Flowers Foods, Inc.

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Flowers Foods second quarter 2021 results call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star one on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. If you require any further assistance, Please press star zero. I would now like to hand the conference over to our speaker today, Mr. J.P. Rick, Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Sir, please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning. I hope everyone had the opportunity to review our earnings release, listen to our prepared remarks, and view the slide presentation that were all posted yesterday evening on our Investor Relations website. After today's Q&A session, we will also post an audio replay of this call. Please note that in this Q&A session, we may make forward-looking statements about the company's performance. Although we believe these statements to be reasonable, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. In addition to what you hear in these remarks, important factors relating to Flowers Foods' business are fully detailed in our SEC filings. We also provide non-GAAP financial measures for which disclosures and reconciliations are provided in the earnings release and at the end of the slide presentation on our website. Joining me today are Riles McMullen, President and CEO, and Steve Kinsey, our CFO. Operator, we're ready to start the Q&A, please.

Thank you, sir. Again, as a reminder, if you would like to ask a question, simply press star, then the number one on your telephone screen. We have our first question from the line of Bill Chappell from TruViz Securities. Your line is now open.