UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 27, 2024 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Steven Sintros - President and CEO
Shane O'Connor - EVP and CFO

Conference Call Participants

Ronan Kennedy - Barclays
Kartik Mehta - Northcoast Research
Luke McFadden - William Blair
Andrew Steinerman - JP Morgan
Andy Wittmann - Baird
Joshua Chan - UBS

Operator

Hello. And thank you for standing by. Welcome to UniFirst Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the conference over to Steven Sintros, UniFirst President and Chief Executive Officer. Sir, you may begin.

Steven Sintros

Thank you, and good morning. I'm Steven Sintros, UniFirst's President and Chief Executive Officer. Joining me is Shane O'Connor, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. We'd like to welcome you to UniFirst Corporation's conference call to review our second quarter results for fiscal year 2024. This call will be on a listen-only mode until we complete our prepared remarks, but first, a brief disclaimer.

This conference call may contain forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. The words anticipate, optimistic, believe, estimate, expect, intend and similar expressions that indicate future events and trends identify forward-looking statements. Actual future results may differ materially from those anticipated depending on a variety of risk factors. For more information, please refer to the discussion of these risk factors in our most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We are pleased with the results from our second quarter which met our internal expectations. I want to sincerely thank our team partners who continue to always deliver for each other and our customers as we strive toward our vision of being universally recognized as the best service provider in the industry, all while living our mission of serving the people who do the hard work. The people who do the hard work are the workforce that keeps our communities up and running. So many of them are our existing and prospective customers as well as our own UniFirst team partners. Our mission is to support those employees by providing the right products and services enabling them to do their jobs successfully and safely. Whether that means providing uniforms, work wear, facility services, first aid and safety, cleanroom or other products and services, our goal is to partner with our customers to ensure that we structure the right program, products and services for their business and their team, all while providing an enhanced customer service experience.