Dennis Geiger

I believe you mentioned only embedding a modest impact from the initiatives this year. So I'm just curious if you could sort of unpack

Any other learnings maybe from the '25 LTO launches to help you think about those launches next year in the current environment to maximize impact

Beyond the pricing piece, I'm not sure if I missed it, but any other aspects that you could share now and maybe what that might look like?

Just any additional thoughts on the time line there? How important is sort of the macro normalizing

If you could sort of speak at all to trends through the quarter. I know you talked about that improving momentum

Anything on lunch versus dinner to call out? Is it easier for your customer to cut back on lunch in this environment

Do you guys generally look at the business a little bit longer term as sort of mid-single digit from a same-store sales algorithm perspective

do you feel over the near term that you've got to do even more on the discounting front or more generous offers

Is is the bulk of of what drives the US comp from from initiatives that are already in play versus some of that new stuff that may come out this year

Could you just kind of break down maybe anything on what you're seeing at a high level thus far, sort of unpacking that macro dynamic and the impact on the business

anything more kind of on additional thoughts on the initiatives you've got, how they should hopefully help you to accelerate trends into the back half

just anything else on some of the other initiatives as we think about loyalty, maybe another new item coming, promotions, marketing calendar

I wanted to ask a bit more on the 2025 guidance for the US same-store sales

any latest expectation you have based on anything you have observed so far to date

Any update to share there and where the guest and the employee feedback is

just any updates on the implementation of that or how you're thinking about the plan

an obvious benefit over time if this goes well presumably is your table turns move notably

anything to note -- else to note on sort of behaviors

Is that largely delivery driven? Is there anything with any other initiatives

just how you're thinking about the Olive Garden momentum continuing through '26

the customer value scores for the brand if you've seen any kind of notable uptake

have you kind of observed anything or have any additional thoughts maybe on what incrementality may look like

relative to the full-year guide and Uber Direct, if there is anything embedded there?

can you talk a bit more about how you're thinking about the U.S. sales trajectory over the balance of '26

how you're thinking about the U.S. sales trajectory in 2026, given some of those sales drivers you identified

how you're thinking about the U.S. sales trajectory looking out over the coming quarters

how you think about the U.S. sales trajectory and underlying momentum over the coming quarters

encouraging response to the Minecraft marketing campaign and to your value platforms into the second quarter

talk a little bit more about the early customer response to McValue

could you touch a little bit more on how the brand generates these strong results even in this particularly difficult consumer environment?

Wondering if you could talk a little bit more about some of the comments around accelerating the long-term growth. If there's anything to elaborate on sort of opportunities to accelerate an already...

any early look into how you're thinking about how that momentum rolls into next year, given, I think, Chris, some of the comments you made about what sounds like more weeks of crispy chicken

Any commentary on maybe the low-income consumer in particular or any other notable consumer cohort pressure to call out

any additional commentary on sort of the confidence in the development outlook even if the macro would have a downturn, your confidence there to kind of continue to hit numbers

touch to some extent on the health of international franchisees, perhaps how that impacts your growth trajectory expected through '25