The Kroger Co. (KR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the Kroger Co. First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 again. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Rob Quast, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good morning. Thank you for joining us for Kroger's first quarter 2026 earnings call. I am joined today by Kroger's chief executive officer, Greg Foran, and chief financial officer, David Kennerly. Before we begin, I want to remind you that today's discussions will include forward-looking statements. We want to caution you that such statements are predictions and actual events or results can differ materially. A detailed discussion of the many factors that we believe may have a material effect on our business on an ongoing basis, is contained in our SEC filings. The Kroger Company assumes no obligation to update that information. After our prepared remarks, we look forward to taking your questions. In order to cover a broad range of topics from as many of you as we can, we ask that you please limit yourself to one question. I will now turn the call over to Greg. Thank you, Rob, and good morning, everyone. I said it on day one, and it's still true today. This is the best job in retail, full stop. I'm a believer in grocery, physical and digital. It's essential. It's resilient. People want fresh food. They want it close to home. And they want it at a price that works for them. And supermarkets done well is a fantastic business. Now Kroger. We've got terrific assets. We're outperforming many traditional grocery competitors, and we...