Krispy Kreme, Inc.

Hello, my name is Jean-Louis. Welcome to the Krispy Kreme Q1 2023 earnings call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, press star 1 on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question again, press the star 1. I will now turn the conference over to Rob Ballou, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

good morning everyone and welcome to krispy kreme's first quarter 2023 earnings call thank you for joining us today our earnings release and accompanying earnings presentation deck are available on the investor relations portion of our website at investors.krispykreme.com joining me on the call this morning is mike tattersfield president and chief executive officer josh charlesworth global president and chief operating officer and jeremiah shukian chief financial officer after prepared remarks there will be a question and answer session before we begin I'd like to remind you this call contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities and Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements of expectations, future events, or future financial performance. Forward-looking statements involve a number of inherent risks and uncertainties, and we caution investors that these risks could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. These factors and other risks and uncertainties described in detail in the company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 2, 2023. Forward-looking statements made today speak only as of today. The company is in no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except it may be required by law. Additionally, today's call will contain certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation between non-GAAP financial measures and their closest comparable GAAP measures can be found in the company's first quarter earnings release this morning and is available at investors.krispykreme.com. With that, I'll turn the call over to Mike.

Good morning.