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The Wendy’s Firm  (NASDAQ: WEN) Q1 2022 earnings name dated Might. 11, 2022

Company Individuals:

Greg Lemenchick — Investor Relations

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Analysts:

Andrew Charles — Cowen — Analyst

Greg Francfort — Guggenheim Securities — Analyst

Brian Bittner — Oppenheimer — Analyst

Jeff Farmer — Gordon Haskett — Analyst

Chris O’Cull — Stifel — Analyst

Dennis Geiger — UBS Securities — Analyst

Jeff Bernstein — Barclays — Analyst

Sara Senatore — Financial institution of America — Analyst

Brian Mullan — Deutsche Financial institution — Analyst

Jon Tower — Citi — Analyst

Nicole Regan — Piper Sandler — Analyst

Andrew Strelzik — BMO Capital Markets — Analyst

Brett Levy — MKM Companions — Analyst

Jared Garber — Goldman Sachs — Analyst

Jim Sanderson — Northcoast Analysis — Analyst

Unidentified Participant — — Analyst

Eric Gonzalez — KeyBanc — Analyst

Peter Saleh — BTIG — Analyst

Presentation:

Operator

Good morning. Welcome to the Wendy’s Firm Earnings Outcomes Convention Name. [Operator Instructions] Thanks. Greg Lemenchick, Senior Director, Investor Relations and Company FP&A, you might start your convention.

Greg Lemenchick — Investor Relations

Thanks, and good morning, everybody. Right this moment’s convention name and webcast features a PowerPoint presentation, which is out there on our Investor Relations web site, irwendys.com.

Earlier than we start, please be aware of the protected harbor assertion that seems on the finish of our earnings launch. This disclosure reminds buyers that sure info we might focus on right this moment is forward-looking. Numerous components might have an effect on our outcomes and trigger these outcomes to vary materially from the projections set forth in our forward-looking statements. Additionally, a few of right this moment’s feedback will reference non-GAAP monetary measures. Buyers ought to confer with our reconciliations of non-GAAP monetary measures to probably the most immediately comparable GAAP measure on the finish of this presentation or in our earnings launch.

On our convention name right this moment our President and Chief Government Officer, Todd Penegor will give a enterprise replace; and our Chief Monetary Officer, Gunther Plosch will overview our 2022 first quarter outcomes and supply an replace on our outlook for the 12 months. From there, we are going to open up the road for questions.

As a reminder, we are going to stroll by means of our long-term methods intimately as a part of our upcoming Investor Day in June. With that, I’ll hand issues over to Todd.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Thanks, Greg, and good morning, everybody. I’m extraordinarily happy with the significant progress we made in opposition to our three strategic development pillars within the first quarter, reinforcing the energy and resiliency of the Wendy’s model.

We achieved a second consecutive quarter of double-digit 2-year world same-restaurant gross sales, reaching 15.4% as we lapped certainly one of our greatest quarters of all time within the prior 12 months. This was an acceleration versus our This fall on a 2-year foundation, which highlights the momentum now we have in our enterprise throughout the globe. Our worldwide enterprise achieved one other excellent quarter with widespread success. We’ve got actually shifted previous restoration right into a compelling development story with considerably all our markets attaining gross sales development versus 2019.

Our Latin America and Caribbean area is main the cost with 2-year same-restaurant gross sales outcomes approaching 30% alongside continued energy in Canada, the place we proceed to take market share and strong ends in our latest market, the U.Ok. Within the U.S., our development continued regardless of rolling over stimulus advantages from the prior 12 months and the impression from dangerous climate early within the quarter. This was on the energy of some issues: craveable innovation in our sizzling honey rooster sandwich and biscuit; enjoyable and distinctive promoting on one of many greatest phases on the planet at March Insanity; continued constructive buyer response to our core enhancements like our sizzling and crispy fries; and an improved working surroundings with elevated staffing ranges and extra eating rooms open all through the quarter. As we sit right here right this moment, now we have virtually all our eating rooms open throughout the U.S.

We’re additionally happy that we competed very nicely within the quarter versus our friends as we grew greenback share as soon as once more within the quarter. This retains our streak of rising or sustaining our QSR burger greenback share to an impressive 11 consecutive quarters.

