Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call December 7, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Kevin Walker - Vice President, Investor Relations

Todd Vasos - Chief Executive Officer

Kelly Dilts - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer

Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley

Matthew Boss - JPMorgan

Matthew Boss - JPMorgan

Seth Sigman - Barclays

Michael Lasser - UBS

Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs

Chuck Grom - Gordon Haskett

Operator

Good morning. My name is Robert, and I’ll be your conference operator today. At this time, I’d like to welcome everyone to the Dollar General’s Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Today is Thursday, December 7, 2023. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded. Instructions for listening to the replay of the call are available in the company’s earnings press release issued this morning.

Now, I’d like to turn the conference over to Mr. Kevin Walker, Vice President of Investor Relations. Kevin, you may now start your conference.

Kevin Walker

Thank you and good morning, everyone. On the call with me today are Todd Vasos, our CEO; and Kelly Dilts, our CFO. Our earnings release issued today can be found on our website at investor.dollargeneral.com under News and Events.

Let me caution you that today’s comments include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements about our financial guidance, strategy, initiatives, plans, goals, priorities, opportunities, expectations or beliefs about future matters and other statements that are not limited to historical fact. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. These factors include, but are not limited to, those identified in our earnings release issued this morning, under Risk Factors in our 2023 Form 10-K filed on March 24, 2023 and any later filed periodic report and in the comments that are made on this call. You should not unduly rely on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today’s date. Dollar General disclaims any obligation to update or revise any information discussed in this call unless required by law.

At the end of our prepared remarks, we will open the call up for your questions. [Operator Instructions] Now it is my pleasure to turn the call over to Todd.

Todd Vasos

Thank you, Kevin and welcome to everyone joining our call. Let me start by saying how excited I am to be back at Dollar General. I have a deep passion for this company and for the customers we are privileged to serve. I continue to believe in this model, our future growth prospects and our ability to deliver value and convenience for our customers, a positive experience for our employees and long-term value for our shareholders. We take our mission of serving others seriously and know that our customer is facing financial constraints and communities are looking for strong partners in a tough macroeconomic environment. Historically, we’ve met those challenges head-on and delivered for our customer. And we believe that we are well positioned to do so now.