Q4 2025 General Mills Inc Earnings Call - Pre-Recorded

June 25, 2025

Jeff Siemon: For our fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and full year earnings. Later this morning, we will hold a live question-and-answer session on today's results, which you can hear via webcast on our Investor Relations website. Joining me for this morning's presentation are Jeff Harmening, our Chairman and CEO, and Kofi Bruce, our CFO. Before I hand things over to them, let me first touch on a few housekeeping items. First, on our website, you will find our press release that posted this morning, along with a copy of the presentation and a transcript of these remarks. Please note that today's remarks include forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions. The second slide in today's presentation lists several factors that could cause our future results to be different than our current estimates. With that, I'll turn it over to Jeff.

Full year earnings.

Operator: for our fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and full year earnings.

Later this morning, we will hold a live question and answer session on today's results, which you can hear via webcast on our Investor Relations website.

Operator: Later this morning, we will hold a live question and answer session on today's results, which you can hear via webcast on our investor relations website.

Speaker Change: Joining me for this morning's presentation are Jeff Harmening, our chairman and CEO and Kofi Bruce our CFO.

Operator: Joining me for this morning's presentation are Jeff Harmening, our Chairman and CEO, and Kofi Bruce, our CFO.

Before I hand things over to them, let me first touch on a few housekeeping items.

Operator: Before I hand things over to them, let me first touch on a few housekeeping items. First, on our website, you will find our press release that posted this morning, along with a copy of the presentation and a transcript of these remarks. Please note that today's remarks include forward looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions. The second slide in today's presentation lists several factors that could cause our future results to be different than our current estimates.

First on our website you will find our press release that posted this morning, along with a copy of the presentation and a transcript of these remarks.

Please note that today's remarks include forward looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions.

The second slide in today's presentation with several factors that could cause our future results to be different than our current estimates.

Jeff: And with that I'll turn it over to Jeff.

Jeff Harmening: And with that, I'll turn it over to Jeff.

Thank you, Jeff and good morning, everyone. Let me start with today's key messages.

Jeff Harmening: Thank you, Jeff, and good morning, everyone. Let me start with today's key messages. First and most importantly, the investments we made in the second half of Fiscal 2025 in greater consumer value, product news, and innovation have worked as we expected, driving improved volume and pound share across our portfolio in the fourth quarter. Second, our fourth quarter financial results finished in line with our expectations and our updated guidance. And third, we're clear on the job to do in Fiscal 2026, which is to restore volume-driven organic sales growth by investing to deliver greater remarkability in our products and packaging, our messaging, our omnichannel execution, and value for our consumers. Our full year results are summarized on slide five. Organic net sales finished down 2%, and adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS were down 7% in constant currency.

Jeff Harmening: Thank you, Jeff, and good morning, everyone. Let me start with today's key message. First and most importantly, the investments we made in second half of fiscal 2025 in greater consumer value, product news and innovation have worked as we expected, driving improved volume and pound share across our portfolio in the fourth quarter. Second, our fourth quarter financial results finished in line with our expectations and our updated guidance.

Jeff: First and most importantly, the investments we made in second half of fiscal 2025, and greater consumer value product news and innovation have worked as we expected driving improved volume and pound share across our portfolio in the fourth quarter.

Jeff: Our fourth quarter financial results finished in line with our expectations and our updated guidance.

Jeff: Third we're clear on the job to do in fiscal 'twenty six.

Jeff Harmening: And third, we're clear on the job to do in Fiscal 26, which is to restore volume-driven organic sales growth by investing to deliver greater remarkability in our products and packaging, our messaging, our omni-channel execution, and value for our consumers. Our full year results are summarized on slide five. Organic net sales finished down 2% and adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS were down 7% in constant currency. These results were consistent with our revised guidance, reflecting the decision we made during the year to step up investment in response to more prolonged value-seeking consumer behaviors and greater volatility in the operating environment.

To restore volume driven organic sales growth by investing to deliver a greater remark ability in our products and packaging, our messaging, our omnichannel execution and value for our consumers.

Our full year results are summarized on slide five organic net sales finished down 2% and adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS were down 7% in constant currency.

Jeff: These results were consistent with our revised guidance, reflecting the decision we made during the year to step up investment in response to more prolonged value seeking consumer behaviors and greater volatility in the operating environment that investment helped us deliver flat organic volume for the year, which was a three point improvement on our fiscal 'twenty four result.

Jeff Harmening: These results were consistent with our revised guidance, reflecting the decision we made during the year to step up investment in response to more prolonged value-seeking consumer behaviors and greater volatility in the operating environment. That investment helped us deliver flat organic volume for the year, which was a three-point improvement on our fiscal 2024 result. We entered fiscal 2025 with three priorities for the year: accelerate organic sales growth, create fuel for investment, and drive strong cash generation. Our results against these three priorities were mixed, with challenges on the top line, yet strong performance on efficiency and cash. Let me share a few highlights. On our first priority of accelerating organic growth, our full year sales trends did not meet our expectations, driven in part by continued value-seeking orientation and weaker consumer sentiment. This was particularly true in our North America retail segment.

These results were consistent with our revised guidance, reflecting the decision we made during the year to step up investment in response to more prolonged value-seeking consumer behaviors and greater volatility in the operating environment. That investment helped us deliver flat organic volume for the year, which was a three-point improvement on our fiscal 2024 result. We entered fiscal 2025 with three priorities for the year: accelerate organic sales growth, create fuel for investment, and drive strong cash generation.

Jeff Harmening: That investment helped us deliver flat organic volume for the year, which was a three-point improvement on our fiscal of 24 results.

Jeff: We entered fiscal 2025 with three priorities for the year.

Jeff Harmening: We entered fiscal 2025 with three priorities for the year. Accelerate organic sales growth, create fuel for investment, and drive strong cash generation. Our results against these three priorities were mixed, with challenges on the top line, yet strong performance on efficiency and cash. Let me share a few highlights. On our first priority of accelerating organic growth, our four-year sales trend did not meet our expectations, driven in part by continued value-seeking orientation and weaker consumer sentiment. This was particularly true in our North America retail segment. As a result, we've made important changes to adapt to the evolving consumer environment and put our business on a path back to growth.

Jeff: Accelerated organic sales growth create fuel for investment and drive strong cash generation.

Jeff: Our results against these three priorities were mixed with challenges on the top line you had strong performance on efficiency and cash let me share a few highlights.

Our results against these three priorities were mixed, with challenges on the top line, yet strong performance on efficiency and cash. Let me share a few highlights. On our first priority of accelerating organic growth, our full year sales trends did not meet our expectations, driven in part by continued value-seeking orientation and weaker consumer sentiment. This was particularly true in our North America retail segment.

Jeff: On our first priority of accelerating organic growth our full year sales trends did not meet our expectations driven in part by continued value seeking orientation and weaker consumer sentiment. This was particularly true in our North America retail segment.

Jeff: As a result, we've made important changes to adapt to the evolving consumer environment and put our business on a path back to growth.

Jeff Harmening: As a result, we made important changes to adapt to the evolving consumer environment and put our business on a path back to growth. We reassessed our strategy at the midpoint of the year, pivoting our plans and making the decision to invest in greater value for consumers, narrowing price gaps and moving below price cliffs on several North America retail businesses. We believe that getting our value into the right zone would allow for our product news, innovation, and marketing to resonate more clearly for consumers, leading to improved volume and household penetration. Importantly, we expected volume trends to improve first, with dollars lagging until we lapped the investment in price. That's what we saw play out, with a significant improvement in North America retail's competitiveness in the fourth quarter. We held a group pound share across more than 60% of our top 10 US.

As a result, we made important changes to adapt to the evolving consumer environment and put our business on a path back to growth. We reassessed our strategy at the midpoint of the year, pivoting our plans and making the decision to invest in greater value for consumers, narrowing price gaps and moving below price cliffs on several North America retail businesses. We believe that getting our value into the right zone would allow for our product news, innovation, and marketing to resonate more clearly for consumers, leading to improved volume and household penetration. Importantly, we expected volume trends to improve first, with dollars lagging until we lapped the investment in price. That's what we saw play out, with a significant improvement in North America retail's competitiveness in the fourth quarter. We held a group pound share across more than 60% of our top 10 US.

Jeff: We reassess our strategy at the mid point of the year pivoting, our plans and making the decision to invest in greater value for consumers narrowing price gaps and moving below price cliffs and several north America retail businesses.

Jeff Harmening: We reassessed our strategy at the midpoint of the year, pivoting our plans and making the decision to invest in greater value for consumers, narrowing price gaps and moving below price cliffs on several North America retail businesses. We believe that getting our value into the right zone would allow for our product news, innovation, and marketing to resonate more clearly for consumers, leading to improved volume and household penetration. Importantly, we expected volume trends to improve first, with dollars lagging until we lapped the investment in price. And that's what we saw play out, with a significant improvement in North America retail's competitiveness in the fourth quarter.

We believe that getting our value into the right zone would allow for our product news innovation and marketing to resonate more clearly for consumers leading to improved volume and household penetration and importantly, we expected volume trends to improve first with dollars lagging until we lap the investment in price.

And Thats, what we saw play out with a significant improvement in North America Retail's competitiveness in the fourth quarter.

Jeff: We held or grew pound share across more than 60% of our top 10 U S priority businesses, including cereal refrigerated dough fruit snacks hot snacks and soup five categories, where we have made specific investments in a combination of value product news innovation and advertising.

Jeff Harmening: We held a group pound share across more than 60% of our top 10 U.S. priority businesses, including cereal, refrigerated dough, fruit snacks, hot snacks, and soup, five categories where we had made specific investments in a combination of value, product news, innovation, and advertising. And we stabilize household penetration across North America retail for the first time in three years. We expect these investments to continue to pay off and stronger in our competitiveness as we move into fiscal 2026. We also drove improved competitiveness on our other three segments in Fiscal 25, with North America Pet, North America Food Service, and International each holding or growing dollar share in more than 50% of their priority businesses, and each representing improvement on their Fiscal 24 results.

Jeff Harmening: Priority businesses, including cereal, refrigerated dough, fruit snacks, hot snacks, and soup, five categories where we had made specific investments in a combination of value, product news, innovation, and advertising. We stabilized household penetration across North America retail for the first time in three years. We expect these investments to continue to pay off and strengthen our competitiveness as we move into fiscal 2026. We also drove improved competitiveness on our other three segments in fiscal 2025, with North America Pet, North America Food Service, and International each holding a growing dollar share in more than 50% of the priority businesses, and each representing an improvement on their fiscal 2024 results. On our second priority, we delivered another strong year of industry-leading productivity, with Holistic Margin Management cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold.

Priority businesses, including cereal, refrigerated dough, fruit snacks, hot snacks, and soup, five categories where we had made specific investments in a combination of value, product news, innovation, and advertising. We stabilized household penetration across North America retail for the first time in three years. We expect these investments to continue to pay off and strengthen our competitiveness as we move into fiscal 2026. We also drove improved competitiveness on our other three segments in fiscal 2025, with North America Pet, North America Food Service, and International each holding a growing dollar share in more than 50% of the priority businesses, and each representing an improvement on their fiscal 2024 results. On our second priority, we delivered another strong year of industry-leading productivity, with Holistic Margin Management cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold.

Jeff: And we stabilized household penetration across North America retail for the first time in three years, we expect these investments to continue to pay off and stronger and our competitiveness as we move into fiscal 2026.

Jeff: We also drove improved competitiveness on our other three segments in fiscal 'twenty, five with North America Pet North America, Foodservice and international each holding or growing dollar share and more than 50% of the priority businesses in each representing an improvement on their fiscal 'twenty four results.

On our second priority, we delivered another strong year of industry, leading productivity with holistic margin management cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold.

Jeff Harmening: On our second priority, we delivered another strong year of industry-leading productivity, with holistic margin management cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold. This strong performance helped us fund investments in remarkability, sustain our gross margin performance, and generate cash for our shareholders. In fact, we exceeded our free cash flow conversion target in fiscal 25, achieving a 97% conversion rate. And we continue to deploy that cash in shareholder-friendly ways, including making further progress on reshaping our portfolio. with the Whitebridge Acquisition and the U.S. and Canada Yogurt Divestment. We have now turned over roughly 30% of our net sales base since 2018, and we continue to return meaningful cash to shareholders in fiscal 25, with $2.5 billion returned through dividends and net share repurchases.

Jeff: This strong performance helped us fund investments and remark ability sustain our gross margin performance and generate cash for our shareholders and.

Jeff Harmening: This strong performance helped us fund investments in remarkability, sustain our gross margin performance, and generate cash for our shareholders. In fact, we exceeded our free cash flow conversion target in fiscal 2025, achieving a 97% conversion rate. And we continue to deploy that cash in shareholder-friendly ways, including making further progress on reshaping our portfolio. With the White Bridge acquisition and the US and Canada yogurt divestitures, we have now turned over roughly 30% of our net sales base since 2018. And we continue to return meaningful cash to shareholders in fiscal 2025, with $2.5 billion returned through dividends and net share repurchases. As we head into fiscal 2026, we expect the operating environment will remain volatile, with consumers pressured by widespread uncertainty from tariffs, global conflicts, and changing regulations.

