Rob Quast | Director of Investor Relations |
Rodney McMullen | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Gary Millerchip | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Robby Ohmes | BofA Global Research |
John Heinbockel | Guggenheim Securities |
Simeon Gutman | Morgan Stanley |
Spencer Hanus | Wolfe Research |
Karen Short | Barclays |
Rupesh Parikh | Oppenheimer & Co. |
Edward Kelly | Wells Fargo |
Michael Montani | Evercore |
Michael Lasser | UBS |
Kate McShane | Goldman Sachs |
Chuck Cerankosky | Northcoast Research |
Hello and welcome to The Kroger Co.
First Quarter Earnings Call. My name is Alex. I’ll be coordinating the call today. [Operator Instructions] I would now hand over to your host, Rob Quast, Director of Investor Relations.