Now let’s check out our three strategic development pillars. We achieved certainly one of our greatest quarters in our historical past for unit development, opening greater than 90 new eating places, which is a major acceleration in comparison with Q1 and This fall of final 12 months. This was proper on plan. And with the sturdy pipeline now we have in place, we stay on observe to develop our web new items by 5% to six% in 2022. We’re additionally very enthusiastic about our not too long ago launched Personal Your Alternative marketing campaign, the place now we have over 400 events who’ve expressed curiosity in turning into a brand new Wendy’s franchisee.

Our digital enterprise accelerated to over 10% of complete gross sales, pushed by good points throughout the globe. Internationally, our digital combine reached roughly 17% as our Canadian digital enterprise, which not too long ago launched in-app provides, continued to develop. Within the U.S., we reached roughly 10% digital gross sales combine, shattering information alongside the way in which. Our March Insanity promotions proved to be an enormous success. They not solely drove extra folks into our app, leading to over a ten% enhance in each complete and energetic customers versus This fall, but additionally a rise in buyer frequency and digital gross sales throughout the promotion.

Rounding out our development pillars, we delivered strong outcomes on the breakfast daypart, the place we had been in a position to develop our morning meal greenback and site visitors share within the QSR burger class, proving that our sturdy choices proceed to resonate with our prospects. The breakfast surroundings was little doubt challenged throughout the business in Q1, impacting our full 12 months breakfast gross sales development expectations. We consider that these are short-term headwinds and our efficiency relative to the business offers us confidence in our capability to hit the low finish of our objectives to develop breakfast gross sales by 10% to twenty% for the total 12 months and attain common weekly U.S. breakfast gross sales of roughly $3,000 to $3,500 per restaurant by year-end. As of final week, we additionally formally launched breakfast in our Canadian eating places. We’re thrilled in regards to the pleasure we’re seeing out there, and now we have gotten off to an awesome begin.

Lastly, in the beginning of the second quarter, we introduced a rise in our share repurchase authorization to $250 million following the profitable completion of our $500 million debt elevate transaction, which highlights our dedication to returning money to our shareholders. Getting this deal accomplished on this robust market was an unbelievable feat that highlights investor confidence in our long-term development plan.

As we glance forward, we’re dedicated to driving our restaurant financial mannequin, which helps the success of our long-term development initiatives and is clear within the monetary well being of our franchisees. We’re laser-focused on our mission to construct our breakfast daypart, speed up our digital enterprise and broaden our footprint throughout the globe. We’re assured that now we have the plans in place to succeed in our objectives, and I couldn’t be extra excited to share extra about our methods to ship a brand new 12 months of development at our Investor Day on June 9.

With that, I’ll go it to GP to speak by means of our first quarter monetary outcomes.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Thanks, Todd. Our first quarter outcomes highlighted the energy of our monetary components in a difficult macro surroundings, showcased by our continued gross sales momentum and an enchancment in our company-operated restaurant margin as we exited quarter one pushed by strategic worth will increase alongside an bettering labor surroundings.

Our World systemwide gross sales grew 4.2%, supported by our footprint growth and really sturdy world same-restaurant gross sales development pushed by one other exceptional quarter from our worldwide enterprise and continued momentum within the U.S. The year-over-year firm restaurant margin lower was pushed primarily by higher-than-expected commodity and labor inflation within the excessive teenagers and mid-teens, respectively; buyer rely declines as we encountered some robust climate early within the quarter and leftover stimulus advantages from final 12 months and the impression of investments to help our entry into the U.Ok. market. These impacts had been partially offset by the good thing about a better common examine pushed by pricing that was slightly below food-away-from-home inflation of 5% to six%. We additionally benefited from the online favorable impression of the acquisition and disposition of eating places in 2021.

The rise in G&A was consistent with our expectations. It was pushed by larger salaries and advantages on account of investments in sources to help our improvement and digital group, elevated journey bills as we lapped COVID-19 restrictions, a better inventory compensation accrual and expertise prices primarily associated to our ERP implementation. Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $107 million, primarily pushed by larger G&A expense and the lower in company-operated restaurant margin. These decreases had been partially offset by larger franchise royalty income.

The lower in adjusted earnings per share was pushed primarily by a decrease adjusted EBITDA, partially offset by fewer shares excellent from our share repurchase program and a lower in curiosity expense on account of our profitable debt refinancing accomplished within the second quarter of 2021. The lower in free money movement resulted from a rise in funds for incentive compensation for the 2021 fiscal 12 months paid in 2022, decrease web earnings and money paid for cloud computing preparations primarily associated to the corporate’s ERP implementation.

