Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.233 -- 00:00:05.538 Greetings, and welcome to the Darden Restaurant's Q2 fiscal year 2026 earnings conference 00:00:05.538 -- 00:00:10.343 call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. 00:00:10.343 -- 00:00:13.226 A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. 00:00:13.226 -- 00:00:17.971 You may be placed into question queue at any time by pressing star 1 on your telephone 00:00:17.971 -- 00:00:22.175 keypad, and we ask you to please ask one question and one follow-up to return to the 00:00:22.175 -- 00:00:26.599 queue. If anyone should require operator assistance, please press star 0. 00:00:26.599 -- 00:00:30.035 As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. 00:00:30.035 -- 00:00:34.001 It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to Courtney Aquila, Vice President, Finance 00:00:34.001 -- 00:00:37.984 and Investor Relations. Courtney, please go ahead. 00:00:38.127 -- 00:00:41.732 Thank you, Kevin. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for participating on today's 00:00:41.732 -- 00:00:48.041 call. Joining me are Rick Cardenas, Darden's President and CEO, and Raj Vinam, CFO. 00:00:48.041 -- 00:00:51.887 As a reminder, comments made during this call will include forward-looking statements 00:00:51.887 -- 00:00:55.973 as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 00:00:55.973 -- 00:01:00.378 These statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results 00:01:00.378 -- 00:01:04.043 to differ materially from our expectations and projections. 00:01:04.043 -- 00:01:08.068 Those risks are described in the company's press release, which was distributed this 00:01:08.068 -- 00:01:12.554 morning, and in the filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 00:0...