sales

27% of Sales

25% of Sales

31% of Sales

E-commerce
$16,482,931

30% of Sales

Top Sellers

Gates
Kennels
Poop Bags 
Crates 
Infinity Euro 
Perimeter Patrol
Other 
Lifetime Steel Post
Cots
Greehouses
Outdoor Living

38%
33%
7%
5%
4%
4%
3%
2%
2% 
2% 
1%

Desktop
56.6%

Mobile
40.5%

Tablet
3.0%

Device Category

User Demographics

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Online New vs Returning Users

Non-E-commerce
$30,287,304

Non-E-commerce
$36,433,143

Non-E-commerce
$29,980,467

Non-E-commerce
$28,869,252

Non-E-commerce
$38,250,131

TOTAL

TOTAL

$40,751,176

$49,847,147

TOTAL

$40,219,748

TOTAL

$41,924,644

TOTAL
$54,733,062

Lucky Dog 

New

83,487

Returning

Total

26,382

109,869

Lifetime Fence

54,540

Spring Gardener

12,686

16,929

3,835

71,469

16,521

Jewett Cameron Seed Co. & Greenwood Products financial data not included.

TOTAL

150,713

47,146

197,859

2k

4k

6k

Top Channels for Lucky Dog and Lifetime Fence

Top Selling Regions By Brand

West        32,717

South  

      32,136

Midwest      22,804

West          23,132

South              17,424

Midwest        17,372

West              5,524

South                 3,447

Midwest           3,360

Northeast  16,167

Northeast    10,817

Northeast       2,603

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Male

52.5%

Female

47.5%

Users by Age

65+

55-64

45-54

35-44

25-34

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ANNUAL REPORT 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 Financial Performance

2016 - 2021 Gross Profit

Income Statement

2019

2020

2021

Sales

Cost of Goods Sold

$ 45,446,362

$ 44,945,263

$ 57,501,543

$ 35,481,931

$ 32,472,080

$ 43,354,897

Gross Profit

$ 9,964,431  

$ 12,473,183  

$ 14,146,646  

Expenses

Selling, General and Administrative

$ 2,127,296

$ 2,502,989

$ 3,204,945

Depreciation and Amortization

$ 191,819

$ 217,712

$ 244,279

Wages and Employee Benefits

$ 4,907,766

$ 5,894,346 

$ 6,957,730 

Total Expenses

$ 7,226,881

$ 8,615,047

$ 10,406,954

Income From Operations

$ 2,737,550 

$ 3,858,136 

$ 3,739,692 

Other Income

Interest Income (expense)

Gain/(Loss) on Sales of Assets

Net Profit Before Taxes

Income Tax Expense

Net Profit

$ 16,780 

$ 28,448

$ 105,366 

$ 12,005 

$ 12,415 

$ 6,600 

$ 687,387 

$ -2,871

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$ 2,888,144 

$ 3,889,156

$ 4,424,208 

$ 787,692 

$ 1,104,631 

$ 969,255 

$ 2,100,452

$ 2,784,525

$ 3,454,953

Earnings Per Share

0.50

0.77

0.99

Earnings per share growth 98% in 2 years

45% increase in six years

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Total Assets

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2020

2019

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$ 29,138,399

2018

$ 23,627,563

$ 23,277,961

$ 22,214,677

2017

2016

$ 22,181,035

$ 19,869,772

For a complete FY2021 Financial Performance Report, please visit www.jewettcameron.com/financial-reports. 

Financial data represented on this spread includes all JCC subsidiaries.

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Social Media & 
Influencer Recap

Partnership with 
@mapleandmortycorgis  
(350k followers) for Earth Day.

Earth Day Giveaway

National Love Your Pet Giveaway 
Partnered with Stewart Pet and @Ella.
husky. Over 500 entries. Prize included 
Lucky Dog Poop Bags, Elevated Dog 
Bed, and Stewart Pet Treats.

Partnership with Dad, How Do I? 
(3.6 Million subscribers on Youtube) 

Giving Back to the Community

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Over 25k likes, 252k 
impressions, and over 
300 followers gained 
from this post.

Over 500 entries and 3 
pups won 200 rolls of 
Poop Bags   (2,400 bags 
total!)

Over 500 entries prize 
was Lucky Dog poop 
bags, elevated dog bed 
and Stewart Pet treats. 

Top Posts in FY2021

Make a Wish Oregon and Rick’s Custom 
Fencing & Decking partnered up to 
make a simple wish come true for 5 year 
old boy.

