B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

B&G Foods, Inc. ( BGS ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

AJ Schwabe - Senior Associate of Corporate Strategy & Business Development

Bruce Wacha - CFO & Executive VP of Finance

Andrew Lazar - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division

David Palmer - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division

Robert Moskow - TD Cowen, Research Division

Karru Martinson - Jefferies LLC, Research Division

Hale Holden - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division

Carla Casella - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division

William Reuter - BofA Securities, Research Division

Good day, and welcome to the B&G Foods Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. Today's call, which is being recorded is scheduled to last about an hour, including remarks by B&G Foods management and the question-and-answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to AJ Schwabe, Director, Corporate Strategy and Business Development for B&G Foods. AJ?

AJ Schwabe - Senior Associate of Corporate Strategy & Business Development

Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. With me today is Bruce Wacha, our Chief Financial Officer. You can access detailed financial information on the quarter and the earnings release we issued today, which is available at the Investor Relations section of bgfoods.com. Before we begin our formal remarks, I need to remind everyone that part of the discussion today includes forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore, undue reliance should not be placed upon them. We refer you to B&G Foods' most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings for a more detailed discussion of the risks that could impact our company's future operating results and financial condition. B&G Foods undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We will