This strong performance helped us fund investments in remarkability, sustain our gross margin performance, and generate cash for our shareholders. In fact, we exceeded our free cash flow conversion target in fiscal 2025, achieving a 97% conversion rate. And we continue to deploy that cash in shareholder-friendly ways, including making further progress on reshaping our portfolio. With the White Bridge acquisition and the US and Canada yogurt divestitures, we have now turned over roughly 30% of our net sales base since 2018. And we continue to return meaningful cash to shareholders in fiscal 2025, with $2.5 billion returned through dividends and net share repurchases. As we head into fiscal 2026, we expect the operating environment will remain volatile, with consumers pressured by widespread uncertainty from tariffs, global conflicts, and changing regulations.

Jeff: In fact, we exceeded our free cash flow conversion target in fiscal 'twenty, five achieving a 97% conversion rate and we continue to deploy that cash in shareholder friendly ways, including making further progress on reshaping our portfolio.

Jeff: Both the White bridge acquisition in the U S and Canada yogurt divestitures, we have now turned over roughly 30% of our net sales base since 2018.

Jeff: And we continue to return meaningful cash to shareholders in fiscal 'twenty five with $2 5 billion returned through dividends and net share repurchases.

Jeff: As we head into fiscal 'twenty six we expect the operating environment will remain volatile with consumers pressured by widespread uncertainty from tariffs global conflicts and changing regulations.

Jeff Harmening: As we head into Fiscal 26, we expect the operating environment will remain volatile, with consumers pressured by widespread uncertainty from tariffs, global conflicts, and changing regulations. Amid this uncertainty, we expect consumers to remain cautious and continue seeking value, prioritizing their spending on benefits that matter most to them, like protein, bold flavors, and the comfort of familiar and fun brands and experiences. And we expect consumers won't just focus on benefits for themselves. Pet parents will continue to prioritize spending on their pets, driven by the broader macro trend toward pet humanization.

Jeff: Amid this uncertainty we expect consumers to remain cautious and continue seeking value prioritizing their spending on benefits that matter most of them like protein bold flavors and the comfort of familiar and fund brands and experiences and.

Jeff Harmening: Amid this uncertainty, we expect consumers to remain cautious and continue seeking value, prioritizing their spending on benefits that matter most to them, like protein, bold flavors, and the comfort of familiar and fun brands and experiences. We expect consumers won't just focus on benefits for themselves. Pet parents will continue to prioritize spending on their pets, driven by the broader macro trend toward pet humanization. With these consumer dynamics in mind, we've set three clear priorities for the year ahead: maintaining a thoughtful balance of reinvesting for long-term growth and driving cost savings to support these investments. First, we plan to return North America retail to volume growth by continuing to invest in remarkable experiences to strengthen pound share and household penetration for our brands. Second, we plan to accelerate our North America pet growth with an expanded portfolio.

Amid this uncertainty, we expect consumers to remain cautious and continue seeking value, prioritizing their spending on benefits that matter most to them, like protein, bold flavors, and the comfort of familiar and fun brands and experiences. We expect consumers won't just focus on benefits for themselves. Pet parents will continue to prioritize spending on their pets, driven by the broader macro trend toward pet humanization.

Jeff: And we expect consumers won't just focus on benefits for themselves pet parents will continue to prioritize spending on their pets, driven by the broader macro trend towards pet humanization.

Jeff: With these consumer dynamics in mind, we've set three clear priorities for the year ahead, maintaining a thoughtful balance of reinvesting for long term growth and driving cost savings to support these investments.

With these consumer dynamics in mind, we've set three clear priorities for the year ahead: maintaining a thoughtful balance of reinvesting for long-term growth and driving cost savings to support these investments. First, we plan to return North America retail to volume growth by continuing to invest in remarkable experiences to strengthen pound share and household penetration for our brands. Second, we plan to accelerate our North America pet growth with an expanded portfolio.

Jeff Harmening: With these consumer dynamics in mind, we've set three clear priorities for the year ahead. Maintaining a thoughtful balance of reinvesting for long-term growth and driving cost savings to support these investments. First, we plan to return North America retail to volume growth by continuing to invest in remarkable experiences to strengthen pound share and household penetration for our brand. Second, we plan to accelerate our North America pet growth with an expanded portfolio. This means growing our core Blue Buffalo business and launching several exciting category expansion plans. And third, to help fund these investments, we'll drive efficiency to reinvest in growth.

Jeff: First we plan to return North America retail to volume growth by continuing to invest in a remarkable experiences to strengthen pound share and household penetration for our brands.

Jeff: We plan to accelerate our North America pet growth with an expanded portfolio.

Jeff: This means growing our core blue Buffalo business and launching several exciting category expansion plans.

Jeff Harmening: This means growing our core Blue Buffalo business and launching several exciting category expansion plans. And third, to help fund these investments, we'll drive efficiencies to reinvest in growth. This means continuing to deliver best-in-class productivity and transforming how we work to free up our teams to focus on growth. Our Remarkable Experience Framework will be key to how we deliver on our priorities this year. This framework outlines how we assess our brands across five key areas: product, packaging, brand communication, omnichannel execution, and value, to identify where we are superior to competition and where we have gaps to close in our current product offerings. Applying this consistent, rigorous approach allows us to determine the type of investments required for each brand, ensuring we are tailoring the right solution for each brand's competitive context.

This means growing our core Blue Buffalo business and launching several exciting category expansion plans. And third, to help fund these investments, we'll drive efficiencies to reinvest in growth. This means continuing to deliver best-in-class productivity and transforming how we work to free up our teams to focus on growth. Our Remarkable Experience Framework will be key to how we deliver on our priorities this year. This framework outlines how we assess our brands across five key areas: product, packaging, brand communication, omnichannel execution, and value, to identify where we are superior to competition and where we have gaps to close in our current product offerings. Applying this consistent, rigorous approach allows us to determine the type of investments required for each brand, ensuring we are tailoring the right solution for each brand's competitive context.

Jeff: And third to help fund these investments will drive efficiencies to reinvest in growth. This means continuing to deliver best in class agent productivity and transforming how we work to free up our teams to focus on growth.

Jeff Harmening: This means continuing to deliver best-in-class HMM productivity and transforming how we work to free up our teams to focus on growth.

Jeff: A remarkable experience framework will be key to how we deliver on our priorities. This year. This framework outlines how we assess our brands across five key areas product packaging brand communication omnichannel execution and value to identify where we are superior to competition and where we have gaps to close in our current product offerings.

Jeff Harmening: Our remarkable experience framework will be key to how we deliver on our priorities this year. This framework outlines how we assess our brands across five key areas, product, packaging, brand communication, omni-channel execution, and value, to identify where we are superior to competition and where we have gaps to close in our current product offering. Applying this consistent, rigorous approach allows us to determine the type of investments required for each brand, ensuring we are tailoring the right solution for each brand's competitive context.

Jeff: Applying this consistent rigorous approach allows us to determine the type of investments required for each brand ensuring we are tailoring the right solution for each brand's competitive context, let me provide a few examples of how we're applying this framework in fiscal 'twenty six across our four segments.

Jeff Harmening: Let me provide a few examples of how we're applying this framework in fiscal 2026 across our four segments. Our team is on a multi-year journey to improve our brand remarkability, and our plans for North America Retail in fiscal 2026 include investment to strengthen all aspects of our Remarkable Experience Framework. We have significant product news across each of our top 10 US categories compared to news in just three categories last year. And we expect to drive a 25% increase in sales from new products. Our plans include twice the amount of price-pack architecture as last year, leveraging our packaging capabilities to deliver new sizes and bring more value across growing sales channels. We will support this product news with increased media investment, leveraging stronger media ROIs enabled by our data-driven marketing capabilities.

Let me provide a few examples of how we're applying this framework in fiscal 2026 across our four segments. Our team is on a multi-year journey to improve our brand remarkability, and our plans for North America Retail in fiscal 2026 include investment to strengthen all aspects of our Remarkable Experience Framework. We have significant product news across each of our top 10 US categories compared to news in just three categories last year. And we expect to drive a 25% increase in sales from new products. Our plans include twice the amount of price-pack architecture as last year, leveraging our packaging capabilities to deliver new sizes and bring more value across growing sales channels. We will support this product news with increased media investment, leveraging stronger media ROIs enabled by our data-driven marketing capabilities.

Jeff Harmening: Let me provide a few examples of how we're applying this framework in FISCO 26 across our four segments. Our team is on a multi-year journey to improve our brand remarkability, and our plans for North America retail in fiscal 26 include investment to strengthen all aspects of a remarkable experience framework. We have significant product news across each of our top 10 U.S. categories compared to news in just three categories last year, and we expect to drive a 25 percent increase in sales from new products. Our plans include twice the amount of price architecture as last year, leveraging our packaging capabilities to deliver new sizes and bring more value across growing sales channels.

Jeff: Our team is on a multiyear journey to improve our brand <unk> and our plans for North America retail in fiscal 'twenty six include investment to strengthen all aspects of a remarkable experience framework.

Jeff: We have significant product news across each of our top 10 U S categories compared to news and just three categories last year, and we expect to drive a 25% increase in sales from new products.

Jeff: Our plans include twice the amount of price pack architecture as last year, leveraging our packaging capabilities to deliver new sizes and bring more value across growing sales channels.

Jeff: We will support this product news with increased media investment leveraging stronger media rois enabled by our data driven marketing capabilities.

Jeff Harmening: We will support this product news with increased media investment, leveraging stronger media ROIs enabled by our data-driven marketing capabilities. We'll leverage our portfolio scale to deliver more impactful in-store events, and we'll continue to invest in retail media to strengthen our leading share position online. And we'll invest in value this year across two-thirds of our NAR portfolio, addressing price gaps and cliffs on selected product lines within our top categories. This includes continuing the investments we made in Fiscal 25 in many areas and extending to targeted additional product lines in Fiscal 25. Ensuring that we consistently deliver on the value consumers are seeking across our brand.

Jeff: We will leverage our portfolio scale to deliver more impactful in store events and we'll continue to invest in retail media to strengthen our leading share position online.

Jeff Harmening: We'll leverage our portfolio scale to deliver more impactful in-store events, and we'll continue to invest in retail media to strengthen our leading share position online. We'll invest in value this year across two-thirds of our NAR portfolio, addressing price gaps and cliffs on selected product lines within our top categories. This includes continuing the investments we made in fiscal 2025 in many areas and extending to target additional product lines in fiscal 2026, ensuring that we consistently deliver on the value consumers are seeking across our brands. As I just mentioned, NAR has relevant product news across each of our top 10 categories in fiscal 2026. This news is focused on the benefits most relevant for consumers today: protein, bold flavors, and familiar and fun favorites. General Mills is uniquely suited to deliver great-tasting protein at an affordable price with iconic brands our consumers know and love.

We'll leverage our portfolio scale to deliver more impactful in-store events, and we'll continue to invest in retail media to strengthen our leading share position online. We'll invest in value this year across two-thirds of our NAR portfolio, addressing price gaps and cliffs on selected product lines within our top categories. This includes continuing the investments we made in fiscal 2025 in many areas and extending to target additional product lines in fiscal 2026, ensuring that we consistently deliver on the value consumers are seeking across our brands. As I just mentioned, NAR has relevant product news across each of our top 10 categories in fiscal 2026. This news is focused on the benefits most relevant for consumers today: protein, bold flavors, and familiar and fun favorites. General Mills is uniquely suited to deliver great-tasting protein at an affordable price with iconic brands our consumers know and love.

Jeff: And we will invest in value this year across two thirds, among our portfolio addressing price gaps and cliffs on selected product lines within our top categories. This includes continuing the investments we made in fiscal 'twenty five in many areas and extending to targeted additional product lines in fiscal 'twenty six.

Jeff: Ensuring that we consistently deliver on the value consumers are seeking across our brands.

Jeff: As I just mentioned nor has it relevant product news across each of our top 10 categories in fiscal 'twenty. Six. This news is focused on the benefits most relevant for consumers today protein bold flavors and familiar and fan favorites.

Jeff Harmening: As I just mentioned, NAR has relevant product news across each of our top ten categories in Fiscal 26. This news is focused on the benefits most relevant for consumers today, protein, bold flavors, and familiar and fun flavors. General Mills is uniquely suited to deliver great-tasting protein at an affordable price with iconic brands our consumers know and love. Our plans in fiscal 26 include expansion of Cheerios Protein, Annie's Super Mac, and Nature Valley Protein Granola, as well as a new line of Nature Valley Creamy Protein Bars. On Bold Flavors, we're delivering exciting taste-first news in Fiscal 26, including Progresso Pitmaster Soups, Totino's Ultimate Pizza and Rolls, Old El Paso Burrito Tacos, and renovated Bold Chex Mix flavors.

Jeff: General Mills is uniquely suited to deliver great tasting protein at an affordable price with iconic brands, our consumers know and love our plans in fiscal 'twenty. Six include expansion of Cheerios protein any supermac and nature Valley protein granola as well as the new line of nature Valley protein bars.