Earth Day
76 likes, 800 impressions

After spending time outside, nothing 
feels better than throwing away your 
dog's droppings in a way that creates 
change for our environment.

Sliding Door Crate with 
Dalmation
100 likes, 900 impressions

German Shepard Christmas
102 likes, 1,073 
impressions

Sponsored Adjust-A-Gate video 

Over 26k views, 2.2k likes

Partnership with Brent- BYOT 
(205k subscribers on Youtube)

When you wake up and realize 
it’s Friday! Have a great weekend 
furfriends!

The countdown begins, one week away 
from the big day!! Who else still has 
some last minute shopping to do?

Total of 40 non-influencer and brand ambassador campaigns

Lucky Dog Follower Growth

2020 - 5,400 total followers 
2021- 7,000 total followers 
30% increase

2020 - 17,200 total followers
2021 - 18,500 total followers
8% increase

Lifetime Fence Follower Growth

2020 - 511 total followers

2021 - 860 total followers

68% increase

@lifetimefence

@luckydogdirect

@luckydogdirect

Total number of posts tagged with #luckydogdirect in FY21: 435 posts

@thelifetimefence

2020- 258 total followers

2021- 624 total followers

141% increase

Sponsored Adjust-A-Gate video

Over 12k views, 411 likes

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Employee Milestones & Demographics

2021 New Hires

Anniversary 

Milestones

0

19% 

Employees 10+ years

8 

Employees

31%

Employees here 2-9 years

3 
Employees

4 
Employees

2 
Employees

100

50% 

Employees here less than 2 years

5 years 
or
more

10 years 
or
more

15 years 
or
more

More 
than 20 
years

Department Breakdown

Warehouse

 Sales Team

Digital Marketing

Direct-to-Consumer Sales

Supply Chain

Product Mktg & Supply

Seed Company

Logistics/Import

Accounting

Customer Service

Corporate/Admin/IT

13
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4

5

3

4

10

6

5

6

9

Total   72

This total includes regular, full-time employees only.

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Having been with Jewett-Cameron for over 15 years, I have seen 
many changes. What has remained the same, is the quality of Team 
members, and products we deliver to the Markets we serve. What is 
even more exciting, during these challenging times, is the energy and 
commitment everyone is bringing to the Mission, each and every day. I 
look forward to being able to spend more time in person, collaborating 
and creating new solutions for our customers and consumers, in the 
near future.

         -Steve, Sales Department

I’ve worked at Jewett Cameron long enough to develop great 
confidence in my colleagues as we have navigated through extreme 
market fluctuations. Our growing, diverse, and agile team consistently 
plan for the long term. Looking down the road, I’m most excited about 
our recent endeavors which have produced a world class product 
development process, coupled with recent talent acquisitions giving  
us a lead in OMNI-channel commerce. This is a great place to think  
and invent. 

         -Ken, Business Development

Employee Demographics

Male
62%

Female
38%

Proud to be awarded

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15

New Positions

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Age Breakdown

20's & 
Younger

30's 

40's

50's

60's & 
Older

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Brand Development

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Jewett Cameron recently unveiled 
three brands. As the parent company 
of Lucky Dog®, Lifetime Fence™ and 
Spring Gardener™, Jewett Cameron 
is committed to the innovative 
development of products that are 

made from premium materials and built to last a lifetime. 
Through these three brands, strategic marketing and 
product initiatives have been developed to allow us to be an 
omni-channel leader in the various market categories, while 
delivering the very best products to our customers.

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Lucky Dog

Rugged. Sustainable. Timeless.

A legacy of crafting quality pet products inspired by the 
Pacific Northwest since 1990.

Lifetime Fence

Designed by Pros. Built by You.

Creating premium perimeter solutions for professionals 
and homeowners since 1953. 

Spring Gardener

Growing Better Together.

 Enhancing outdoor spaces with durable designs 
since 2000.  

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Spring Gardener™ Landscape Edging 
 and installation tools.

Lucky Dog® Poop Bags featuring  
influencer @copper.and.ember

Lucky Dog® Crate featuring influencer @
kaleighraephoto's dogs Charlie and Ellis.

The popular AG36-3, featuring a UL301 Drop Rod Kit.

Spring Gardener™ Landscape Edging installed.

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Created From 
Recycled Plastic

Sustainability

Jewett Cameron Company is 
guided by our defining principles of 
crafted, stewardship and legacy.  
As such, we apply the same care 
in developing our products as we 
do investing in our people, our 
partnerships, our environment, and 
in the communities where we live, 
work and play. Jewett Cameron 
strives to develop products that are 
built to last. Many of our products 
can be fully recycled at the end of 
the product's lifespan, such as our 
crates and steel fence products, 
further contributing toward our 
goal of being good stewards of our 
environment.