Let’s flip to our outlook for 2022. Our monetary outlook for 2022 stays unchanged from the replace offered following the completion of our debt elevate in April. We consider now we have the right combination of pricing, sturdy advertising packages, continued acceleration of our digital gross sales and world unit development to help our monetary targets. We proceed to anticipate sturdy world systemwide gross sales development of 6% to eight%, with over half pushed by same-restaurant gross sales and the rest pushed by our 5% to six% unit development. Our adjusted EBITDA outlook of $490 million to $505 million stays unchanged. We’re anticipating a barely decrease company-operated restaurant margin of 14.5% to fifteen.5% for the 12 months, pushed by larger commodity inflation, which we now anticipate to be within the mid-teens for the total 12 months. That is being partially offset by larger anticipated pricing within the mid to excessive single digits.

We all know we aren’t alone in dealing with quickly rising inflation, however we consider we will handle by means of this with the best pricing ranges to make sure that we preserve our sturdy worth notion whereas defending the restaurant financial mannequin.

Lastly, we’re reaffirming our outlook for adjusted EPS of $0.82 to $0.86, capex of $90 million to $100 million and free money movement of $215 million to $225 million.

To shut, I want to spotlight our capital allocation coverage, which stays unchanged. Our first precedence stays investing in worthwhile development and we’re persevering with to showcase this. Right this moment, we introduced a declaration of our second quarter dividend of $0.125 per share, which aligns with our capital allocation coverage to maintain a gorgeous dividend payout ratio of greater than 50%.

Lastly, we plan to make the most of extra money to repurchase shares and cut back debt. We beforehand introduced the addition of $150 million to our present share repurchase authorization following our debt elevate transaction. This brings our complete authorization to $250 million expiring in February of 2023. We intend to make the most of the remaining proceeds from our debt elevate transaction in accordance with our capital allocation coverage.

We’re totally dedicated to proceed delivering our easy, but highly effective components. We’re an accelerated, environment friendly development firm that’s investing in our strategic pillars and driving sturdy system-wide gross sales development on the backdrop of constructive same-restaurant gross sales and increasing our world footprint, which is translating into important free money flows.

With that, I’ll hand issues again over to Greg.

Greg Lemenchick — Investor Relations

Thanks, GP. As we beforehand introduced, we shall be internet hosting a digital Investor Day on Thursday, June 9. Throughout this occasion, we’re planning to supply an replace on our long-term strategic imaginative and prescient and reintroduce our long-term outlook, together with updates on how we consider our U.S. and worldwide companies will ship a brand new 12 months of development throughout our three strategic development pillars. The displays will start at 9:30 a.m. Japanese Time. Will probably be adopted by a 1-hour reside Q&A session, concluding at roughly 12:00 p.m. Japanese Time. The occasion shall be accessible by means of our Investor Relations web site, irwendys.com.

Now turning to our second quarter investor outreach occasions. Please word that on the finish of this week, we’ll enter right into a quiet interval as we put together for our Investor Day in June. The day after our Investor Day, we plan to do an NDR with Evercore in New York on Friday, June 10. We are going to then attend the Oppenheimer Digital Convention on June 15, adopted by an investor name on June 16 with Kalinowski Fairness Analysis.

Lastly, we are going to spherical out the month with two West Coast NDRs, the primary in LA with Piper Sandler on June 21, adopted by one in San Francisco with Morgan Stanley on June 22. In case you are involved in becoming a member of us at any of those occasions, please contact the respective sell-side analyst or fairness gross sales contact on the host agency. Lastly, we plan to report our second quarter earnings and host a convention name that very same day on August 10.

As we transition into our Q&A piece, I wished to as soon as once more remind everybody on the decision that because of the excessive variety of masking analysts, we shall be limiting everybody to 1 query solely. And with that, we’re able to take your questions.

Questions and Solutions:

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Your first query comes from Andrew Charles from Cowen. Your line is open.

Andrew Charles — Cowen — Analyst

Nice. Thanks. It appears just like the breakfast mixture of gross sales primarily based on what was disclosed within the Q ticked down nearer to 7% within the quarter from about 7.8% within the fourth quarter. So was questioning for those who might speak a bit extra in regards to the breakfast headwinds that you simply referred to as out within the quarter that’s main to focus on the low finish of 10% to twenty% on your steering?