Jeff Harmening: Our plans in fiscal 2026 include expansion of Cheerios Protein, Annie's Super Mac, and Nature Valley Protein Granola, as well as a new line of Nature Valley Creamy Protein Bars. On bold flavors, we're delivering exciting taste-first news in fiscal 2026, including Progresso Pitmaster Soups, Totino's Ultimate Pizza and Rolls, Old El Paso Birria Tacos, and renovated Bold Chex Mix flavors. We'll also deliver on consumers' desire for familiar and fun moments meant to be enjoyed by the whole family, like Pillsbury Big Cookies, new Mott's Fruit-Filled Bars, and Betty Crocker Soft-Baked Cookies, all delivering great taste and great value. Let me briefly share a few examples of how we're leveraging our Remarkable Experience Framework to bring improved value, innovation, and core news to our biggest businesses in fiscal 2026, starting with refrigerated dough.

Our plans in fiscal 2026 include expansion of Cheerios Protein, Annie's Super Mac, and Nature Valley Protein Granola, as well as a new line of Nature Valley Creamy Protein Bars. On bold flavors, we're delivering exciting taste-first news in fiscal 2026, including Progresso Pitmaster Soups, Totino's Ultimate Pizza and Rolls, Old El Paso Birria Tacos, and renovated Bold Chex Mix flavors. We'll also deliver on consumers' desire for familiar and fun moments meant to be enjoyed by the whole family, like Pillsbury Big Cookies, new Mott's Fruit-Filled Bars, and Betty Crocker Soft-Baked Cookies, all delivering great taste and great value. Let me briefly share a few examples of how we're leveraging our Remarkable Experience Framework to bring improved value, innovation, and core news to our biggest businesses in fiscal 2026, starting with refrigerated dough.

Jeff: On bold flavors, we're delivering exciting tastes first news in fiscal 'twenty, six, including Progresso Pitmaster soups, <unk> Ultimate Pizza enrolls old El Paso, Maria Tobaccos, and renovated bolt chex mix flavors.

Jeff: We will also deliver on consumers' desire for familiar and fund moments meant to be enjoyed by the whole family like Pillsbury Big cookies, new mott's fruit filled bars, and Betty crocker's soft baked cookies, all delivering great taste and great value.

Jeff Harmening: will also deliver on consumers' desire for familiar and fun moments meant to be enjoyed by the whole family, like Pillsbury Big Cookies, New Mott's Fruit Filled Bars, and Betty Crocker Soft Bake Cookies, all delivering great taste and great value.

Jeff: Let me briefly share a few examples of how we're leveraging a remarkable experience framework to bring improved value innovation and core news to our biggest businesses in fiscal 'twenty six starting with refrigerated dough.

Jeff Harmening: Let me briefly share a few examples of how we're leveraging a remarkable experience framework to bring improved value, innovation, and core news to our biggest businesses in Fiscal 26, starting with refrigerated dough. We were encouraged by Pillsbury's strong improvement in volume in the second half of Fiscal 25, driven by improved value, great product news, and increased media support featuring the Doughboy. We're continuing that playbook in fiscal 26, bringing consumers more value by addressing key price gaps and by advertising behind our Bakes Up Bigger news on cinnamon rolls, crescents, and biscuits. And we'll build on our cookie platform's double-digit retail sales growth in fiscal 25 with the launch of our new Big Cookies, bringing even more indulgence to a refrigerated dough cake.

Jeff: We were encouraged by a pillsbury strong improvement in volume in the second half of fiscal 'twenty five driven by improved value great product news and increased media support featuring the doughboy.

Jeff Harmening: We were encouraged by Pillsbury's strong improvement in volume in the second half of Fiscal 2025, driven by improved value, great product news, and increased media support featuring the Doughboy. We're continuing that playbook in Fiscal 2026, bringing consumers more value by addressing key price gaps and by advertising behind our Bakes Up Bigger news on cinnamon rolls, crescents, and biscuits. And we'll build on our cookie platform's double-digit retail sales growth in Fiscal 2025 with the launch of our new Big Cookies, bringing even more indulgence through a refrigerated dough case. On Totino's, we drove improved volume trends in Q4 by addressing value at the shelf and investing in value-oriented advertising, highlighted by our 10 pizza rolls for about $1 ad that was the most shared Super Bowl commercial this year.

We were encouraged by Pillsbury's strong improvement in volume in the second half of Fiscal 2025, driven by improved value, great product news, and increased media support featuring the Doughboy. We're continuing that playbook in Fiscal 2026, bringing consumers more value by addressing key price gaps and by advertising behind our Bakes Up Bigger news on cinnamon rolls, crescents, and biscuits. And we'll build on our cookie platform's double-digit retail sales growth in Fiscal 2025 with the launch of our new Big Cookies, bringing even more indulgence through a refrigerated dough case. On Totino's, we drove improved volume trends in Q4 by addressing value at the shelf and investing in value-oriented advertising, highlighted by our 10 pizza rolls for about $1 ad that was the most shared Super Bowl commercial this year.

Jeff: We're continuing that playbook in fiscal 'twenty, six bringing consumers into more value by addressing key price gaps and buy advertising behind our backs up bigger news on Sim minerals Crescent and biscuits and will build on our cookie platforms double digit retail sales growth in fiscal 'twenty five with the launch of our new big cookies, bringing even more indulge.

Jeff: And through our refrigerated dough case.

Jeff: On <unk>, we drove improved volume trends in Q4 by addressing value at the shelf and investing in value oriented advertising highlighted by our 10 pizza rolls for about $1 add that was the most shares Super Bowl commercial this year.

Jeff Harmening: On to patinos, we drove improved volume trends in Q4 by addressing value at the shelf and investing in value-oriented advertising, highlighted by our 10 pizza rolls for about a dollar ad that was the most shared Super Bowl commercial this year. As we look to fiscal 26, we will continue driving value for Totino's consumers by delivering the right price informants at the shelf, investing in remarkable advertising, and building on our successful game day activation. And we have a remarkable innovation launching this year with Totino's Ultimate Rolls and Ultimate Pizza, redefining the experience consumers can expect from a value pizza.

Jeff: As we look to fiscal 'twenty six we will continue driving value for totino as consumers by delivering the right price and formats at the shelf investing and remarkable advertising and building on our successful game day activation.

Jeff Harmening: As we look to Fiscal 2026, we will continue driving value for Totino's consumers by delivering the right price and formats at the shelf, investing in remarkable advertising, and building on our successful game day activation. We have a remarkable innovation launching this year with Totino's Ultimate Rolls and Ultimate Pizza, redefining the experience consumers can expect from a value pizza. Our plans on cereal in Fiscal 2026 strengthen our remarkability across the category's best-loved brands. We'll communicate value by highlighting for consumers that Nature Valley and Cheerios deliver great-tasting protein at an affordable price. In fact, with Nature Valley Protein, Cheerios Protein, and Ghost Protein, we now have a portfolio of protein cereals that generates more than $100 million in annual retail sales. We will ensure we have the right sizes and price points to deliver remarkable value for consumers.

As we look to Fiscal 2026, we will continue driving value for Totino's consumers by delivering the right price and formats at the shelf, investing in remarkable advertising, and building on our successful game day activation. We have a remarkable innovation launching this year with Totino's Ultimate Rolls and Ultimate Pizza, redefining the experience consumers can expect from a value pizza. Our plans on cereal in Fiscal 2026 strengthen our remarkability across the category's best-loved brands.

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Jeff: Our plans on cereal in fiscal 'twenty six strengthen our <unk> across the categories best loved brands, we will communicate value by highlighting for consumers and nature Valley and cheerios deliver great tasting protein at an affordable price.

Jeff Harmening: Our plans on cereal and Fiscal 26 strengthen our remarkability across the category's best-loved brands. We'll communicate value by highlighting for consumers that Nature Valley and Cheerios deliver great-tasting protein at an affordable price. In fact, with Nature Valley Protein, Cheerios Protein, and Ghost Protein, we now have a portfolio of protein cereals that generates more than $100 million in annual retail sales. We will ensure we have the right sizes and price points to deliver remarkable value for consumers. We have strong core news and new brand campaigns on Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms. And we plan to lead category innovation again in Fiscal 26 with compelling new products, like a new cookies and cream variety of Cheerios protein.

We'll communicate value by highlighting for consumers that Nature Valley and Cheerios deliver great-tasting protein at an affordable price. In fact, with Nature Valley Protein, Cheerios Protein, and Ghost Protein, we now have a portfolio of protein cereals that generates more than $100 million in annual retail sales. We will ensure we have the right sizes and price points to deliver remarkable value for consumers.

Jeff: In fact with nature Valley protein Cheerios protein and ghost protein. We now have a portfolio of protein cereals that generates more than $100 million in annual retail sales.

Jeff: We will serve we have the right sizes and price points to deliver remarkable value for consumers. We have a strong core news and new brand campaigns on cheerios, cinnamon toast Crunch and Lucky charms and we plan to lead category innovation again in fiscal 2006 with compelling new products like our new cookies and cream variety of cheerios protein.

Jeff Harmening: We have strong core news and new brand campaigns on Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms. And we plan to lead category innovation again in fiscal 2026 with compelling new products, like a new cookies and cream variety of Cheerios Protein. On soup, we closed fiscal 2025 with Nielsen-measured pounds growing 4% in Q4 and household penetration up almost a full point versus the prior year, driven by value investments, product news, and innovation that delivers on what consumers want: bold flavors and protein. In fiscal 2026, we'll continue to focus on value for consumers, including launching new pack sizes and formats that allow us to meet consumers in the right channels with the right packages at the right price point. We have core news on our highly successful Old El Paso soup line, bringing consumers 30% more chicken on these great-tasting, bold-flavored, high-protein soups.

We have strong core news and new brand campaigns on Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms. And we plan to lead category innovation again in fiscal 2026 with compelling new products, like a new cookies and cream variety of Cheerios Protein. On soup, we closed fiscal 2025 with Nielsen-measured pounds growing 4% in Q4 and household penetration up almost a full point versus the prior year, driven by value investments, product news, and innovation that delivers on what consumers want: bold flavors and protein. In fiscal 2026, we'll continue to focus on value for consumers, including launching new pack sizes and formats that allow us to meet consumers in the right channels with the right packages at the right price point. We have core news on our highly successful Old El Paso soup line, bringing consumers 30% more chicken on these great-tasting, bold-flavored, high-protein soups.

Jeff: On soup, we closed fiscal 'twenty five with Nielsen measured pounds growing 4% in Q4 and household penetration up almost a full point versus the prior year driven by value investments product news and innovation that delivers on what consumers want bold flavors and protein in fiscal 'twenty six will.

Jeff Harmening: On soup, we closed fiscal 25 with Nielsen measured pounds growing 4% in Q4 and household penetration up almost at full point versus the prior year, driven by value investments, product news, and innovation that delivers on what consumers want, bulk flavors and protein. In fiscal 26, we'll continue to focus on value for consumers, including launching new pack sizes and formats that allow us to meet consumers in the right channels with the right packages at the right price. We have core news on our highly successful Old El Paso soup line, bringing consumers 30% more chicken on these great-tasting, bold-flavored, high-protein soups.

Jeff: To focus on value for consumers, including launching new pack sizes and formats that allow us to meet consumers in the right channels with the right packages at the right price point, we have core news on our highly successful old El Paso soup line, bringing consumers, 30% more chicken on these great tasting bold flavors high protein soups and <unk>.

Jeff: <unk> down on both flavors with a recent launch of a new line of Progressive Pitmaster soups inspired by grilling culture, and delivering 20 grams of great tasting protein Pitmaster is already off to a great start and limited distribution and helping expand general mills share in the soup category.

Jeff Harmening: And we're doubling down on bold flavors with the recent launch of a new line of Progresso Pitmasters. Inspired by a grilling culture and delivering 20 grams of great-tasting protein, Pitmaster is already off to a great start in limited distribution and helping expand General Mills' share in the soup category.

Jeff Harmening: We're doubling down on bold flavors with the recent launch of a new line of Progresso Pitmaster Soups. Inspired by grilling culture and delivering 20 grams of great-tasting protein, Pitmaster is already off to a great start in limited distribution and helping expand General Mills' share in the soup category. On fruit snacks, our business was challenged in fiscal 2025 by slower snacking category growth, as well as increased competition from fruit-flavored candy. We drove encouraging improvement in Q4, including pound share growth, by narrowing price gaps on key product lines while continuing to bring news to our differentiated portfolio. As we look to fiscal 2026, we'll maintain our focus on value by addressing value at the shelf and by expanding our sizes and formats, leveraging our price-pack architecture toolkit.

We're doubling down on bold flavors with the recent launch of a new line of Progresso Pitmaster Soups. Inspired by grilling culture and delivering 20 grams of great-tasting protein, Pitmaster is already off to a great start in limited distribution and helping expand General Mills' share in the soup category. On fruit snacks, our business was challenged in fiscal 2025 by slower snacking category growth, as well as increased competition from fruit-flavored candy. We drove encouraging improvement in Q4, including pound share growth, by narrowing price gaps on key product lines while continuing to bring news to our differentiated portfolio. As we look to fiscal 2026, we'll maintain our focus on value by addressing value at the shelf and by expanding our sizes and formats, leveraging our price-pack architecture toolkit.

