Operator
Operator
Please stand by. We're about to begin. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Second Quarter 2015 Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded. As a reminder, part of today's discussion will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These statements are commonly identified by words such as anticipate, continue, plan, expect, intend, should, will, and other terms with similar meaning. These statements include, but will not be limited to, statements that reflect the company's current expectations with respect to the macroeconomic and competitive environment, the financial condition of the company, results of operation, strategy, objectives, and future performance, including the company's traffic and revenue-driving initiatives, sales growth, operating margin and operating weeks, costs, expenses, expense management, deployment of capital, restaurant development and remodel, performance of remodeled and acquired restaurants, new technology devices and systems, and other expectations discussed within the course of this call. Although the company believes the assumptions upon which preliminary or initial results, financial information and forward-looking statements are based are reasonable as of today's date, these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore, investors should not place undue reliance on them. Also, these statements are based upon facts known and expected as of the date of this conference call, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these statements to reflect events or circumstances that might arise after this call. Participants on the call today should refer to the company's Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC for a more detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could impact the company's future operating results and financial condition. The company has posted its fiscal second quarter 2015 press release and supplemental financial information related to the quarter's results on its website at www.redrobin.com in the Investors section. Now, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Steve Carley, Chief Executive Officer of Red Robin. Please go ahead, sir. Stephen E. Carley - Chief Executive Officer & Director: Thank you, Jamie, and good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us this morning. With me today are Stuart Brown, our Chief Financial Officer, and Denny Post, our Chief Concept Officer. After we deliver our prepared remarks, we'll be happy to answer questions. Before I turn it over to Denny for an update on our engagement initiatives, let me briefly recap the quarter's results. I'm very pleased to report that guests are continuing to respond to our menu improvements, our restaurants brand transformation remodels, new locations and enhanced service. Restaurant revenue was up 14.6% year-over-year and same-store sales were up 2.9%. Restaurant level profit improved by 30 basis points to 22.5% and net income was up 13.6%. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.78, up 14.7% from last year. We continued to outpace the casual dining category by profitably building traffic. According to Black Box, Red Robin's traffic in Q2 was 230 basis points ahead of the competitive set in spite of aggressive discounting and the burger-centric menu and promotional activity of our competitors. We have now outperformed our peers on a comparable sales basis for four straight years. With that, let me turn it over to Denny to address what's been driving our performance.