Bruce C. Wacha | B&G Foods, Inc. |
Robert C. Cantwell | B&G Foods, Inc. |
Kenneth G. Romanzi | B&G Foods, Inc. |
Farha Aslam | Stephens, Inc. |
Karru Martinson | Jefferies |
Bryan C. Hunt | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Cornell R. Burnette | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Ken Zaslow | BMO Capital Markets (United States) |
Neel Kulkarni | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Eric J. Larson | The Buckingham Research Group, Inc. |
Andrew Lazar | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
Good day and welcome to the B&G Foods Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded.
You can access detailed financial information on the quarter and the full year in the company's earnings release issued today which is available at ir.bgfoods.com.
Before the company begins its formal remarks, I need to remind everyone that part of the discussion today includes forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore, undue reliance should not be placed upon them.