Jeff: On fruit snacks, our business was challenged in fiscal 'twenty five by slower snacking category growth as well as increased competition from fruit flavored candy, but we drove encouraging improvement in Q4, including pound share growth by narrowing price gaps on key product lines, while continuing to bring news to our differentiated portfolio as well.

Jeff Harmening: On fruit snacks, our business was challenged in Fiscal 25 by slower snacking category growth, as well as increased competition from fruit-flavored candy. But we drove encouraging improvement in Q4, including pound-share growth, by narrowing price gaps on key product lines while continuing to bring news to our differentiated portfolio. As we look to fiscal 26, we'll maintain our focus on value by addressing value of the shelf and by expanding our sizes and formats, leveraging our price pack architecture toolkit. We'll invest in messaging, including a new campaign on our differentiated Gushers, Fruit by the Foot, and Roll-Ups brand.

Jeff: Looked at fiscal 'twenty, six while maintaining our focus on value by addressing value of the shelf and by expanding our sizes and formats leveraging our price pack architecture toolkit, we will invest in messaging, including a new campaign on our differentiated gushers fruit by the foot and Rob's brands.

Jeff Harmening: We'll invest in messaging, including a new campaign on our differentiated Gushers, Fruit by the Foot, and Roll-Ups brands. And we'll launch exciting new items, including all-blue Gushers, Fruit by the Foot splits, and a new line of Harry Potter Fruit Snacks in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery. Overall, I'm encouraged by the strength of our plans in North America retail. And I'm confident that our investment in more remarkable offerings will return this business to volume growth in fiscal 2026. Our second priority for fiscal 2026 is to accelerate growth for our North America pet business. We'll do that by continuing to build on our improving momentum on our core Blue Buffalo lines and by investing to expand into new, fast-growing spaces.

We'll invest in messaging, including a new campaign on our differentiated Gushers, Fruit by the Foot, and Roll-Ups brands. And we'll launch exciting new items, including all-blue Gushers, Fruit by the Foot splits, and a new line of Harry Potter Fruit Snacks in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery. Overall, I'm encouraged by the strength of our plans in North America retail. And I'm confident that our investment in more remarkable offerings will return this business to volume growth in fiscal 2026. Our second priority for fiscal 2026 is to accelerate growth for our North America pet business. We'll do that by continuing to build on our improving momentum on our core Blue Buffalo lines and by investing to expand into new, fast-growing spaces.

Jeff: And we will launch exciting new items, including all Blue gushers fruit by the foot splits and a new line of Harry Potter fruit snacks in partnership with Warner Brothers Discovery.

Jeff Harmening: And we'll launch exciting new items, including all-blue Gushers, Fruit-by-the-Foot Splits, and a new line of Harry Potter fruit snacks in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Jeff: Overall I am encouraged by the strength of our plans in North America retail and I'm confident that our investment in more remarkable offerings will return this business to volume growth in fiscal 'twenty six.

Jeff Harmening: Overall, I'm encouraged by the strength of our plans in North America retail, and I'm confident that our investment and more remarkable offerings will return this business to volume growth in fiscal 26.

Jeff: Our second priority for fiscal 2006 is to accelerate growth for North America Pet business, we'll do that by continuing to build on our improving momentum on our core blue Buffalo lines and by investing to expand into new fast growing spaces.

Jeff Harmening: Our second priority for Fiscal 26 is to accelerate growth for our North America pet We'll do that by continuing to build on our improving momentum on our core Blue Buffalo lines and by investing to expand into new, fast-growing spaces. Our plans in fiscal 26 start with strong news on our life protection formula and wilderness dog feeding lines, which are the heritage of the Blue Buffalo business. Having ensured our value is in the right zone, we're increasing investment behind ingredient superiority advertising on both LPF and Wilderness, building on the success those campaigns drove in fiscal 25, and we'll expand support behind our new salmon innovation, which brings a fast-growing protein option to live protection formula lines.

Jeff: Our plans in fiscal 'twenty six start with strong news on our life protection Formula and Wilderness dog feeding lines, where so the heritage of the Blue Buffalo business.

Jeff Harmening: Our plans in Fiscal 2026 start with strong news on our Life Protection Formula and Wilderness dog feeding lines, which are the heritage of the Blue Buffalo business. Having assured our value is in the right zone, we're increasing investment behind ingredient superiority advertising on both LPF and Wilderness, building on the success those campaigns drove in Fiscal 2025. And we'll expand support behind our new salmon innovation, which brings a fast-growing protein option to Life Protection Formula line. And to accelerate our growth in dog feeding, we'll launch Edgard & Cooper in the US this July through an exclusive national retail partnership with PetSmart. This super premium brand has driven outstanding growth across the European markets since we acquired it a year ago. Our US.

Our plans in Fiscal 2026 start with strong news on our Life Protection Formula and Wilderness dog feeding lines, which are the heritage of the Blue Buffalo business. Having assured our value is in the right zone, we're increasing investment behind ingredient superiority advertising on both LPF and Wilderness, building on the success those campaigns drove in Fiscal 2025. And we'll expand support behind our new salmon innovation, which brings a fast-growing protein option to Life Protection Formula line. And to accelerate our growth in dog feeding, we'll launch Edgard & Cooper in the US this July through an exclusive national retail partnership with PetSmart. This super premium brand has driven outstanding growth across the European markets since we acquired it a year ago. Our US.

Jeff: Having shared our value is in the right zone, we're increasing investment behind ingredient superiority advertising on both Lps and wilderness building on our success those campaigns drove in fiscal 'twenty, five and will expand support behind our new salmon innovation, which brings a fast growing protein option to life protection Formula line.

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Jeff Harmening: And to accelerate our growth in dog feeding, we'll launch Edgar & Cooper in the U.S. this July through an exclusive national retail partnership with PestSmart. This super premium brand has driven outstanding growth across its European markets since we acquired it a year ago. Our U.S. launch will maintain Edgar & Cooper's fresh take on pet nutrition with dry food, wet food, and treat recipes made with real, recognizable ingredients like fresh chicken, venison, and duck, combined with nutritious fruits and vegetables. The National PetSmart launch will leverage Edgar and Cooper's digital-first and social-led marketing approach, a proven driver of the brand's rapid growth in Europe.

Jeff: The Super premium brand has driven outstanding growth across the European markets. Since we acquired it a year ago. Our U S launch will maintain at Golden Cooper's fresh take on pet nutrition with dry food wet food and treat recipes made with real recognizable ingredients like fresh chicken venison and duck combined with nutritious.

Jeff Harmening: Launch will maintain Edgard & Cooper's fresh take on pet nutrition, with dry food, wet food, and treat recipes made with real, recognizable ingredients like fresh chicken, venison, and duck, combined with nutritious fruits and vegetables. The national PetSmart launch will leverage Edgard & Cooper's digital-first and social-led marketing approach, a proven driver of the brand's rapid growth in Europe. Shifting to cat feeding, we plan to build on our strong momentum on our core Tastefuls line, which delivered mid-single-digit retail sales growth in Fiscal 2025. Our plans in Fiscal 2026 include increased media investment, highlighting Tastefuls' ingredient quality and taste preference versus a leading brand in the category. And we'll accelerate our growth in cat feeding with our recently acquired Tiki Cat brand, which has enjoyed strong double-digit retail sales growth in pet specialty and e-commerce channels in recent years.

Launch will maintain Edgard & Cooper's fresh take on pet nutrition, with dry food, wet food, and treat recipes made with real, recognizable ingredients like fresh chicken, venison, and duck, combined with nutritious fruits and vegetables. The national PetSmart launch will leverage Edgard & Cooper's digital-first and social-led marketing approach, a proven driver of the brand's rapid growth in Europe. Shifting to cat feeding, we plan to build on our strong momentum on our core Tastefuls line, which delivered mid-single-digit retail sales growth in Fiscal 2025. Our plans in Fiscal 2026 include increased media investment, highlighting Tastefuls' ingredient quality and taste preference versus a leading brand in the category. And we'll accelerate our growth in cat feeding with our recently acquired Tiki Cat brand, which has enjoyed strong double-digit retail sales growth in pet specialty and e-commerce channels in recent years.

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Jeff: National Petsmart loss will leverage Edgar and Coopers digital first and social led marketing approach a proven driver of the brand's rapid growth in Europe.

Jeff: Shifting to cap feeding we plan to build on our strong momentum on our core tasteful, one which delivered mid single digit retail sales growth in fiscal 'twenty five our plans in fiscal 'twenty. Six include increased media investment highlighting tasteful as ingredient quality and taste preferences versus a leading brand in the category.

Jeff Harmening: Shifting to cat feeding, we plan to build on our strong momentum on our core tasteful line, which delivered mid-single-digit retail sales growth in fiscal 25. Our plans in fiscal 26 include increased media investment, highlighting tasteful's ingredient quality and taste preference versus a leading brand in the category. And we'll accelerate our growth in cat feeding with our recently acquired Tiki Cat brand, which has enjoyed strong double-digit retail sales growth in pest specialty and e-commerce channels in recent years. In fiscal 26, we're focused on growing TikiCap through increased core news, including a new TikiSolutions subline, as well as a double-digit increase in e-commerce investment.

Jeff: And we will accelerate our growth in Caf feeding with our recently acquired Tiki cap brand, which has enjoyed strong double digit retail sales growth in pet specialty and e-commerce channels in recent years.

Jeff: In fiscal 'twenty six we're focused on growing <unk> through increased core news, including our new <unk> solution sub line as well as a double digit increase in E Commerce investment.

Jeff Harmening: In fiscal 26, we're focused on growing Tiki Cat through increased core news, including a new Tiki Solutions subline, as well as a double-digit increase in e-commerce investment. To round out our pet acceleration plans, you heard from us earlier this week that we are expanding into the US fresh pet food segment later this year with the national launch of Blue Buffalo's Love Made Fresh. This new line of fresh dog food adheres to Blue Buffalo's trusted true blue nutritional philosophy and superior ingredients, with fresh offerings across multiple product formats and a variety of flavorful recipes. The Love Made Fresh portfolio gives Blue Buffalo a remarkable, differentiated offering in US fresh pet food, a $3 billion subcategory today, and one which we project will grow to $10 billion in the next 10 years.

In fiscal 26, we're focused on growing Tiki Cat through increased core news, including a new Tiki Solutions subline, as well as a double-digit increase in e-commerce investment. To round out our pet acceleration plans, you heard from us earlier this week that we are expanding into the US fresh pet food segment later this year with the national launch of Blue Buffalo's Love Made Fresh. This new line of fresh dog food adheres to Blue Buffalo's trusted true blue nutritional philosophy and superior ingredients, with fresh offerings across multiple product formats and a variety of flavorful recipes. The Love Made Fresh portfolio gives Blue Buffalo a remarkable, differentiated offering in US fresh pet food, a $3 billion subcategory today, and one which we project will grow to $10 billion in the next 10 years.

Jeff: To round out our pet acceleration plans you heard from US earlier. This week that were expanding into the U S. Fresh pet food segment later this year with a national launch of Blue Buffalo's Love made fresh.

Jeff Harmening: To round out our pet acceleration plans, you heard from us earlier this week that we are expanding into the U.S. fresh pet food segment later this year with the national launch of Blue Buffalo's Love Made Fresh. This new line of fresh dog food adheres to Blue Buffalo's trusted true blue nutritional philosophy and superior ingredients with fresh offerings across multiple product formats and a variety of flavorful recipes. The Love & Raid Fresh portfolio gives Blue Buffalo a remarkable, differentiated offering in U.S. fresh pet food, a $3 billion subcategory today, and one which we project will grow to $10 billion in the next 10 years.

Jeff: This new line of fresh dog food adheres to Blue Buffalo's trusted true-blue nutritional philosophy, and superior ingredients with fresh offerings across multiple product formats, and a variety of flavor full recipes.

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Jeff: Our love made fresh refrigerated products are designed to be perfect companions to blue Buffalo's portfolio of dry dog food or a standalone solution. In fact with this launch blue Buffalo will be the largest U S pet brand to offer solutions across dry wet and fresh feeding and with more than 80% of fresh food uses <unk>.

Jeff Harmening: Our love-made fresh refrigerator products are designed to be perfect companions to Blue Buffalo's portfolio of dry dog food or a stand-alone solution. In fact, with this launch, Blue Buffalo will be the largest U.S. pet brand to offer solutions across dry, wet, and fresh feeding. And with more than 80% of fresh food usage occasions involving a mix of fresh food and kibble, we think the combined Blue Buffalo portfolio will be well-positioned to deliver remarkable feeding solutions that capture the whole bowl. We're planning for significant investment in Fiscal 26 behind this launch, including strong media support to drive trial and awareness, and we've already seen significant early retail customer acceptance.

