Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Hormel Corporation's fourth quarter earnings call. At this time, all lines are in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will 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 in Thursday, December 4th, 2025. I'd now like to turn the conference over to Jess Plumber. Please go ahead. Good morning. Welcome to the Hormel Foods conference call for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025. We released results this morning before the market opened. If you did not receive a copy of the release, you can find it on our website, HormelFoods.com, under the investor section, along with supplemental slide materials. On our call today is Jeff Ettinger, Interim Chief Executive Officer, John Gingo, President, and Paul Keeneman, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller. Jeff, John, and Paul will begin by reviewing the company's fiscal 2025 performance before transitioning into commentary on our outlook for 2026. We will conclude with the Q&A portion of the call. The line will be open for questions following the prepared remarks. As a courtesy to the other analysts, please limit yourself to one question with one follow-up. At the conclusion of this morning's call, a webcast replay will be posted to the investor section of our website and archived for one year. Before we start this morning, I'd like to reference our safe harbor statements. Some of the comments we make 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 report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,...