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. Thanks for the query, Andrew. As we take a look at the breakfast enterprise in Q1, the class was a bit bit softer than we had anticipated. Clearly, climate in January and February had an impression on the breakfast enterprise. Omicron early within the quarter had an impression on the breakfast enterprise. And what we did see is the class softened a bit on the breakfast daypart. That mentioned, we gained greenback and site visitors share within the QSR burger class in Q1 on the breakfast daypart, and we’re certainly one of only a few to try this.

So we’re seeing some good momentum inside that breakfast daypart. There’s some seasonality yearly to breakfast. And we’re feeling actually good in regards to the plans that now we have in place for the remainder of the 12 months to proceed to drive consciousness, to drive trial and also you’ve seen that as we began Q2 with the biscuit promotion, which has introduced some of us again into the breakfast daypart as we transfer previous form of the winter months and individuals are beginning to return into their morning routine. So we’re feeling very assured that we will get to the low finish of that 10% to twenty% development on a full 12 months foundation and actually be squarely in that $3,000 to $3,500 per week per restaurant by the top of the 12 months.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Gregory Francfort from Guggenheim Securities.

Greg Francfort — Guggenheim Securities — Analyst

Hey, thanks for the query. Simply any replace on form of how REEF kitchens goes and the plans to speed up items there this 12 months, the subsequent couple of years? Simply any ideas typically on form of possibly how these are performing could be useful. Thanks.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. Only a few ideas on REEF. In order we sit right here approaching on the finish of the primary quarter, now we have over 60 REEF items open. As you recognize, we’re opening them within the U.Ok., Canada and within the U.S. As we take a look at the place a few of our best-performing REEF kitchens are, they’ve been within the worldwide places and we proceed to have nice momentum there. And we’re beginning to construct out their footprint right here within the U.S. and are very assured that they will present entry to our model in quite a lot of the city places the place we don’t have eating places but right this moment.

We’re nonetheless constructing the gross sales in these eating places, are nonetheless constructing consciousness, however we’re partnering intently with the REEF workforce to proceed to ensure that they’re able to win, they usually’re actually targeted on reallocating their sources in direction of their worthwhile restaurant companies to make sure that they develop with us and help our development shifting ahead.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Brian Bittner from Oppenheimer.

Brian Bittner — Oppenheimer — Analyst

Thanks. Good morning. My query is on first quarter outcomes and the outlook. Because it pertains to the primary quarter outcomes, they had been barely beneath the analyst communities’ forecast particularly on EBITDA, however I additionally notice you don’t have particular first quarter steering on the market. So the query is, had been the outcomes consistent with your expectations? Or did you must elevate your inner expectations for the rest of the 12 months in an effort to preserve your full 12 months EBITDA steering in place? Any shade on that may be useful.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure, I’ll begin with the highest line after which have GP speak a bit bit in regards to the backside line. On the highest line, however a few of the impacts that we noticed on climate in January and February, we had been on our plan. So net-net a bit bit beneath the plan due to these climate impacts, however on observe with what we thought we might be doing internally and that was on the highest line.

On the underside line, I’ll let GP remark, however we did see a bit extra headwind early on within the quarter from commodities out of the gate, however now we have some good development on margin enhancement all through the quarter. GP?

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Sure. Good morning, Brian. The primary quarter from a margin standpoint didn’t totally go to plan. We missed gross sales barely, that clearly created leverage strain. However extra importantly, commodity and labor inflation was a bit bit larger than what we anticipated. No one recalled it on the ready remarks, now we have commodity inflation within the excessive teenagers and labor inflation within the mid-teens. So an honest quantity of headwind that explains the vast majority of the margin development versus the prior quarter.

We’ve got taken pricing in P3 that translated already within the acceleration in our restaurant margin in P3. As you might have seen, our margin for the quarter was 11.6%. The P3 margin was really 14%. With a purpose to get to our outlook, we’re taking extra pricing within the second quarter. Due to this fact, from a fiscal 12 months standpoint, the pricing is stepping up from form of mid-single pricing expectation that we talked about final time to mid-to-high single digits. That’s then translating clearly in margin enchancment beginning within the second quarter. So we’d anticipate to sequentially enhance. Mixed worth will increase with much less inflationary strain within the 12 months to go, we’re snug with the margin steering of 14.5% to fifteen.5%.

