United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE:UNFI) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call December 7, 2022 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Steve Bloomquist - VP, IR

Sandy Douglas - CEO

John Howard - CFO

Conference Call Participants

John Heinbockel - Guggenheim

Leah Jordan - Goldman Sachs

Andrew Wolf - CL King

Bill Kirk - MKM Partners

Eric Larson - Seaport Research Partners

Kelly Bania - BMO Capital

Scott Mushkin - R5 Capital

Peter Saleh - BTIG

Operator

Good morning, my name is Devin and I will be your conference operator for today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the UNFI First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

Thank you. Vice President of Investor Relations, Steve Bloomquist, you may begin your conference.

Steve Bloomquist

Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us on UNFI's first quarter fiscal 2023 earnings conference call. By now you should have received a copy of the earnings release issued this morning. The press release and earning presentation, which management will speak to are available under the Investors section of the company's website at www.unfi.com. We've also included a supplemental disclosure file in Microsoft Excel with key financial information.

Joining me for today's call are Sandy Douglas, our Chief Executive Officer and John Howard, our Chief Financial Officer. Sandy and John will provide a strategy and business update after which we'll take your questions.

Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that comments made by management during today's call may contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include plans, expectations, estimates, and projections that might involve significant risks and uncertainties. These risks are discussed in the company's earnings release and SEC filings. Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in these forward-looking statements.

And lastly, I'd like to point out that during today's call management will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Definitions and reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included in our press release and the end of our earnings presentation.

I'd ask you to turn to slide six of our presentation as I turn the call over to Sandy.

Sandy Douglas

Thank you, Steve and good morning everyone. We appreciate you joining us for our first call of our new fiscal year. Our focus continues to be executing our Fuel the Future strategy, underpinned by our priority of bringing more value to our customers, improving the way we partner with suppliers, creating unmatched career opportunities for our associates, and supporting our communities in the planet.