A & W Food Services of Canada Inc. (AW) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to the A&W Food Services of Canada Quarter 4 2025 Earnings Call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. I will now hand the call over to Susan Senecal, President and CEO. Please go ahead. Thanks, Jade, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us to discuss A&W Food Services of Canada's results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 28th, 2025. I'm Susan Senecal, President and CEO, and I'm joined today by A&W's Chief Financial Officer, Kelly Blankstein. Before we begin, as a reminder, remarks on this call may include our expectations, future plans and intentions that may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws in Canada. Such forward-looking information is based on estimates and assumptions made by management regarding, among other things, general economic and geopolitical conditions, as well as the competitive environment. Actual results may differ materially from the conclusions, forecasts, or projections expressed by the forward-looking information. We refer you to Food Service's Fiscal 2025 MDNA and Fiscal 2025 Annual Information Form, both of which include a summary of the material assumptions made by management, as well as risks and factors that could affect A&W's future performance and our ability to deliver on the forward-looking information. We also refer you to Food Services Fiscal 2025 MD&A for definitions and reconciliations of any non-IFRS financial measures mentioned on today's call. Our Q4 Earnings Release Financial Statements MD&A, as well as our Fiscal 2025 Annu...