Conagra Brands Inc at Sanford C Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference Transcript
Okay. Good morning, everybody. I'm Alexia Howard with Bernstein covering the U.S. food sector. It's my great pleasure to welcome Sean Connolly, the CEO of Conagra Brands since 2015. Now Sean has been instrumental in contemporizing the company's frozen food division, realizing cost synergies from the Pinnacle Foods deal and stepping up innovation across the portfolio.
Recently, the company has enjoyed a rebound in gross margins as pricing finally caught up with input cost pressures. Many thanks for being here today. And for those of you in the audience, if you have questions, please type them into the pigeonhole link, and we'll weave those in as well.
Questions & Answers
So then perhaps to kick us off, we can start with a higher-level question, Sean. How would you compare the challenges you face when you took on the CEO role at Hillshire Brands
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