The Kroger Co. (KR) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:02.514 Good morning and welcome to the Kroger Co. 00:00:02.514 -- 00:00:06.179 First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. 00:00:06.179 -- 00:00:09.904 After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. 00:00:09.904 -- 00:00:15.111 If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. 00:00:15.111 -- 00:00:18.456 To withdraw your question, please press star 1 again. 00:00:18.456 -- 00:00:22.802 Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over 00:00:22.802 -- 00:00:26.727 to Rob Quast, Vice President, Investor Relations. 00:00:26.727 -- 00:00:29.140 Please go ahead. 00:00:29.140 -- 00:00:33.966 Good morning. Thank you for joining us for Kroger's first quarter 2026 earnings call. 00:00:33.966 -- 00:00:38.651 I am joined today by Kroger's chief executive officer, Greg Foran, and chief financial 00:00:38.651 -- 00:00:43.617 officer, David Kennerly. Before we begin, I want to remind you that today's discussions 00:00:43.617 -- 00:00:47.502 will include forward-looking statements. We want to caution you that such statements 00:00:47.502 -- 00:00:52.048 are predictions and actual events or results can differ materially. 00:00:52.048 -- 00:00:55.912 A detailed discussion of the many factors that we believe may have a material effect 00:00:55.912 -- 00:01:00.169 on our business on an ongoing basis, is contained in our SEC filings. 00:01:00.169 -- 00:01:04.094 The Kroger Company assumes no obligation to update that information. 00:01:04.094 -- 00:01:07.539 After our prepared remarks, we look forward to taking your questions. 00:01:07.539 -- 00:01:11.685 In order to cover a broad range of topics from as many of you as we can, we ask that 00:01:11.685 -- 00:01:13.8...