To be clear, the margin steering just isn’t relying on any new pricing after quarter two. We expect now we have really extra pricing energy left. If clearly, inflationary pressures are going to speed up additional, we shall be stepping in to take extra worth. I’ve to say we’re taking a long-term view on the enterprise. We need to make completely positive we’re attracting new site visitors into our eating places. I feel we’re doing a superb balancing act on managing inflationary headwinds with restaurant financial mannequin. And it’s actually mirrored in our margin steering.

As you may need picked up from the ready remarks, the steering features a headwind for our U.Ok. eating places and the investments we’re making there of about 50 foundation factors. So really, for those who again that out, the U.S. margin is sitting between 15% and 16%. So that is mainly consistent with the pre-COVID margins we had again in 2019. The one distinction is now we have been dealing with mainly far more margin strain — far more commodity strain and labor strain than what we had again in ’19.

To finish the image, so with all of the that we’re very assured on the margin image and the margin outlook, now we have tightened the G&A outlook a bit bit, we haven’t modified the vary however now we have shifted it down a bit bit. We additionally had a bit bit extra earnings on web franchise charge earnings as a consequence of a bit bit extra franchise fleet exercise. In order that hopefully — was a protracted reply, hopefully explains the query.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Jeff Farmer from Gordon Haskett.

Jeff Farmer — Gordon Haskett — Analyst

Thanks. On the final name, you famous that I feel it was roughly one-third of your prospects are making lower than $45,000 per 12 months. I’m simply curious what you’ve seen from this visitor phase in latest months? And is that this buyer earnings combine just like what you’ve seen or what you’ll see out of your different fast service friends, that means do in addition they see roughly one-third of their prospects underneath $45,000?

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. On the patron segmentation, it’s roughly the identical throughout all of the QSR. What we’ve seen within the first quarter form of bucketing it on the underneath $75,000 cohort of consumers, now we have seen a few of these of us begin to sluggish on the site visitors inside the class, however that’s been made up for by the parents making over $75,000. So on entire, we’re hanging in there fairly nicely with a few of the shifts between the 2, and that’s actually why we’re working so onerous on our calendar to ensure that we’ve bought digital provides in our app, proceed to work to ensure that now we have a 4 for $4 providing on the market, commerce of us up into the $5 Biggie Bag, which is compelling worth, do the issues that we have to do on the innovation entrance to proceed to maintain our menu contemporary and on the highest of thoughts for customers to return in and even drive issues just like the buck biscuit trial promotion that was out there to start out the 12 months to ensure that we will proceed to have our prospects again, carry them in, ensure that we’re targeted not solely on driving greenback gross sales, however driving site visitors.

And what we’re actually happy with in Q1 with all of that backdrop is we did once more acquire greenback share within the first quarter. So we’re now 11 consecutive quarters of holding or gaining greenback share. And within the quarter, we’re in a position to maintain site visitors share on the all-day QSR burger phase.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Chris O’Cull from Stifel. Your line is open.

Chris O’Cull — Stifel — Analyst

Thanks. Good morning, guys. Todd, how are U.S. franchisees reacting to the margin strain and even rising rates of interest? I’m simply attempting to grasp how these components may have an effect on the willingness to open new items and even simply make investments within the enterprise.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. No, as you consider the partnership that we’ve at all times had with our franchise group, it’s actually tight. And we’re repeatedly assembly with them to make the best calendar changes, to ensure that we’re nonetheless targeted on our 1 extra go to, 1 extra greenback technique. So we’ve bought that good excessive mortgage calendar in place, proceed to drive of us into our app, and actually accomplice with them to drive quite a lot of revenue enhancement actions alongside the way in which. What we have to do on worth, how we proceed to carry in there properly on combine, how we commerce of us up with nice innovation in the remainder of the daypart in addition to breakfast.

After which quite a lot of work to essentially take out a few of the complexity behind the home of the eating places, and we proceed to drive op simplification to ensure that we handle the profitability story. As GP mentioned earlier, we’re beginning to construct margin. GP talked about P3, talked about further pricing actions into Q2. And as we take into consideration the final 2 years, we’ve had quite a lot of momentum in our enterprise. We talked about file earnings in 2020. We’re amassing our franchise financials proper now, and I’ll let GP speak by means of that.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Sure. Todd, now we have preliminary financials. We are going to finalize it after which form of present the total element at Investor Day, however the headline is file revenue for the U.S. franchise system in 2021. That’s constructive. Leverage ratios on their steadiness sheet are mainly unchanged. And as we take a look at our benchmarks, our franchisees are much less levered than the business benchmarks.

