Rebekah Manis | Director, IR |
Rodney McMullen | Chairman and CEO |
Mike Schlotman | EVP and CFO |
Vincent Sinisi | Morgan Stanley |
Karen Short | Barclays |
Edward Kelly | Wells Fargo |
Michael Lasser | UBS |
Ken Goldman | JPMorgan |
Chris Mandeville | Jefferies |
Rupesh Parikh | Oppenheimer |
Judah Frommer | Credit Suisse |
Paul Trussell | Deutsche Bank |
Robby Ohmes | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Good morning, and welcome to The Kroger Company Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Rebekah Manis, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Thank you, Laura.