Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Central Garden and Pets Fiscal 2026 First Quarter Earnings Call. My name is Vaughn, and I will be your conference operator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the prepared remarks, we will hold a question and answer session, and instructions will be given at that time. If you require assistance at any point during the call, please press star followed by zero on your touch-tone phone. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Frederique Edelman, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Central's first quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call. Joining me today are Niko Lahana, Chief Executive Officer, Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer, John Hansen, President of Pet Consumer Products, and JD Walker, President of Garden Consumer Products. Nico will start by sharing today's key takeaways, followed by Brad, who will provide a more in-depth discussion of our results. After their prepared remarks, JD and John will join us for the Q&A session. Before they begin, I would like to remind everyone that all forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risks and uncertainties, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from what those forward-looking statements express or imply today. A detailed description of Central's risk factors can be found in our annual report filed with the SEC. Please note that Central undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events, or other developments. Our press release and related materials, including gap reconciliation for the non-gap measu...