7/30/2025

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Operator
Conference Operator

Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Sprouts Farmers Market second quarter 2025 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question, please press star 1-1 on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today. Susanna Livingston, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury.

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Susanna Livingston
Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury

Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. We are pleased you are joining Sprouts on our second quarter 2025 earnings call. Jack Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer, and Curtis Valentine, Chief Financial Officer, are with me today. Nick Conant, our President and Chief Operating Officer, had a family commitment and not be joining us for this quarter. The earnings release announcing our second quarter 2025 results, the webcast of this call and financial slides can be accessed through the investor relations section of our website and investors.sprouts.com. During this call, management may make certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our expectations for 2025 and beyond. These statements involve several risks and uncertainties that could cause results different materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. For more information, please refer to the risk factors discussed in our SEC filing and the commentary on forward-looking statements at the end of our earnings release. Our remarks today include references to non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the tables in our earnings release to reconcile our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP figures. With that, let me hand it over to Jack.

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Jack Sinclair
Chief Executive Officer

Thanks, Susannah, and good afternoon, everyone. At Sprouse, we remain committed to our purpose. to help people live and eat better. In an environment where consumers are becoming more mindful about what they eat and where it comes from, Sprouts stands apart. Our focus on fresh, local and innovative natural and organic products, along with our knowledgeable team members and approachable stores, continues to resonate with our target customer. In the second quarter, we deliver strong results, driven by our strategy to market to our target customers with a differentiated assortment, disciplined operations, an advantaged supply chain, and ongoing store growth. Our sales increased 17%, supported by comparable store sales of 10.2% and robust new store performance. Our diluted earnings per share reached $1.35, reflecting a 44% increase compared to the same period last year. We're proud of how our team continues to execute, focusing on our customers, which in turn continues to deliver strong results. Today, we'll walk you through our performance highlights, update you on our strategic initiatives, and share how we're positioning Sprouts for continued success in the second half of the year and beyond. We're excited about our progress and remain focused on delivering innovative, fresh and healthy food that meet the evolving needs of our health-conscious consumers. I want to thank the team for their ongoing commitment to supporting our customers on their health journey. For now, I'll hand it to Curtis to review our second quarter financial results, as well as our updated 2025 output.

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