Because of it, we really feel snug that we’re actually going into clearly a more durable time with very wholesome steadiness sheet, file earnings and, subsequently, instilling confidence within the development algorithm for our model and for our system.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

So net-net, Chris, what you’re actually seeing is that we’ve had some nice momentum on the unit improvement in Q1. We’re nonetheless snug with the sturdy pipeline that now we have in place and the commitments that now we have to ship on the brand new restaurant openings this 12 months, that our franchisees are able to get to that 5% to six% web unit development throughout the course of the 12 months.

Provide chain is a bit more challenged, and the workforce has completed an awesome job actually getting forward of constructing positive we’ve bought all of the elements to get to these openings this calendar 12 months.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Dennis Geiger from UBS.

Dennis Geiger — UBS Securities — Analyst

Nice. Thanks. I used to be questioning for those who might speak a bit bit extra in regards to the implied same-store gross sales development for the remainder of the 12 months from right here. It feels like, Todd, you mentioned form of 1Q gross sales had been mainly in line, excluding climate, and I do know you referred to as out a strong calendar for the remainder of the 12 months. However questioning if there’s any extra shade you would present on fascinated with remainder of the 12 months drivers there, cadence, something with stimulus lapse? Anything on form of remainder of 12 months gross sales? Thanks.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. I’ll provide you with a number of ideas on that. What we’re actually happy with from This fall into Q1, we noticed our 2-year same-restaurant gross sales speed up properly. And we anticipate it to speed up even additional into Q2 as we lap over a really sturdy comp from a 12 months in the past. However after we take a look at the 2-year stack, we anticipate one other construct into Q2. We at all times thought that our 1-year same-restaurant gross sales could be a bit softer within the first half as we lap over these huge comps after which begin to speed up within the again half of the 12 months. That’s nonetheless our expectation. And even within the again half of the 12 months, we’ll nonetheless see double-digit 2-year comps, possibly to not the total extent that we noticed within the entrance half of the 12 months, it’s simply balancing out in opposition to the year-on-year comps that we’re managing in opposition to.

And if I take a look at the remainder of the 12 months, the explanation why now we have a lot confidence is only a large quantity of alternative shifting ahead, proper? We’re beginning to get extra eating rooms open. We’ve bought most of our eating rooms open as we stand right here right this moment. We’re beginning to see prolonged hours of operation choose up properly right here within the second quarter. So we’re getting a bit bit later into the night with our eating places open. The calendar is chock-full with some good innovation in opposition to Made to Crave within the again half of the 12 months. We’ve bought some new innovation approaching the breakfast daypart, as we’ve talked about prior to now. We proceed to have an awesome partnership with the franchise group to ensure now we have digital provides to drive of us into the digital enviornment. And we’re actually working onerous to ensure that we bought a greater cell takeout and higher cell supply play shifting ahead by getting racks into the restaurant, so we will get our shopper out and in faster to essentially have an environment friendly take-out expertise in our eating places.

So these issues actually line as much as give us quite a lot of confidence that we will proceed to drive the enterprise shifting ahead. And we’ve been rising share, as I’ve talked about earlier, and our expectation is we’re going to proceed the momentum all through this calendar 12 months with these initiatives.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

And Dennis, I’d say, on high of all of the tailwinds that Todd talked about, we undoubtedly anticipate additionally acceleration in pricing, as I talked about in my earlier reply. Constructive combine, whereas now we have really seen constructive combine within the first quarter, there’s actually constructive combine on high of constructive combine. So our advertising programming, as Todd mentioned, is working nicely. And as you recognize, 2nd of Might, we launched Canadian breakfast. We do anticipate on the 12 months that to carry the worldwide SRS by 3% to 4%. So, clearly, it’s back-end loaded mechanically, that creates even a bit bit extra tailwind for the 12 months to return.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Jeffrey Bernstein from Barclays.

