Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Hormel Foods Corporation First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This call is being recorded on Thursday, February 26, 2026.

I would now like to hand the conference over to Florence Makope.

Florence Makope
VP & Treasurer

Good morning. Welcome to the Hormel Foods conference call for the first quarter of fiscal 2026. We released results this morning before the market opened. If you did not receive a copy of the release, you can find it on our website, hormelfoods.com under the Investors section, along with supplemental slide materials.

On our call today is Jeff Ettinger, Interim Chief Executive Officer; John Ghingo, President; and Paul Kuehneman, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller. Jeff, John and Paul will review the company’s fiscal 2026 first quarter results and provide a perspective on the remainder of the year. We will conclude with the Q&A portion of the call. [Operator Instructions] At the conclusion of this morning’s call, a webcast replay will be posted to the Investors section of our website and archived for 1 year.

Before we get started this morning, I’d like to reference our safe harbor statement. Some of the comments we make today will be forward-looking, and