Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Central Garden and Pets fiscal 2026 second quarter earnings call. My name is Kate 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 the 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 Frederic Edelman, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Central's second quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call. Joining me today are Nicola Hannas, Chief Executive Officer, Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer, John Hansen, President, Pet Consumer Products, J.D. Walker, President, Garden Consumer Products, and last but not least, Jason Barnes, Executive Vice President, Garden Consumer Products. Nico will start by sharing today's key takeaways, followed by Brad, who will provide more details of our performance. After their prepared remarks, John, J.D., and Jason 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. You c...