Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Central Garden & Pet's fiscal 2026 third quarter earnings call. My name is Cleo 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 touchtone phone. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Friederike Edelmann, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Central's third quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call. Joining me today are Nicholas Lahanas, Chief Executive Officer, Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer, John Hanson, President of Pet Consumer Products, JD Walker, President of Garden Consumer Products, as well as Jason Barnes, EVP of Garden Consumer Products. Nico will begin by highlighting today's key takeaways, followed by Brad, who will walk through our financial performance and the acquisition of Trixie in greater detail. After their prepared remarks, John, J.D., and Jason will join us for the Q&A session. Before we get started, I would like to remind everyone that all forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risk and uncertainties, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements 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 subsequent information, future event...