Jeff Bernstein — Barclays — Analyst

Nice. Thanks. As you talked about earlier, it looks as if maybe we’re a slowing macro. I feel most buyers suppose fast service is nicely positioned versus the remainder of the business in that sort of surroundings. However I’m simply questioning how you consider Wendy’s inside fast service? I do know Wendy’s is usually positioned on the larger finish of QSR. And particularly I feel you famous that the decrease finish of the patron is slowing of their visitations. So I’m simply attempting to higher perceive your outlook for the remainder of the 12 months in that surroundings. I do know you talked about you suppose you might have confidence in additional pricing energy. Simply questioning the way you possibly observe elasticity? Simply attempting to get a way on your confidence in that comp acceleration in what is going to probably be a slowing macro.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Jeff, we proceed to look at quite a lot of metrics and one which we’re actually targeted on is value what you pay. And that’s not simply form of the worth of our items, but it surely’s the general expertise, it’s the standard of the innovation, it’s the information that we carry to the class each single day. And as you say, QSR is the place to be. U.S. demand is usually sturdy. Wage development nonetheless there, financial savings are nonetheless larger than historic ranges, however inflation is being seen by the customers. And that’s why we proceed to assemble our calendar with issues like a spotlight round a $5 Biggie Bag, good trade-up from 4 for $4, that may drive customers into our eating places. However we’ll additionally proceed to have some nice information on the remainder of the daypart to drive quite a lot of innovation to maneuver our enterprise ahead.

Velocity, comfort, affordability is why of us proceed to return again to QSR. We are saying that persistently again and again. However we’ve completed quite a lot of work to essentially differentiate across the high quality of what we ship within the restaurant. The work we’ve completed on the Sizzling & Crispy, Assured. The work that we’re doing to roll out DSG 2.0 is to have hotter and juicier hamburgers. The work that we do to proceed to enhance our velocity of service, leveraging our digital initiatives and placing racks into the restaurant, get our eating rooms open, these are all issues which have us nicely positioned with relative worth not simply within the QSR house, however relative worth to quick informal, mid-scale informal when you consider the standard that we ship for all of the affordability and comfort that we offer.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Jeff. And to your query on elasticity, whereas now we have a fairly good understanding which a part of the menu are extra elastic and that are much less elastic to cost modifications, we’re clearly attempting to steadiness that as greatest as we will. I can let you know, our flow-through price on pricing is fairly excessive. It’s about 85%. So I can let you know that out of gate. Elasticity, for positive, but it surely’s really in all probability lower than you suppose. It’s little bit north of 85%.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Sara Senatore from Financial institution of America.

Sara Senatore — Financial institution of America — Analyst

Thanks very a lot. I wished to ask about site visitors. You talked about you’re taking site visitors share, however, clearly, site visitors was destructive. And the business site visitors, subsequently, I assume is destructive. I do know you talked about constructive combine as a few of which may be nonetheless seeing order aggregation and that sort of dynamic. However I used to be simply questioning how you consider this dynamic and its persistence and, particularly, given that you simply’re going to take extra worth and also you’ll nonetheless see that menu combine profit, implicitly, I assume, site visitors might be much more destructive within the second quarter. So might you simply speak by means of that, please, and whether or not there are form of limits to a ticket-driven examine?

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure, Sara, as you talked about, the entire[Phonetic] site visitors was destructive for us within the first quarter and within the class. And the excellent news is we held site visitors share inside that dynamic. However I feel there are some distinctive issues that occurred throughout the first quarter.

Clearly, it began out with Omicron, quite a lot of of us staying dwelling. That impacted site visitors. You had quite a lot of climate impacts that began this 12 months versus final 12 months in January and February. And then you definately had a shopper that needed to get adjusted to a few of the excessive inflation that hit particularly on the gasoline pump after they stuffed up for that first time in March that they’ve now adjusted to. So I feel a few of these dynamics had an even bigger impression, outsized impression on site visitors within the class in Q1.

We’re beginning to transfer into the summer time months. Our relative worth food-at-home versus food-away-from-home, the hole is vast to over 300 foundation factors of extra inflation for food-at-home versus food-away-from-home, which is a constructive for us. So I do suppose as we begin to transfer into the summer time months, we begin to get extra eating rooms open, we begin to get staffing in a greater place, we begin to have extra prolonged hours in our restaurant, that bodes nicely to begin to proceed to win within the site visitors enviornment.

