Rebekah Manis | Director of IR |
Rodney McMullen | Chairman and CEO |
Gary Millerchip | SVP and CFO |
Ed Kelly | Wells Fargo |
Paul Lejuez | Citibank |
Chuck Cerankosky | Northcoast Research |
Karen Short | Barclays |
Erica Eiler | Oppenheimer |
Michael Kessler | Morgan Stanley |
Michael Lasser | UBS |
Ken Goldman | JPMorgan |
John Heinbockel | Guggenheim Securities |
Good morning, and welcome to The Kroger Company First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Rebekah Manis, Director, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Thank you, Gary. Good morning, and thank you for joining us for Kroger’s first quarter 2021 earnings call.