Jeff Harmening: Our Love Made Fresh refrigerator products are designed to be perfect companions to Blue Buffalo's portfolio of dry dog food or a standalone solution. In fact, with this launch, Blue Buffalo will be the largest US pet brand to offer solutions across dry, wet, and fresh feeding. And with more than 80% of fresh food usage occasions involving a mix of fresh food and kibble, we think the combined Blue Buffalo portfolio will be well-positioned to deliver remarkable feeding solutions that capture the whole bowl. We're planning for significant investment in fiscal 2026 behind this launch, including strong media support to drive trial and awareness, and we've already seen significant early retail customer acceptance. We'll plan to share more details on Love Made Fresh products, messaging, and distribution as we get closer to the launch this fall.

Our Love Made Fresh refrigerator products are designed to be perfect companions to Blue Buffalo's portfolio of dry dog food or a standalone solution. In fact, with this launch, Blue Buffalo will be the largest US pet brand to offer solutions across dry, wet, and fresh feeding. And with more than 80% of fresh food usage occasions involving a mix of fresh food and kibble, we think the combined Blue Buffalo portfolio will be well-positioned to deliver remarkable feeding solutions that capture the whole bowl. We're planning for significant investment in fiscal 2026 behind this launch, including strong media support to drive trial and awareness, and we've already seen significant early retail customer acceptance. We'll plan to share more details on Love Made Fresh products, messaging, and distribution as we get closer to the launch this fall.

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Jeff: We are planning for significant investment in fiscal 'twenty six behind this launch, including strong media support to drive trial and awareness and we've already seen significant early retail customer acceptance, we'll plan to share more details on love made fresh products messaging and distribution as we get closer to the launch this fall.

Jeff Harmening: We'll plan to share more details on Lovemade Fresh products, messaging, and distribution as we get closer to the launch this fall. Moving now to our North America food service business, we'll leverage our category leadership in Fiscal 26 to continue driving breakfast growth in K-12 schools with our regulation-ready portfolio and commitment to nutrition. We'll lean in with remarkable innovation across the biggest categories in K-12 while continuing our shared momentum on our important cereal business. We'll also expand our frozen baked goods leadership across food service channels, accelerating bread growth and bringing new innovation like our new Pillsbury Blondie bars.

Jeff: Moving now to our North America Foodservice business, we will leverage our category leadership in fiscal 'twenty six to continue driving breakfast growth in K through 12 schools with a regulation ready portfolio and commitment to nutrition, we will lean in with remarkable innovation across the biggest categories in K through 12.

Jeff Harmening: Moving now to our North America food service business, we'll leverage our category leadership in fiscal 2026 to continue driving breakfast growth in K-12 schools with our regulation-ready portfolio and commitment to nutrition. We'll lean in with remarkable innovation across the biggest categories in K-12 while continuing our shared momentum on our important cereal business. We'll also expand our frozen bakers leadership across food service channels, accelerating bread growth and bringing new innovation like our new Pillsbury Blondie Bars. Internationally, our team is focused on delivering remarkable experiences and accelerating our growth in fiscal 2026 on our biggest global platforms. We have significant acceleration plans this year on Häagen-Dazs behind core flavor news and expansion of our Häagen-Dazs stick bars.

Moving now to our North America food service business, we'll leverage our category leadership in fiscal 2026 to continue driving breakfast growth in K-12 schools with our regulation-ready portfolio and commitment to nutrition. We'll lean in with remarkable innovation across the biggest categories in K-12 while continuing our shared momentum on our important cereal business. We'll also expand our frozen bakers leadership across food service channels, accelerating bread growth and bringing new innovation like our new Pillsbury Blondie Bars. Internationally, our team is focused on delivering remarkable experiences and accelerating our growth in fiscal 2026 on our biggest global platforms. We have significant acceleration plans this year on Häagen-Dazs behind core flavor news and expansion of our Häagen-Dazs stick bars.

Jeff: Continuing our share momentum on our important cereal business will also expand our frozen baked goods leadership across foodservice channels accelerating bread growth and bringing new innovation like our new Pillsbury Blondie bars.

Jeff: And international our team is focused on delivering remarkable experiences and accelerate our growth in fiscal 'twenty six on our biggest global platforms. We have significant acceleration plans. This year on Hagen dazs behind core flavor news and expansion of our Hagen Dazs stick bars. This includes a remarkable product renovation and relaunch of our European stick bar busy.

Jeff Harmening: and International, our team is focused on delivering remarkable experiences and accelerating our growth in Fiscal 26 on our biggest global platforms. We have significant acceleration plans this year on Haagen-Dazs behind core flavor news and expansion of our Haagen-Dazs stick bars. This includes a remarkable product renovation and relaunch of our European stick bar business, as well as increased investment behind our stick bar business in China that delivers a superior product at a remarkable value for the local market. And on Old El Paso, we'll build on momentum from Fiscal 25 with increased investment and product news across the portfolio.

Jeff Harmening: This includes remarkable product renovation and relaunch of our European stick bar business, as well as increased investment behind our stick bar business in China that delivers a superior product at a remarkable value for the local market. On Old El Paso, we'll build on momentum from Fiscal 2025 with increased investment and product news across the portfolio. Our Fiscal 2026 plans include higher media support behind our Make Some Noise campaign and innovation that delivers solutions to win with smaller households. We'll amplify this product news with double the amount of in-store partnership activations throughout the year. To help fund these compelling growth plans, we are working aggressively to drive efficiency throughout our cost structure. As always, this starts with Holistic Margin Management, our industry-leading productivity program.

This includes remarkable product renovation and relaunch of our European stick bar business, as well as increased investment behind our stick bar business in China that delivers a superior product at a remarkable value for the local market. On Old El Paso, we'll build on momentum from Fiscal 2025 with increased investment and product news across the portfolio. Our Fiscal 2026 plans include higher media support behind our Make Some Noise campaign and innovation that delivers solutions to win with smaller households. We'll amplify this product news with double the amount of in-store partnership activations throughout the year. To help fund these compelling growth plans, we are working aggressively to drive efficiency throughout our cost structure. As always, this starts with Holistic Margin Management, our industry-leading productivity program.

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Jeff: And on old El Paso, we'll build on momentum from fiscal 'twenty five with increased investment in product news across the portfolio. Our fiscal 'twenty. Six plans include higher media support behind our make some noise campaign and innovation that delivers solutions to win with smaller households, and we will amplify this product news with double the amount of in store partnership Activations.

Jeff Harmening: Our Fiscal 26 plans include higher media support behind our Make Some Noise campaign and innovation that delivers solutions to win with smaller households. And we'll amplify this product news with double the amount of in-store partnership activations throughout the year.

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Jeff: To help fund these compelling growth plans, we are working aggressively to drive efficiency throughout our cost structure has always starts with holistic margin management, our industry, leading productivity program we.

Jeff Harmening: To help fund these compelling growth plans, we are working aggressively to drive efficiency throughout our cost structure. As always, this starts with Holistic Margin Management, our industry-leading productivity program. We have good visibility to delivering another year of 5% HMM cost savings in fiscal 26, which is in line with our strong performance in fiscal 24 and 25, and higher than our 4% long-term trend.

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Jeff Harmening: We have good visibility to delivering another year of 5% cost savings in fiscal 2026, which is in line with our strong performance in fiscal 2024 and 2025 and higher than our 4% long-term trend. We recently launched a global transformation initiative designed to further accelerate our growth. This initiative is focused on streamlining our end-to-end business processes and identifying new ways of working that match today's evolving business environment. We look to deploy new tools, technologies, and operating models to enable greater agility throughout the organization. By optimizing how work gets done, our teams will be able to spend more time focused on driving growth. In addition to streamlining how we work, we expect this initiative to generate $100 million in cost savings, which we plan to reinvest in growth.

We have good visibility to delivering another year of 5% cost savings in fiscal 2026, which is in line with our strong performance in fiscal 2024 and 2025 and higher than our 4% long-term trend. We recently launched a global transformation initiative designed to further accelerate our growth. This initiative is focused on streamlining our end-to-end business processes and identifying new ways of working that match today's evolving business environment. We look to deploy new tools, technologies, and operating models to enable greater agility throughout the organization.

Jeff: And we recently launched the global transformation initiative designed to further accelerate our growth.

Jeff Harmening: And we recently launched a global transformation initiative designed to further accelerate our growth. This initiative is focused on streamlining our end-to-end business processes and identifying new ways of working that match today's evolving business environment. We look to deploy new tools, technologies, and operating models to enable greater agility throughout the organization. By optimizing how work gets done, our teams will be able to spend more time focused on driving growth. In addition to streamlining how we work, we expect this initiative to generate $100 million in cost savings, which we plan to reinvest in growth.

Jeff: This initiative is focused on streamlining our end to end business processes and identifying new ways of working the master days evolving business environment, We will look to deploy new tools technologies and operating models to enable greater agility throughout the organization.

Jeff: By optimizing how work gets done our teams will be able to spend more time focused on driving growth. In addition to streamlining how we work. We expect this initiative to generate $100 million in cost savings, which we plan to reinvest in growth.

By optimizing how work gets done, our teams will be able to spend more time focused on driving growth. In addition to streamlining how we work, we expect this initiative to generate $100 million in cost savings, which we plan to reinvest in growth. Having outlined our priorities and plans for returning to growth in fiscal 2026, let me turn it over to Kofi to go into more details on our fiscal 2025 results and share our guidance for fiscal 2026.

Jeff: Having outlined our priorities and plans for returning to growth in fiscal 'twenty six let me turn it over to Kofi to go into more details on our fiscal 'twenty five results and share our guidance for fiscal 'twenty six.

Kofi Bruce: Having outlined our priorities and plans for returning to growth in Fiscal 26, let me turn it over to Kofi to go into more details on our Fiscal 25 results and share our guidance for Fiscal 26.

Jeff Harmening: Having outlined our priorities and plans for returning to growth in fiscal 2026, let me turn it over to Kofi to go into more details on our fiscal 2025 results and share our guidance for fiscal 2026. Thanks, Jeff. Hello, everyone. Our fourth quarter financial results are summarized on slide 27. The quarter finished in line with our expectations, with reported net sales of $4.6 billion, down 3%, and organic net sales also down 3% from the prior year. As we previewed on last quarter's earnings call, our Q4 organic net sales and price mix results included two points of headwind from trade expense timing related to additions to our trade plans made in previous quarters.

Thanks, Jeff and Hello, everyone.

Kofi Bruce: Thanks, Jeff. Hello, everyone. Our fourth quarter financial results are summarized on slide 27. The quarter finished in line with our expectations, with reported net sales of $4.6 billion, down 3%, and organic net sales also down 3% from the prior year. As we previewed on last quarter's earnings call, our Q4 organic net sales and price mix results included two points of headwind from trade expense timing related to additions to our trade plans made in previous quarters.

Kofi Bruce: Thanks, Jeff, and hello, everyone.

Kofi Bruce: Our fourth quarter financial results are summarized on slide 27, the quarter finished in line with our expectations with reported net sales of $4 6 billion.

Kofi Bruce: Our fourth quarter financial results are summarized on slide 27. The quarter finished in line with our expectations with reported net sales of $4.6 billion down 3% and organic net sales also down 3% from the prior year. As we previewed on last quarter's earnings call, our Q4 organic net sales and price mix results included two points of headwind from trade expense timing related to additions to our trade plans made in previous quarters. As Jeff mentioned, we delivered organic volume roughly in line with last year and we improved our pound competitiveness with 63% of our priority businesses holding or growing pound share in the fourth quarter, representing an acceleration versus the first three quarters.

Jeff: <unk>, 3% and organic net sales also down 3% from the prior year.

Jeff: As we previewed on last quarter's earnings call. Our Q4 organic net sales and price mixed results included two points of headwind from trade expense timing related to additions to our trade plans made in previous quarters.

Jeff: As Jeff mentioned, we delivered organic volume roughly in line with last year, and we improved our pound competitiveness with 63% of our priority businesses holding or growing pound share in the fourth quarter, representing an acceleration versus the first three quarters.

Jeff Harmening: As Jeff mentioned, we delivered organic volume roughly in line with last year, and we improved our pound competitiveness with 63% of our priority businesses holding or growing pound share in the fourth quarter, representing an acceleration versus the first three quarters. Adjusted operating profit of $622 million was down 22% in constant currency, in line with our forecast last quarter. This included a 13-point headwind from unfavorable trade expense timing, as well as increased commercial investments. Adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $0.74 in the quarter and were down 27% in constant currency. Turning to the components of total company net sales growth in the quarter, organic net sales decreased 3% in the quarter, driven by unfavorable price mix, including the trade expense timing headwind I mentioned earlier. Organic pound volume was flat in the quarter.

As Jeff mentioned, we delivered organic volume roughly in line with last year, and we improved our pound competitiveness with 63% of our priority businesses holding or growing pound share in the fourth quarter, representing an acceleration versus the first three quarters. Adjusted operating profit of $622 million was down 22% in constant currency, in line with our forecast last quarter. This included a 13-point headwind from unfavorable trade expense timing, as well as increased commercial investments. Adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $0.74 in the quarter and were down 27% in constant currency. Turning to the components of total company net sales growth in the quarter, organic net sales decreased 3% in the quarter, driven by unfavorable price mix, including the trade expense timing headwind I mentioned earlier. Organic pound volume was flat in the quarter.