LANDSCAPE EDGING 

1. Creation Phase
No wasteful inner core. Most other dog waste bags use a 
plastic or cardboard core we don’t feel is necessary.

POOP BAGS

2. Production Phase

In 2021, we produced over 100K dog waste bags made 

with plant ingredients and renewable materials instead of oil-based 
polyethylene used in traditional single use plastic bags.

3. End Phase

The resin used to produce Lucky Dog poop bags is biodegradable and 
meets domestic and international compostability standards.

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Give Back Program
 1% of Lucky Dog Poop Bags donated to 
organizations dedicated to environmental 
improvement

In 2021 Jewett Cameron Co. donated 
over $23K to The Wave NW

Recyclable
Made of materials that can
be used again after processing

Biodegradable
Has the ability to break down 
and decompose into nature

Compostable
Disintegrate into non-toxic, 
natural elements similar to 
organic materials

Membership

Pet Sustainability 
Coalition (PSC)

United States 
Composting 
Council (USCC)

Our Lucky Dog poop bag complies with:

Australian Standard AS 5810 “Biodegradable plastics suitable for home composting”, certified by the 
Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA), Australia
French Standard NF T 51-800 “Plastics — Specifications for plastics suitable for home composting”, 
certified by Din Certco, Germany
European Standard EN13432-2000 “Requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and 
biodegradation”, certified by Din Certco, Germany
USA Standard ASTM D6400 – “Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics”, certified by Biodegradable 
Products Institute (BPI), USA
Australian Standard AS 4736 – “Biodegradable Plastics suitable for composting and other microbial 
treatment”, certified by Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA), Australia

It is not safe to home compost dog waste

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New Product Category Recap

Office Remodel Project

STAY Series™ Kennel

August 2021

AG PRO
August 2021

2021 saw the first update to Lucky Dog 
Kennels in over a decade. New covers 
in a UV protective and waterproof 
fabric add elegance and also eliminate 
the need for external bungee cords. 
This streamlined design, easy install, 
and a 2-year warranty make this 
first-to-market product an innovative 
addition to the market. New branding 
was also added to all kennel gates 
with high end dome labels, ensuring 
Lucky Dog brand recognition moving 
forward.

For the pros who want the best DIY 
gate framing kit on the market that 
still allows them to use their own 
custom hardware. 

•Made from durable 1.5" steel tubing      
for a no sag premium gate framing 
experience.

•Our AG PRO line's durable  
construction assures there will be 
no manufacturer defects and we 
stand behind our product with a    
limited lifetime warranty on the parts 
included. 

Spring Gardener 20’ 
Landscape Edging

July 2021

Spring Gardener wanted to bring a 
flexible, sustainable, eco-friendly to 
market. Something easy to install, that 
looks great and is not harmful to the 
environment.

•Easy to install

•Recycled material that lasts for years

•7 metal stakes included

•Green Line Technology let's
consumer know exactly how deep to 
bury their edging.

With the continued expansion 
of our various teams, our aging 
facility needed attention in order 
to accommodate this growth. We 
launched a rebuild/remodel program in 
2020 that is scheduled to be complete 
in December 2021. We couldn’t be 
more excited about the transformation 
and upgrade for our associates, visitors 
as well as increased functionality and 
accommodation for future growth.

One of our buildings, which used to be 
a seed testing facility used many years 
ago by our Seed Company, has been 
transformed into a team collaboration 

area, complete with a state-of-the-art 
photo studio. Our main facility has 
a new entrance that compliments a 
totally remodeled and re-configured 
main office, as well as a new two-story 
remodel of previous warehouse space. 
The first story of the two-story section 
is a large open space for gathering. 
The second story (as shown in the 
top left image above) now houses our 
accounting, computer and records 
teams with a view out west to our 
surrounding farm land.

Central to all of this is how members 
of our team wove in our new Jewett 

Cameron brand both in colors as well 
as physical fixtures. Natural woods, 
energy efficient HVAC and LED lighting 
that compliments the colors and feel 
of our new space. Our goal is to be 
consistent with our brand, create 
an environment in which people can 
both work, yet also be social and 
comfortable.

And to top it off, our aging roof has now 
been replaced with state-of-the-art 
roofing insuring our employees AND 
our products will be safe from the 
elements for many years to come.

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Proud to be listed on NASDAQ for 25 years

Times Square display in March 2021 celebrating our 25th anniversary.