Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Q1 2024 Earnings Call

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Lines are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. If at any time during this call you need assistance, please press star zero for the operator. This call is being recorded on Thursday, February 29th, 2024. I would now like to turn the conference over to David Dahlstrom, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good morning. Welcome to the Hormel Foods conference call for the first quarter of fiscal 2024. We released our results this morning before the market opened, around 6.30 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the release can be found on our website, HormelFoods.com, under the Investor section. On our call today is Jim Snee, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jacinne Smiley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Deanna Brady, Executive Vice President of the Retail segment. Jim will review the company's first quarter results and give a perspective on the rest of fiscal 2024. Jacinta will provide detailed financial results and further commentary on our outlook. Deanna will join Jim and Jacinta for the Q&A portion of the call. The line will be open for questions following Jacinta's remarks. As a courtesy to the other analysts, please limit yourself to one question with one follow-up. If you have additional questions, you are welcome to rejoin the queue. At the conclusion of this morning's call, a webcast replay will be posted to our investor website and archived for one year. Before we get started this morning, I need to reference the Safe Harbor Statement. Some of the comments made today will be forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the statements we will be making. Please refer to our most recent annual ...