Jeff: Adjusted operating profit of $622 million was down 22% in constant currency in line with our forecast last quarter. This included a 13 point headwind from unfavorable trade expense timing as well as increased commercial investments adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled <unk> 74 in the quarter and were down.

Kofi Bruce: Adjusted operating profit of $622 million was down 22% in constant currency, in line with our forecast last quarter. This included a 13-point headwind from unfavorable trade expense timing, as well as increased commercial investments. Adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $0.74 in the quarter and were down 27% in constant currency. Turning to the components of total company net sales growth in the quarter, organic net sales decreased 3% in the quarter, driven by unfavorable price mix, including the trade expense timing headwind I mentioned earlier. Organic pound volume was flat in the quarter.

Jeff: 27% in constant currency.

Jeff: Turning to the components of total company net sales growth in the quarter organic net sales decreased 3% in the quarter driven by unfavorable price mix, including the trade expense timing headwind I mentioned earlier organic pound volume was flat in the quarter, both foreign exchange and the net impact of the acquisition.

Kofi Bruce: Both foreign exchange and the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures were not material to net sales in Q4.

Jeff Harmening: Both foreign exchange and the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures were not material to net sales in Q4. Shifting to segment performance, our North America retail results are summarized on slide 29. As a reminder, these results reflect the closure of our Canada yogurt divestiture in late January, while the US yogurt divestiture is expected to close later this month. Fourth quarter organic net sales for North America retail were down 7%. This lagged our Nielsen-measured US retail sales by approximately 3 points, driven primarily by trade expense timing headwinds. Our investments in value, product news, and brand support resulted in stronger competitiveness in Q4, as we expected, with pound share stable or growing on 64% of our top 10 US categories, including cereal, refrigerated dough, hot snacks, fruit snacks, and soup.

Both foreign exchange and the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures were not material to net sales in Q4. Shifting to segment performance, our North America retail results are summarized on slide 29. As a reminder, these results reflect the closure of our Canada yogurt divestiture in late January, while the US yogurt divestiture is expected to close later this month. Fourth quarter organic net sales for North America retail were down 7%. This lagged our Nielsen-measured US retail sales by approximately 3 points, driven primarily by trade expense timing headwinds. Our investments in value, product news, and brand support resulted in stronger competitiveness in Q4, as we expected, with pound share stable or growing on 64% of our top 10 US categories, including cereal, refrigerated dough, hot snacks, fruit snacks, and soup.

Jeff: Patients and divestitures were not material to net sales in Q4.

Jeff: Shifting to segment performance, our North America retail results are summarized on slide 29.

Kofi Bruce: Shifting to segment performance, our North America retail results are summarized on slide 29. As a reminder, these results reflect the closure of our Canada yogurt divestiture in late January. Well, the U.S. yogurt divestiture is expected to close later this month. Fourth quarter organic net sales for North America retail were down 7%. This lagged our Nielsen measured US retail sales by approximately three points, driven primarily by trade expense timing. Our investments in value, product news, and brand support resulted in stronger competitiveness in Q4, as we expected, with pound share stable or growing on 64% of our top 10 U.S.

Jeff: As a reminder, these results reflect the closure of our candidate yogurt divestiture in late January.

Jeff: While the U S yogurt divestitures expected to close later this month.

Jeff: Fourth quarter organic net sales for North America retail were down 7%.

Jeff: This lagged our Nielsen measured U S retail sales by approximately three points driven primarily by trade expense timing headwinds.

Jeff: Our investments in value product news and brand support resulted in stronger competitiveness in Q4, as we expected with pound share stable or growing 64% of our top 10 U S categories, including cereal refrigerated dough.

Kofi Bruce: categories, including cereal, refrigerated dough, hot snacks, fruit snacks, and soup. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America retail segment operating profits was down 29% in cost and currency, driven primarily by unfavorable price mix, including a 17-point profit headwind from trade expense timing, as well as input cost inflation and lower volume partially offset by HMM cost savings.

Jeff: Next fruit snacks and soup.

Jeff: On the bottom line fourth quarter, North America retail segment operating profit was down 29% in constant currency, driven primarily by unfavorable price mix, including a 17 point profit headwind from trade expense timing as well as input cost inflation and lower volume, partially offset by H M. M <unk>.

Jeff Harmening: On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America retail segment operating profit was down 29% in constant currency, driven primarily by unfavorable price mix, including a 17-point profit headwind from trade expense timing, as well as input cost inflation and lower volume, partially offset by cost savings. For the full year, organic net sales were 3% below a year-ago results, driven by lower volume and unfavorable price mix. These results lagged Nielsen-measured retail sales by roughly one point. On the bottom line, constant currency segment operating profit NAR was down 11%, driven primarily by lower volume and higher input costs. For our North America pet segment, fourth quarter organic net sales were up 3%, driven by higher volume. Our net sales outpaced all-channel retail sales by roughly three points in the quarter, driven primarily by an increase in retailer inventory ahead of first quarter in-market activations.

On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America retail segment operating profit was down 29% in constant currency, driven primarily by unfavorable price mix, including a 17-point profit headwind from trade expense timing, as well as input cost inflation and lower volume, partially offset by cost savings. For the full year, organic net sales were 3% below a year-ago results, driven by lower volume and unfavorable price mix. These results lagged Nielsen-measured retail sales by roughly one point. On the bottom line, constant currency segment operating profit NAR was down 11%, driven primarily by lower volume and higher input costs. For our North America pet segment, fourth quarter organic net sales were up 3%, driven by higher volume. Our net sales outpaced all-channel retail sales by roughly three points in the quarter, driven primarily by an increase in retailer inventory ahead of first quarter in-market activations.

Jeff: Savings.

Jeff: For the full year organic net sales were 3% below a year ago results driven by lower volume and unfavorable price mix. These results lagged Nielsen measured retail sales by roughly one point.

Kofi Bruce: For the full year, organic net sales were 3% below a year ago result. driven by lower volume and unfavorable price. These results lag Nielsen-measured retail sales by roughly one point. On the bottom line, constant currency segment operating profit in NAR was down 11%. driven primarily by lower volume and higher input.

Jeff: On the bottom line constant currency segment operating profit was down 11%, driven primarily by lower volume and higher input costs.

Jeff: For our North America Pet segment fourth quarter organic net sales were up 3% driven by higher volume.

Kofi Bruce: For our North America Pets segment, fourth quarter organic net sales were up 3%, driven by higher volume. Our net sales outpaced all channel retail sales by roughly 3 points in the quarter, driven primarily by an increase in retailer inventory ahead of first quarter in-market activation. Including the Whitebridge acquisition, reported net sales in the quarter were up double digits for wet food and treats and up mid-single digits for dry food. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America pet segment operating profit was down 3% in constant currency, driven by higher input costs and increased media investment, partially offset by favorable price mix and higher volume.

Jeff: Net sales outpaced all channel retail sales by roughly three points in the quarter driven primarily by an increase in retailer inventory ahead of first quarter end market Activations.

Jeff: Including the White Bridge acquisition reported net sales in the quarter were up double digits for wet food and treats and up mid single digits for dry food.

Jeff Harmening: Including the White Bridge acquisition, reported net sales in the quarter were up double digits for wet food and treats and up mid-single digits for dry food. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America pet segment operating profit was down 3% in constant currency, driven by higher input costs and increased media investment, partially offset by favorable price mix, and higher volume. For the full year, the pet segment posted modest organic net sales growth, with results rounding to flat. Positive organic volume was partially offset by unfavorable price mix. Our competitiveness in pet food improved in fiscal 2025, with dollar share growth on dog feeding, which represented 60% of our pet US retail sales. Full year pet segment operating profit was up 3% in constant currency, driven primarily by cost savings, partially offset by a double-digit increase in media investment, and unfavorable price mix.

Including the White Bridge acquisition, reported net sales in the quarter were up double digits for wet food and treats and up mid-single digits for dry food. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America pet segment operating profit was down 3% in constant currency, driven by higher input costs and increased media investment, partially offset by favorable price mix, and higher volume. For the full year, the pet segment posted modest organic net sales growth, with results rounding to flat. Positive organic volume was partially offset by unfavorable price mix. Our competitiveness in pet food improved in fiscal 2025, with dollar share growth on dog feeding, which represented 60% of our pet US retail sales. Full year pet segment operating profit was up 3% in constant currency, driven primarily by cost savings, partially offset by a double-digit increase in media investment, and unfavorable price mix.

Jeff: On the bottom line fourth quarter in North America Pet segment operating profit was down 3% in constant currency driven by higher input costs and increased media investment, partially offset by favorable price mix and higher volume.

Jeff: For the full year, the pet segment posted modest organic net sales growth with results rounding to flat.

Kofi Bruce: For the full year, the pet segment posted modest organic net sales growth, with results rounding to flat. Positive organic volume was partially offset by unfavorable price mix. Our competitiveness in pet food improved in fiscal 2025 with dollar share growth on dog feeding which represented 50% of our pet US retail sales. Full-year pet segment operating profit was up 3% in constant currency, driven primarily by HMM cost savings, partially offset by a double-digit increase in media investment and unfavorable price mix. We expect to accelerate full-year organic net sales growth in North America PET in Fiscal 26. However, first quarter growth is expected to be pressured by the unwind of the Q4 Retailer Inventory Bill.

Jeff: Positive organic volume was partially offset by unfavorable price mix.

Jeff: Our competitiveness in pet food improved in fiscal 2025 with dollar share growth.

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Jeff: Full year Pet segment operating profit was up 3% in constant currency, driven primarily by EQM cost savings, partially offset by a double digit increase in media investments and unfavorable price mix.

Jeff: We expect to accelerate full year organic net sales growth in North America in fiscal 2006, However, first quarter growth is expected to be pressured by the unwind of the Q4 retailer inventory build.

Jeff Harmening: We expect to accelerate full year organic net sales growth in North America pet in fiscal 2026. However, first quarter growth is expected to be pressured by the unwind of the Q4 retailer inventory build. North America food service organic net sales were down 1% in the quarter, driven by declines on bakery flour and breads. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America food service segment operating profit was up 5% in constant currency, driven by cost savings, partially offset by input cost inflation. For the full year, organic net sales grew 2%, driven by higher volume and positive price mix, despite a one-point headwind from index pricing on bakery flour. We continue to compete well within away-from-home channels, holding a growing market share in 71% of our measured business, led by strong performance in K-12 schools and healthcare.

We expect to accelerate full year organic net sales growth in North America pet in fiscal 2026. However, first quarter growth is expected to be pressured by the unwind of the Q4 retailer inventory build. North America food service organic net sales were down 1% in the quarter, driven by declines on bakery flour and breads. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America food service segment operating profit was up 5% in constant currency, driven by cost savings, partially offset by input cost inflation. For the full year, organic net sales grew 2%, driven by higher volume and positive price mix, despite a one-point headwind from index pricing on bakery flour. We continue to compete well within away-from-home channels, holding a growing market share in 71% of our measured business, led by strong performance in K-12 schools and healthcare.

Jeff: North America Foodservice organic net sales were down 1% in the quarter driven by declines on bakery flour and Brett on.

Kofi Bruce: North America Food Service organic net sales were down 1% in the quarter, driven by declines on bakery flour and breads. On the bottom line, fourth quarter North America Food Service segment operating profit was up 5% in cost of currency, driven by HMM cost savings, partially offset by input cost inflation. For the full year, organic net sales grew 2%, driven by higher volume and positive price mix, despite a one-point headwind from index pricing on bakery flour. We continued to compete well within away-from-home channels, holding a growing market share in 71% of our measured business, led by strong performance in K-12 schools and health care.

Jeff: On the bottom line fourth quarter, North America Foodservice segment operating profit was up 5% in constant currency driven by HSM cost savings, partially offset by input cost inflation for the full year organic net sales grew 2% driven by higher volume and positive price mix. Despite a one point headwind.

Jeff: Index pricing on bakery flour, we continued to compete well within our away from home channels, holding or growing market share in 71% of our measured business led by strong performance in K through 12 schools and health care.

Jeff: Constant currency segment operating profit was up 13% for the full year, driven primarily by H M M cost savings and favorable price mix, partially offset by input cost inflation and higher SG&A expenses.

Kofi Bruce: Constant currency segment operating profit was up 13% for the full year, driven primarily by HMM cost savings and favorable price mix, partially offset by input cost inflation and higher SG&A expenses.

Jeff Harmening: Constant currency segment operating profit was up 13% for the full year, driven primarily by cost savings, and favorable price mix, partially offset by input cost inflation, and higher SG&A expenses. Moving to slide 32, fourth quarter organic net sales for our international segment were up 9%, driven by strong growth in Brazil, and our distributor markets. Fourth quarter segment operating profit totaled $34 million compared to $22 million a year ago, driven by positive price mix, partially offset by higher input costs, and higher SG&A expenses. For the full year, the international segment posted modest organic net sales growth, with results rounding to flat. Net sales growth in our distributor markets, Europe, and Australia were partially offset by declines in China. We were pleased with our strong competitiveness, with 59% of our priority businesses growing or holding share for the full year.

