Empire Company Limited (EMP.A) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Empire Company third quarter fiscal 2026 conference call. At this time, all lines are in assembly mode. Following the presentation, we'll conduct a question and answer session. If at any time during this call you require immediate assistance, please press star zero for the operator. This call is being recorded on Thursday, March 12, 2026. I would now like to turn the conference over to Katie Bryan, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you, Julie. Good morning, and thank you for joining us today for Empire's third quarter fiscal 2026 conference call. Today, we will provide summary comments on our results and then open the call for questions. This call is being recorded, and the audio recording will be available on the company's website at empireco.ca. There is a short summary document outlining the points of our quarter available on our website as well. Joining me on the call this morning are Pierre Saint-Laurent, President and Chief Executive Officer, Costa Bufanis, Chief Financial Officer, and Luc Larchavec, Chief Customer Officer. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that today's discussion includes forward-looking statements. We caution that these statements are based on management's assumptions and beliefs and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. I refer you to our news release and MD&A for more information on these assumptions and risk factors. With that, I will now turn the call over to Pierre. Thanks, Katie. Good morning, everyone. Our Q3 financial results were solid. This was supported by healthy performance across all of our formats and strong cost management. Beyond the financials, we executed several important strategi...