Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon. Welcome to the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. This conference call is being recorded. During management's presentation and in response to your questions, they will be making forward-looking statements about the company's business outlook and expectations. These forward-looking statements and all other statements that are not historical facts reflect management's beliefs and predictions as of today and therefore are subject to risks and uncertainties as described in the company's SEC filings. Management will also discuss non-GAAP financial measures as part of today's conference call. These non-GAAP measures are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles but are intended to illustrate alternative measures of the company's operating performance that may be useful. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures can be found in the earnings release. The company has posted its second quarter 2026 earnings release on its website at ir.redrobin.com. On today's call... are Dave Pace, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mark Graff, Chief Financial Officer. Now, I would like to turn the call over to Dave Pace. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for your interest in Red Robin. I'm pleased to report that our momentum continued in the second quarter with significant progress across the business as we execute against our priorities under the First Choice Plan. We've taken deliberate steps over the past year to strengthen the guest experience, improve hospitality and execution, and invest behind traffic driving platforms that we believe can increase frequency over time. We're seeing those actions translate into increased guest engagement, el...