Constant currency segment operating profit was up 13% for the full year, driven primarily by cost savings, and favorable price mix, partially offset by input cost inflation, and higher SG&A expenses. Moving to slide 32, fourth quarter organic net sales for our international segment were up 9%, driven by strong growth in Brazil, and our distributor markets. Fourth quarter segment operating profit totaled $34 million compared to $22 million a year ago, driven by positive price mix, partially offset by higher input costs, and higher SG&A expenses. For the full year, the international segment posted modest organic net sales growth, with results rounding to flat. Net sales growth in our distributor markets, Europe, and Australia were partially offset by declines in China. We were pleased with our strong competitiveness, with 59% of our priority businesses growing or holding share for the full year.

Jeff: Moving to slide 32 fourth quarter organic net sales for our international segment were up 9% driven by strong growth in Brazil in our distributor markets.

Kofi Bruce: Moving to slide 32, fourth quarter, organic net sales for our international segment were up 9%. Driven by strong growth in Brazil and our distributor market. Fourth quarter segment operating profit totaled $34 million compared to $22 million a year ago. Driven by positive price mix, partially offset by higher input costs and higher SG&A expenses. For the full year, the international segment posted modest organic net sales growth, with results rounding to flat. Net sales growth in our distributor markets in Europe and Australia were partially offset by declines in China. We were pleased with our strong competitiveness, with 59% of our priority businesses growing or holding share for the full year.

Jeff: Fourth quarter segment operating profit totaled $34 million compared to $22 million a year ago, driven by positive price mix, partially offset by higher input costs and higher SG&A expenses for the full year. The international segment posted modest organic net sales growth with results rounding to flat net sales growth.

Jeff: Our distributor markets in Europe, and Australia were partially offset by declines in China.

Jeff: We're pleased with our strong competitiveness with 59% of our priority businesses growing or holding share for the full year.

Jeff: Full year segment operating profit totaled $96 million compared to $125 million a year ago, driven primarily by input cost inflation higher SG&A expenses and unfavorable price mix, partially offset by <unk> cost savings and higher volume.

Kofi Bruce: Full year segment operating profit totaled $96 million compared to $125 million a year ago, driven primarily by input cost inflation, higher SG&A expenses, and unfavorable price mix, partially offset by HMM cost savings and higher volume.

Jeff Harmening: Full year segment operating profit totaled $96 million compared to $125 million a year ago, driven primarily by input cost inflation, higher SG&A expenses, and unfavorable price mix, partially offset by cost savings and higher volume. For our joint ventures, fourth quarter Cereal Partners Worldwide net sales were down 6% in constant currency, driven primarily by declines in Latin America and Europe. Häagen-Dazs Japan net sales were up 1% in constant currency, reflecting strong core renovation. Full year combined after-tax earnings from joint ventures totaled $58 million compared to $85 million a year ago, driven by non-cash asset impairment charges related to supply chain simplification at Cereal Partners Worldwide. Moving on to other noteworthy Q4 income statement items. Adjusted unallocated corporate expenses decreased $7 million in the quarter. Fourth quarter net interest expense increased $17 million, driven by higher average long-term debt balances, largely related to White Bridge acquisition financing.

Full year segment operating profit totaled $96 million compared to $125 million a year ago, driven primarily by input cost inflation, higher SG&A expenses, and unfavorable price mix, partially offset by cost savings and higher volume. For our joint ventures, fourth quarter Cereal Partners Worldwide net sales were down 6% in constant currency, driven primarily by declines in Latin America and Europe. Häagen-Dazs Japan net sales were up 1% in constant currency, reflecting strong core renovation.

Jeff: For our joint ventures fourth quarter cereal partners worldwide net sales were down 6% in constant currency driven primarily by declines in Latin America and Europe.

Kofi Bruce: For our joint ventures, fourth quarter, Serial Partners' worldwide net sales were down 6% in constant currency, driven primarily by declines in Latin America and Europe. Haagen-Dazs Japan net sales were up 1% in constant currency, reflecting strong core renovation. Full year combined after-tax earnings from joint ventures totaled $58 million compared to $85 million a year ago, driven by non-cash asset impairment charges related to supply chain simplification at Serial Partners worldwide.

Jeff: Hagen Dazs, Japan net sales were up 1% in constant currency, reflecting strong core renovation full year combined after tax earnings from joint ventures totaled $58 million compared to $85 million a year ago, driven by noncash asset impairment charges related to supply chain simplification at cereal partners worldwide.

Full year combined after-tax earnings from joint ventures totaled $58 million compared to $85 million a year ago, driven by non-cash asset impairment charges related to supply chain simplification at Cereal Partners Worldwide. Moving on to other noteworthy Q4 income statement items. Adjusted unallocated corporate expenses decreased $7 million in the quarter. Fourth quarter net interest expense increased $17 million, driven by higher average long-term debt balances, largely related to White Bridge acquisition financing.

Jeff: Right.

Jeff: Moving on to other noteworthy Q4 income statement items adjusted unallocated corporate expenses decreased $7 million in the quarter.

Kofi Bruce: Moving on to other noteworthy Q4 income statement. Adjusted unallocated corporate expenses decreased $7 million in the quarter. Fourth quarter net interest expense increased $17 million, driven by higher average to long-term debt balances, largely related to Whitebridge Acquisition Financial. The fourth quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 19.2 percent compared to 20 percent a year ago, driven primarily by certain non-recurring discrete benefits in fiscal 2025, and average diluted shares outstanding in the quarter were down 4 percent to $550 million, reflecting our continued net share purchase activity.

Jeff: Fourth quarter net interest expense increased $17 million driven by higher average long term debt balances largely related to white bridge acquisition financing the fourth quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 19, 2% compared to 20% a year ago, driven primarily by certain nonrecurring discrete <unk>.

Jeff Harmening: The fourth quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 19.2% compared to 20% a year ago, driven primarily by certain non-recurring discrete benefits in Fiscal 2025. Average diluted shares outstanding in the quarter were down 4% to 550 million, reflecting our continued net share repurchase activity. Our Fiscal 2025 results are summarized on slide 35. Net sales of $19.5 billion were down 2% as reported and on an organic basis, driven by unfavorable price mix. Adjusted operating profit of $3.4 billion was down 7% in constant currency, driven by lower net price realization and unfavorable product mix. Adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $4.21 and were down 7% in constant currency, driven primarily by lower adjusted operating profit and higher net interest expense, partially offset by lower net shares outstanding.

The fourth quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 19.2% compared to 20% a year ago, driven primarily by certain non-recurring discrete benefits in Fiscal 2025. Average diluted shares outstanding in the quarter were down 4% to 550 million, reflecting our continued net share repurchase activity. Our Fiscal 2025 results are summarized on slide 35. Net sales of $19.5 billion were down 2% as reported and on an organic basis, driven by unfavorable price mix. Adjusted operating profit of $3.4 billion was down 7% in constant currency, driven by lower net price realization and unfavorable product mix. Adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $4.21 and were down 7% in constant currency, driven primarily by lower adjusted operating profit and higher net interest expense, partially offset by lower net shares outstanding.

Jeff: <unk> in fiscal 2025, and average diluted shares outstanding in the quarter were down 4% to $550 million, reflecting our continued net share repurchase activity.

Jeff: Our fiscal 2025 results are summarized on slide 35, net sales of $19 5 billion.

Kofi Bruce: Our fiscal 2025 results are summarized on slide 35. Net sales of $19.5 billion were down 2% as reported and on an organic basis driven by unfavorable price mix. Adjusted operating profit of $3.4 billion was down 7% in constant currency, driven by lower net price realization and unfavorable product Adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $4.21 and were down 7% in constant currency driven primarily by lower adjusted operating profit and higher net interest expense, partially offset by lower net shares outstanding. Turning the Margin Results, our Fiscal 25 Adjusted Gross Margin decreased 30 basis points to 34.5 percent, driven by input cost inflation, unfavorable price mix, and volume deleverage partially offset by HMM cost savings.

Jeff: We're down 2% as reported and on an organic basis, driven by unfavorable price mix.

Jeff: Adjusted operating profit of $3 4 billion was down 7% in constant currency driven by lower net price realization and unfavorable product mix adjusted diluted earnings per share totaled $4 21 and were down 7% in constant currency driven primarily by lower adjusted operating profit and higher net <unk>.

Jeff: <unk> expense, partially offset by lower net shares outstanding.

Jeff: Turning to margin results, our fiscal 'twenty five adjusted gross margin decreased 30 basis points to 34, 5%.

Jeff Harmening: Turning to margin results, our Fiscal 2025 adjusted gross margin decreased 30 basis points to 34.5%, driven by input cost inflation, unfavorable price mix, and volume deleverage, partially offset by cost savings. Our Fiscal 2025 adjusted operating profit margin decreased 90 basis points to 17.2%, driven by lower adjusted gross margin and higher SG&A expenses as a percent of net sales. Moving to cash flow, Fiscal 2025 operating cash flow declined to $2.9 billion, driven primarily by lower net earnings, excluding the impact of the divestiture gain in Fiscal 2025 and changes in restructuring, transformation, impairment, and other exit costs. Capital investments totaled $625 million, or 3% of net sales for the year, and we returned $2.5 billion in cash to shareholders in Fiscal 2025 through dividends and net share repurchases. As we turn to Fiscal 2026, this is admittedly a complicated year with many moving pieces.

Turning to margin results, our Fiscal 2025 adjusted gross margin decreased 30 basis points to 34.5%, driven by input cost inflation, unfavorable price mix, and volume deleverage, partially offset by cost savings. Our Fiscal 2025 adjusted operating profit margin decreased 90 basis points to 17.2%, driven by lower adjusted gross margin and higher SG&A expenses as a percent of net sales.

Jeff: Driven by input cost inflation unfavorable price mix and volume deleverage, partially offset by <unk> cost savings.

Jeff: Our fiscal 'twenty five adjusted operating profit margin decreased 90 basis points to 17, 2% driven by lower adjusted gross margin and higher SG&A expenses as a percent of net sales.

Kofi Bruce: Our Fiscal 25 Adjusted Operating Profit Margin decreased 90 basis points to 17.2%, driven by lower adjusted gross margin and higher SG&E expenses as a percent of net sales.

Jeff: Moving to cash flow fiscal.

Moving to cash flow, Fiscal 2025 operating cash flow declined to $2.9 billion, driven primarily by lower net earnings, excluding the impact of the divestiture gain in Fiscal 2025 and changes in restructuring, transformation, impairment, and other exit costs. Capital investments totaled $625 million, or 3% of net sales for the year, and we returned $2.5 billion in cash to shareholders in Fiscal 2025 through dividends and net share repurchases. As we turn to Fiscal 2026, this is admittedly a complicated year with many moving pieces.

Jeff: Fiscal 'twenty five of operating cash flow declined to $2 9 billion.

Kofi Bruce: Moving to cash flow. Fiscal 25 operating cash flow declined to $2.9 billion, driven primarily by lower net earnings, excluding the impact of the divestiture gain in fiscal 2025, and changes in restructuring, transformation, impairment, and other exit Capital Investments totaled $625 million, or 3% of net sales for the year, and we returned $2.5 billion in cash to shareholders in Fiscal 25 through dividends and net share repurchase.

Jeff: Driven primarily by lower net earnings excluding the impact of the divestiture gain in fiscal 2025 and changes in restructuring transformation impairment and other exit costs.

Jeff: Capital investments totaled $625 million or 3% of net sales for the year and we returned $2 5 billion in cash to shareholders in fiscal 'twenty five through dividends and net share repurchases.

Jeff: As we turn to fiscal 'twenty six.

Kofi Bruce: As we turn to Fiscal 26, This is admittedly a complicated year with many moving We've outlined some of the most important financial assumptions on slide 38. On the top line, we expect dollar growth in our categories to be below our long-term expectations and generally in line with fiscal 2025 trends, affecting less benefit from price mix amid a continued challenging consumer backdrop. We expect our organic sales growth to improve in fiscal 2026 behind stronger competitiveness in response to our investments in remarkability, with contributions from volume outpacing price. Moving down the P&L, we expect a number of headwinds and tailwinds to impact our operating profit growth in fiscal 26.

Jeff: This is admittedly a complicated year with many moving pieces, we've outlined some of the most important financial assumptions on slide 38 on the topline we expect dollar growth in our categories to be below our long term expectations and generally in line with fiscal 2025 trends affecting less <unk>.

Jeff Harmening: We've outlined some of the most important financial assumptions on slide 38. On the top line, we expect dollar growth in our categories to be below our long-term expectations and generally in line with fiscal 2025 trends, reflecting less benefit from price mix amid a continued challenging consumer backdrop. We expect our organic sales growth to improve in fiscal 2026 behind stronger competitiveness in response to our investments in Remarkability, with contributions from volume outpacing price mix. Moving down the P&L, we expect a number of headwinds and tailwinds to impact our operating profit growth in fiscal 2026. In terms of headwinds, we expect input cost inflation of roughly 3% of cost of goods sold before the impact of tariffs.

