The Kroger Co. (KR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the Kroger Co. fourth quarter earnings conference call. My name is Alex and I'll be coordinating today's call. If you'd like to ask a question at the end of the presentation, you may press star float by one on your telephone keypad. And if you'd like to remove that question, that's star float by two. Please note this event is being recorded. I'd 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 fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. I am joined today by Kroger's newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Greg Foran, Chairman Ron Sargent, 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 and one follow-up question if necessary. I will now turn the call over to Ron. Well, thank you, Rob, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining our call today. Before we start, I'd like to just take a moment to welcome Greg Foran as Kroger's Chief Executive Officer. Greg's a strong leader with a proven track record of driving growth in large and complex businesses. He has spent most of his career in food retail, and he ...