Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Thank you and good morning, everyone. I hope you all had the opportunity to review our earnings release, listen to our prepared remarks, and view the slide presentation that were all posted earlier on our investor relations website. After today's Q&A session, we will also post an audio replay of this call. Please note that in this Q&A session, we may make forward-looking statements about the company's performance. Although we believe these statements to be reasonable, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. In addition to what you hear in these remarks, important factors relating to Flowers Foods business are fully detailed in our SEC filings. We also provide non-GAAP financial measures for which disclosure and reconciliations are provided in the earnings release at the end of the slide presentation on our website. Joining me today are Riles McMullen, Chairman and CEO, and Steve Kinsey, our CFO. Riles, I'll turn it over to you. Okay. Thanks, JT. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the second quarter call. Before we move to questions, I would like to address one thing right out of the gate. We are in the midst of a transition. The category is transitioning, and by extension, Flowers is transitioning. The continued challenging economic environment and shifting consumer trends have pressured our end markets and hampered our recent results. However, We are aggressively responding to that pressure, transitioning our portfolio to better align with current consumer demand. Now, this transition is going to take time to fully implement, and patience will be necessary. But we expect further benefits as we execute our portfolio strategy and continue to develop our deep pipeline of innovation. Our strategies are sound...