Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (BLMN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the Blumenbrands Fiscal Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow management's prepared remarks. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. Please note this event is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Tara Kurian. Senior Vice President, IRFP&A, and International. Thank you, Ms. Kurian. You may begin. Thank you, and good morning, everyone. With me on today's call are Mike Spanos, our Chief Executive Officer, and Eric Christel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. By now, you should have access to our fiscal second quarter 2026 earnings release and our investor presentation slides. both of which can be found on our website at www.bloomandbrands.com in the Investors section. Throughout this conference call, we will be presenting results on an adjusted basis. An explanation of our use of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures appear in our earnings release and investor presentation on our website as previously described. Before we begin formal remarks, I'd like to remind everyone that part of our discussion today will include forward-looking statements including a discussion of recent trends. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ in a material way from our forward-looking statements. Some of these risks are mentioned in our earnings release. Others are discussed in our SEC filings, which are available at www.sec.gov. During today's call, we'll provide a brief recap of our financial performance for the fiscal ...