Nathan Annis | Director of Investor Relations |
Jim Snee | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jim Sheehan | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Akshay Jagdale | Jeffries |
Rupesh Parikh | Oppenheim |
Ken Zaslow | Bank of Montréal |
Adam Samuelson | Goldman Sachs |
Farha Aslam | Stephens Inc |
Heather Jones | The Vertical Group |
Eric Larson | Buckingham Research |
Robert Moskow | Credit Suisse |
Benjamin Theurer | Barclays |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Hormel Foods’ Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Release Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Thursday, May 24, 2018. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr.