Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Carroll's Restaurant Group Inc's second quarter 2023 audience conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. Instructions on how to ask a question will be given at that time. I would like to remind everyone that this conference call is being recorded today, Thursday, August 10, 2023, at 8.30 a.m. Eastern Time. and will be available for replay. I will now turn the conference over to Greta Miles, Carol's controller.

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Thank you, Operator, and good morning, everyone. By now, you should have access to our earnings announcement released earlier today and our earnings presentation that are both available on our website at www.carols.com under the Investor Relations section. Before we begin our remarks, I would like to remind everyone that our discussion, including answers to questions posed to management, may include forward-looking statements or comments with respect to our strategies, intentions, or plans and the future direction of revenues, input costs, or other aspects pertaining to our business. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and therefore undue reliance should not be placed on them. We also refer you to our filings with SEC for more details. both with respect to forward-looking statements as well as risks that could impact our business and results. During today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP measures that we believe can be useful in evaluating our performance. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered an isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and a reconciliation to comparable GAAP measures is available with our earnings release. With that, I will now turn the call over to our President and CEO, Deborah Derby.