The Middleby Corporation ( NASDAQ: MIDD ) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Tim FitzGerald - Chief Executive Officer James Pool - Chief Technology Officer & Chief Operations Officer Bryan Mittelman - Chief Financial Officer Steve Spittle - Chief Commercial Officer Steve Spittle - Vice President of Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Mig Dobre - Baird Jeff Hammond - KeyBanc Capital Markets Saree Boroditsky - Jefferies Tami Zakaria - JPMorgan Brian McNamara - Canaccord Genuity Walt Liptak - Seaport Res Operator Thank you for joining us for The Middleby Corporation First Quarter 2024 Conference Call. With us today from management are CEO, Tim FitzGerald; CFO, Bryan Mittelman; Chief Technology and Operations Officer, James Pool; Chief Commercial Officer, Steve Spittle and Vice President of Investor Relations, John Joyner. We will begin the call with opening remarks then open the lines for questions.
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Please go ahead. Tim FitzGerald Good morning, and thank you for joining us today on our first quarter earnings call. As we begin, please note there are slides to accompany the call on the Investor page of our website.
First quarter proved to be challenging with the backdrop of the housing market, interest rate environment and price cost pressures at our restaurant and food processing customers, weighing out .
