Operator

Hello, and welcome to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of B&G Foods. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Casey Keller, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of B&G Foods. Mr. Keller, the floor is yours.

Kenneth Keller
President, CEO & Director

Good morning. I'm Casey Keller, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of B&G Foods. On behalf of the directors and officers of B&G Foods, I'd like to welcome you to our Annual Meeting of Stockholders. We appreciate your attendance, your interest and most importantly, your support of B&G Foods.

We're holding this Annual Meeting of Stockholders in an audio-only virtual format, which has the benefit of improving meeting efficiency and reducing costs.

I will act as Chairman of this meeting. And at this time, I would like to call this Annual Meeting of Stockholders to order.

I would first like to introduce each of the other current directors of the company who are in attendance today. Steve Sherrill, the Chair of the Board; DeAnn Brunts; Debra Martin Chase; Chuck Marcy, Rob Mills; Dennis Mullen; Cheryl Palmer; Alf Poe; and Dave Wenner. Each of us is also standing for reelection.

I would now like to introduce the following Executive Vice Presidents of B&G Foods, Bruce Wacha, Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer; Eric Hart, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer; Scott Lerner, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer; Martin Schoch, Executive Vice President of Supply Chain; John Ozgopoyan, Executive Vice President of Sales. Scott Lerner will act as