Dollar General Corporation (DG) CEO Todd Vasos on Q1 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 26, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Donny Lau - Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy
Todd Vasos - Chief Executive Officer
John Garratt - Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Owen - Chief Operating Officer

Conference Call Participants

Karen Short - Barclays
Michael Lasser - UBS
Matthew Boss - JPMorgan
Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley
John Heinbockel - Guggenheim Partners
Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer
Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs
Corey Tarlowe - Jefferies

Operator

Good morning. My name is Robert, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to Dollar General's First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. Today is Thursday, May 26, 2022. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. This call is being recorded. Instructions for listening to the replay of this call are available in the company's earnings press release issued this morning.

Now I'd like to turn the conference over to Mr. Donny Lau, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy. Mr. Lau, you may begin the conference.

Donny Lau

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. On the call with me today are Todd Vasos, our CEO; Jeff Owen, our COO; and John Garratt, our CFO. Our earnings release issued today can be found on our website at investor.dollargeneral.com under News & Events.

Let me caution you that today's comments include forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such statements about our financial guidance, strategy, initiatives, plans, goals, priorities, opportunities, investments, expectations or beliefs about future matters and other statements that are not limited to historical fact.

These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections. These