Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND) CEO Ethan Brown on Q1 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND) Q1 2020 Earnings Conference Call May 5, 2020 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Lubi Kutua - Investor Relations
Ethan Brown - Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Mark Nelson - Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Ben Theurer - Barclays
Erica Eiler - Oppenheimer
Steve Strycula - UBS
Ken Goldman - JPMorgan
Alexia Howard - Bernstein
Robert Moskow - Credit Suisse
Brian Holland - D.A. Davidson
Adam Samuelson - Goldman Sachs
Rob Dickerson - Jefferies
John Baumgartner - Wells Fargo
Michael Lavery - Piper Sandler
Jon Andersen - William Blair

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Beyond Meat Inc. 2020 First Quarter Conference Call. At this time, all participants’ lines are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker’s presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference call Lubi Kutua. You may begin.

Lubi Kutua

Thank you. Good afternoon, and welcome to Beyond Meat's first quarter 2020 earnings conference call and webcast. On today's call are Ethan Brown, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Mark Nelson, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

By now everyone should have access to the company's first quarter earnings press release and investor presentation filed today after market close. These documents are available on the Investor Relations section of Beyond Meat's website at www.beyondmeat.com.

Before we begin, please note that all the financial information presented on today's call is unaudited, and during the course of this call, management may make forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Federal Securities Laws. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements.

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