Westrock Coffee Company, LLC (NASDAQ:WEST) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call May 11, 2023 6:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Clay Crumbliss - ICR, IR

Scott Ford - Co-Founder and CEO

Chris Pledger - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Ben Bienvenu - Stephens

Matt Smith - Stifel

Joseph Feldman - Telsey Advisory

Operator

Hello. And welcome to the Westrock Coffee Company’s First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Jose and I will be coordinating your call today. Following prepared remarks, we will open the call to your questions with instructions to be given at that time.

I will now hand the call over to Clay Crumbliss with ICR.

Clay Crumbliss

Thank you. And welcome to Westrock Coffee Company’s first quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Today’s call is being recorded. With us are Mr. Scott Ford, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer; and Mr. Chris Pledger, Chief Financial Officer.

By now, everyone should have access to the company’s first quarter earnings release issued earlier today. This information is available on the Investor Relations section of Westrock Coffee Company’s website at investors.westrockcoffee.com.

Certain comments made on this call include forward-looking statements, which are subject to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future events and are subject to several risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements.

Please refer to today’s press release and other filings with the SEC for a more detailed discussion of the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made today.

Also discussions during the call will use some non-GAAP financial measures as we describe business performance. The SEC filings, as well as the earnings press release, provide reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

And with that, it’s my pleasure to turn the call over to Scott Ford, our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Scott Ford

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you, Clay. It's good to be here with you all today. I'm pleased to be able to share a quick word on our first quarter operating results, update you on the two most important areas of focus for our team and '23 and share my views on our progress towards achieving the strategic goals we laid out when we went public last summer.