We've outlined some of the most important financial assumptions on slide 38. On the top line, we expect dollar growth in our categories to be below our long-term expectations and generally in line with fiscal 2025 trends, reflecting less benefit from price mix amid a continued challenging consumer backdrop. We expect our organic sales growth to improve in fiscal 2026 behind stronger competitiveness in response to our investments in Remarkability, with contributions from volume outpacing price mix. Moving down the P&L, we expect a number of headwinds and tailwinds to impact our operating profit growth in fiscal 2026. In terms of headwinds, we expect input cost inflation of roughly 3% of cost of goods sold before the impact of tariffs.

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Jeff: We expect our organic sales growth to improve in fiscal 2026 behind stronger competitiveness in response to our investments in <unk> contributions from volume outpacing price mix.

Jeff: Moving down the P&L, we expect a number of headwinds and <unk> to impact our operating profit growth in fiscal 2006 in terms of headwinds, we expect input cost inflation of roughly 3% of cost of goods sold before the impact of tariffs. We expect the gross impact of newly enacted tariff represents an additional risk of 1% to 2% of cost.

Kofi Bruce: In terms of headwinds, we expect input cost inflation of roughly 3% of cost of goods sold before the impact of tariffs. We expect the gross impact of newly enacted tariffs represents an additional risk of 1 to 2% of cost of goods sold. Though we are working aggressively to mitigate the impact through product reformulation, ingredient substitution, and potential Strategic Revenue Management Act. Our full year guidance includes our forecast for tariff impact, net of our mitigation efforts. As Jeff noted, we're planning for meaningful investments in value, news, and innovation in fiscal 26, including a significant investment in our national launch into fresh pet In terms of M&A, as we've previously communicated, we expect the net impact of the U.S.

Jeff Harmening: We expect the gross impact of newly enacted tariffs represents an additional risk of 1% to 2% of cost of goods sold, though we are working aggressively to mitigate the impact through product reformulation, ingredient substitution, and potential Strategic Revenue Management actions. Our full year guidance includes our forecast for tariff impact net of our mitigation efforts. As Jeff noted, we're planning for meaningful investments in value, news, and innovation in fiscal 26, including a significant investment in our national launch into fresh pet food. In terms of M&A, as we've previously communicated, we expect the net impact of the US and Canada yogurt divestitures and the North American White Bridge Pet Brands acquisition will reduce fiscal 26 operating profit growth by approximately 5 points. We expect a reset of incentive compensation to be a 3-point headwind to operating profit.

We expect the gross impact of newly enacted tariffs represents an additional risk of 1% to 2% of cost of goods sold, though we are working aggressively to mitigate the impact through product reformulation, ingredient substitution, and potential Strategic Revenue Management actions. Our full year guidance includes our forecast for tariff impact net of our mitigation efforts. As Jeff noted, we're planning for meaningful investments in value, news, and innovation in fiscal 26, including a significant investment in our national launch into fresh pet food. In terms of M&A, as we've previously communicated, we expect the net impact of the US and Canada yogurt divestitures and the North American White Bridge Pet Brands acquisition will reduce fiscal 26 operating profit growth by approximately 5 points. We expect a reset of incentive compensation to be a 3-point headwind to operating profit.

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Jeff: Though we are working aggressively to mitigate the impact through product re formulation ingredients substitution and potential strategic revenue management actions. Our full year guidance includes our forecast for tariffs impact net of our mitigation efforts.

Jeff: As Jeff noted, we're planning for meaningful investments in value news and innovation in fiscal 2006, including a significant investment in our national launch into fresh pet food.

Jeff: In terms of M&A as we've previously communicated we expect the net impact of the U S and Canada yogurt divestitures and the North American White Bridge Pet brands acquisition will reduce fiscal 2006 operating profit growth by approximately five points and we expect a reset of incentive compensation to be a three.

Kofi Bruce: and Canada yogurt divestitures and the North American Whitebridge Pet Brands acquisition will reduce fiscal 26 operating profit growth by approximately 5 points. And we expect a reset of incentive compensation to be a 3-point headwind to operating profit. In terms of profit tailwinds, we expect to deliver another year of strong HMM cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold. We expect to generate $100 million in savings from our Global Transformation Initiative and other related efficiency efforts. And we'll have the benefit of a 53rd week in fiscal 26. Moving below operating profit, we expect net interest expense to increase to approximately $575 million.

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Jeff: In terms of profit tailwind, we expect to deliver another year of strong <unk> cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold we expect to generate $100 million in savings from our global transformation initiative and other related efficiency efforts and we will have the benefit of a 50 <unk> week in fiscal 2006.

Jeff Harmening: In terms of profit tailwinds, we expect to deliver another year of strong cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold. We expect to generate $100 million in savings from our global transformation initiative and other related efficiency efforts, and we'll have the benefit of a 53rd week in fiscal 2026. Moving below operating profit, we expect net interest expense to increase to approximately $575 million. Our adjusted effective tax rate is expected to be roughly in line with fiscal 2025 at approximately 21%. We expect to reduce our net share count by roughly 3% for the full year, including the impact of using a portion of our divestiture proceeds for share buybacks. With these assumptions in mind, slide 39 summarizes our outlook for fiscal 2026. Organic net sales are expected to range between down 1% and up 1%.

In terms of profit tailwinds, we expect to deliver another year of strong cost savings of 5% of cost of goods sold. We expect to generate $100 million in savings from our global transformation initiative and other related efficiency efforts, and we'll have the benefit of a 53rd week in fiscal 2026. Moving below operating profit, we expect net interest expense to increase to approximately $575 million. Our adjusted effective tax rate is expected to be roughly in line with fiscal 2025 at approximately 21%. We expect to reduce our net share count by roughly 3% for the full year, including the impact of using a portion of our divestiture proceeds for share buybacks. With these assumptions in mind, slide 39 summarizes our outlook for fiscal 2026. Organic net sales are expected to range between down 1% and up 1%.

Jeff: Moving below operating profit, we expect net interest expense to increase to approximately $575 million.

Jeff: Our adjusted effective tax rate is expected to be roughly in line with fiscal 'twenty five at approximately 21% and we expect to reduce our net share count by roughly 3% for the full year, including the impact of using a portion of our divestiture proceeds for share buybacks.

Kofi Bruce: Our adjusted effective tax rate is expected to be roughly in line with Fiscal 25 at approximately 21 percent. And we expect to reduce our net share count by roughly 3 percent for the full year, including the impact of using a portion of our divestiture proceeds for share buybacks.

Jeff: With these assumptions in mind slide 39 summarizes our outlook for fiscal 2026 organic net sales are expected to range between down 1% and up 1%.

Kofi Bruce: With these assumptions in mind, slide 39 summarizes our outlook for fiscal 2026. Organic net sales are expected to range between down 1% and up 1%. Adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted earnings per share are expected to be down 10% to 15% in constant currency. And we expect free cash flow conversion to be at least 95% of adjusted after-tax earnings. Note that we expect significant variability in our quarterly results in Fiscal 26, with organic net sales and adjusted operating profit declining more than our annual outlook in the first half of the year, driven by the phasing of our price investments and trade expense timing in Fiscal 25.

Jeff: <unk> operating profit and adjusted diluted earnings per share are expected to be down 10% to 15% in constant currency and we expect free cash flow conversion to be at least 95% of adjusted after tax earnings.

Jeff Harmening: Adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted earnings per share are expected to be down 10% to 15% in constant currency. We expect free cash flow conversion to be at least 95% of adjusted after-tax earnings. Note that we expect significant variability in our quarterly results in fiscal 2026, with organic net sales and adjusted operating profit declining more than our annual outlook in the first half of the year, driven by the phasing of our price investments and trade expense timing in fiscal 2025. Our fourth quarter is expected to benefit as we lap more significant investment and unfavorable trade timing in Q4 of fiscal 2025, and it will have the added benefit of a 53rd week.

Adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted earnings per share are expected to be down 10% to 15% in constant currency. We expect free cash flow conversion to be at least 95% of adjusted after-tax earnings. Note that we expect significant variability in our quarterly results in fiscal 2026, with organic net sales and adjusted operating profit declining more than our annual outlook in the first half of the year, driven by the phasing of our price investments and trade expense timing in fiscal 2025. Our fourth quarter is expected to benefit as we lap more significant investment and unfavorable trade timing in Q4 of fiscal 2025, and it will have the added benefit of a 53rd week.

Jeff: Note that we expect significant variability in our quarterly results and fiscal 2006 with organic net sales and adjusted operating profit declining more than our annual outlook in the first half of the year driven by the phasing of our price investments in trade expense timing in fiscal 'twenty five.

Jeff: Our fourth quarter is expected to benefit as we lap more significant investments and unfavorable trade timing in Q4 of fiscal 2025, and it will have the added benefit of a 50 <unk> week.

Kofi Bruce: Our fourth quarter is expected to benefit as we lap more significant investment and unfavorable trade timing in Q4 of fiscal 2025, and it will have the added benefit of a 53rd week. Looking specifically to the first quarter of Fiscal 26, our organic net sales and adjusted operating profit growth rates are expected to be similar to the results we posted in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 25.

Jeff: Looking specifically to the first quarter of fiscal 2006, our organic net sales and adjusted operating profit growth rates are expected to be similar to the results we posted in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.

Jeff Harmening: Looking specifically to the first quarter of Fiscal 2026, our organic net sales and adjusted operating profit growth rates are expected to be similar to the results we posted in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025. As we shared earlier this month, the regulatory review for our US yogurt divestiture is complete. This guidance assumes the transaction closes at the end of June, which is in line with our current expectations. With that, let me turn it back to Jeff for some closing remarks. Thanks, Kofi. Let me wrap up with a few closing thoughts. As I said upfront, we are clear on the job to do in Fiscal 2026, which is to restore volume-driven organic sales growth. We'll do that by investing in consumer value, product news, innovation, and brand building, guided by our Remarkable Experience Framework.

Looking specifically to the first quarter of Fiscal 2026, our organic net sales and adjusted operating profit growth rates are expected to be similar to the results we posted in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2025. As we shared earlier this month, the regulatory review for our US yogurt divestiture is complete. This guidance assumes the transaction closes at the end of June, which is in line with our current expectations. With that, let me turn it back to Jeff for some closing remarks.

Jeff: As we shared earlier this month, the regulatory review for our U S yogurt divestitures complete.

Kofi Bruce: As we shared earlier this month, the regulatory review for our U.S. yogurt divestiture is complete. This guidance assumes the transaction closes at the end of June, which is in line with our current expectations.

Jeff: This guidance assumes the transaction closes at the end of June which is in line with our current expectations with that let me turn it back to Jeff for some closing remarks.

Jeff Harmening: With that, let me turn it back to Jeff for some closing remarks. Thanks, Kofi. Let me wrap up with a few closing thoughts. As I said up front, we are clear on the job to do in Fiscal 26, which is to restore volume-driven organic sales. We'll do that by investing in consumer value, product news, innovation, and brand building, guided by a remarkable experience framework. These investments are significant, and we're keeping a strong focus on ROI, building on that improved volume momentum we delivered in the second half of Fiscal 25.

Jeff Harmening: Thanks, Sophie let me wrap up with a few closing thoughts as I said upfront we are clear on the job to do in fiscal 'twenty, six which is the restore volume driven organic sales growth, we will do that by investing in consumer value product news innovation and brand building gathered by a remarkable experience framework. These investments are significant and were key.

Jeff Harmening: Thanks, Kofi. Let me wrap up with a few closing thoughts. As I said upfront, we are clear on the job to do in Fiscal 2026, which is to restore volume-driven organic sales growth. We'll do that by investing in consumer value, product news, innovation, and brand building, guided by our Remarkable Experience Framework. These investments are significant, and we're keeping a strong focus on ROI, building on that improved volume momentum we delivered in the second half of fiscal 2025. We know that restoring sustainable, profitable organic sales growth is the key to long-term value creation, and we look forward to advancing our plans, delivering on our priorities, and driving strong shareholder returns in fiscal 2026.

Jeff: Keeping a strong focus on ROI building on that improved volume momentum we delivered in the second half of fiscal 'twenty five.

Jeff Harmening: These investments are significant, and we're keeping a strong focus on ROI, building on that improved volume momentum we delivered in the second half of fiscal 2025. We know that restoring sustainable, profitable organic sales growth is the key to long-term value creation, and we look forward to advancing our plans, delivering on our priorities, and driving strong shareholder returns in fiscal 2026.

Jeff: We know that restoring sustainable profitable organic sales growth is the key to long term value creation, and we look forward to advancing our plans delivering on our priorities and driving strong shareholder returns in fiscal 'twenty six.

We know that restoring sustainable, profitable organic sales growth is the key to long-term value creation, and we look forward to advancing our plans, delivering on our priorities, and driving strong shareholder returns in Fiscal 25.

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