Flowers Foods, Inc.

Good morning and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Flowers Foods first quarter 2025 results conference call. Please be advised that today's event is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your opening speaker today, J.T. Rick, Executive Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you 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 earlier 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 disclosure 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, Chairman and CEO, and Steve Kinsey, our CFO. Riles, I'll turn it over to you. Okay, thanks, JT.

Good morning, everybody. While none of us here are satisfied with our absolute performance in the quarter, we did hold unit share in a category that faced greater than expected declines. Those results in an uncertain economic environment do highlight the importance of our portfolio strategy and the strength of our brands. To mitigate this category weakness, we're continuing to invest in on-trend innovation and targeting significant opportunities in faster-growing categories and adjacencies. By aligning our portfolio with evolving consumer tastes and targeting new white space for growth, we aim to maximize near-term performance while developing our brands and capabilities to drive sustainable growth over the long term. I remain confident that the initiatives we have in place now will enable us to enhance shareholder value and grow in line with our long-term financial targets. Michelle, with that, we're ready to take questions.