The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call June 20, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Rob Quast - Senior Director of Investor Relations
Rodney McMullen - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Todd Foley - Interim Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer
Robert Ohmes - Bank of America Meryll Lynch
Uriel Zachary Abraham - Morgan Stanley
Kenneth Goldman - JPMorgan
John Heinbockel - Guggenheim Partners
Michael Lasser - UBS
Michael Montani - Evercore ISI
Edward Kelly - Wells Fargo Securities
Kelly Bania - BMO Capital Markets
Krisztina Katai - Deutsche Bank
Chuck Cerankosky - Northcoast Research

Operator

Good morning and welcome to The Kroger Co. First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Carla and I will be coordinating your call today. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this event is being recorded.

I would like now to turn the conference call over to Rob Quast, Senior Director, Investor Relations to begin. Please go ahead.

Rob Quast

Good morning. Thank you for joining us for Kroger's first quarter 2024 earnings call. I am joined today by Kroger's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rodney McMullen; and Interim Chief Financial Officer, Todd Foley.

Before we begin, I want to remind you that today's discussions will include forward-looking statements. We want to caution you that such statements are predictions and actual events or results can differ materially. A detailed discussion of the many factors that we believe may have material effect on our business on an ongoing basis is contained in our SEC filings. The Kroger company assumes no obligation to update that information.

After our prepared remarks, we look forward to taking your questions. In order to cover a broad range of topics from as many of you as we can, we ask that you please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up question if necessary.

I will now turn the call over to Rodney.

Rodney McMullen

Thank you, Rob. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Before we begin, I'd like to provide an outline of our discussion topics this morning. I will start by sharing a recap of our first quarter performance and highlight how we continue to advance our go-to-market strategy, which powers our value creation model and drives long-term sustainable growth for our shareholders. Then Todd will cover our financial results for the first quarter. Finally, I will provide a few comments on our proposed merger with Albertsons before we open it up for questions.