And as GP mentioned earlier, we’re going to be actually good on our pricing. The place will we take pricing? The place will we deal it again? The place do now we have the promotions that we want? The place do now we have the excessive/low menu to ensure that now we have our prospects again? So we handle by means of the near-term pressures however nonetheless proceed to have a loyal buyer base on the opposite aspect of the near-term headwinds that we’re seeing right this moment.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Brian Mullan from Deutsche Financial institution.

Brian Mullan — Deutsche Financial institution — Analyst

Hey, thanks. Only a follow-up on the breakfast enterprise within the U.S. If for some purpose you weren’t in a position to fairly attain that $3,000 to $3,500 per week goal by the top of this 12 months and even for those who do, is there a state of affairs the place it might make strategic sense to help that enterprise with continued company promoting past this 12 months? And I ask that inside the context of what’s a big and necessary long-term alternative for Wendy’s?

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Brian. Good query. We are literally fairly pleased with our breakfast enterprise as we gained market share each in site visitors and {dollars} in a that form of robust class. The class was down excessive single digits to really get development out of it. We’re fairly happy with. The plan is that we’re having no firm funding in 2023 on the U.S. enterprise. We completely consider it has sufficient scale to face by itself toes. Canadian enterprise will certainly have a bit bit funding however a bit step down versus what we’re investing in 2022.

And for me, the most important proof level remains to be our legacy eating places, proper? The legacy eating places are sitting within the $4,000 to $4,500 vary, so greater than 10% of gross sales. I see no purpose that in the remainder of the nation, the place we began a bit bit delayed with the breakfast entry, we shouldn’t get to the identical quantity. So I view the primary quarter outcomes actually as a bit bump. As Todd mentioned, there’s quite a lot of issues to love about our breakfast enterprise. And I don’t suppose, and we don’t consider it wants incremental P&L investments in 2023.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Jon Tower from Citi.

Jon Tower — Citi — Analyst

Nice. Thanks for taking the query. Simply a few clarifications after which a query, if I’ll. By way of the G&A steering for the 12 months, that’s nonetheless intact from final name. After which when it comes to the commentary round same-store gross sales within the U.S. I do know final 12 months, we had been lapping some noise round calendar shifts 1Q to 2Q and fascinated with that on a multiyear foundation, how we should always take into consideration that ourselves given a few of the calendar shifts within the mannequin?

After which particular to the query itself, I hoped you would get into how loyalty customers are digging into the model? And for those who’ve seen any shifts, I feel Todd, you had talked about the decrease earnings — or excuse me, these customers which are making about $75,000 and beneath are coming much less continuously than prior to now. Are you seeing that equally play out for the loyalty customers? Or are these nonetheless working above the remainder of the common buyer? Thanks.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Jon. Simply your technical questions on G&A. Sure, the G&A steering is unchanged at $250 million to $260 million however inside this vary the inner forecast form of steps down a bit bit with some efficiencies.

On the SS entrance, you might have a superb reminiscence within the first quarter of final 12 months because of the first — because of the 53rd week, there was a 2.5% shift that you must think about as you do your calculation and evaluation of the enterprise. I feel Todd goes to reply the query on loyalty.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. On the loyalty entrance, we’re actually happy. We had been — the official breakfast, official hamburger of the NCAA March Insanity Match, we had quite a lot of consciousness on the market driving customers into our app. We noticed a pleasant 10% enhance in complete loyalty customers. We noticed a pleasant 10% enhance in month-to-month energetic customers. And what we’re actually happy with is the parents that change into our energetic person inside our app, the frequency elevated properly for these of us throughout the course of the primary quarter. So as soon as we get of us into our loyalty program, they, as we might have anticipated, change into a way more frequent buyer, and that does reduce throughout all demographics.

So we’re feeling actually good that now we have to proceed to drive consciousness, get of us into the app. It helps velocity up the drive-thru, helps drive order accuracy, helps with quickness of cost after which in the end offers quite a lot of profit for us over time as we get all that info to higher connect with our shopper on a one-to-one foundation. So a superb funding to proceed to do shifting ahead for us.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Nicole Miller from Piper Sandler.

Nicole Regan — Piper Sandler — Analyst

Thanks. Good morning. Only a level of clarification, please, on the margin of 14.5% to fifteen.5%. Is that for the second quarter or the total 12 months? And if the total 12 months, would the second quarter be markedly totally different? So I apologize for that clarification.

And my query is round market share good points. It’s nice to listen to about breakfast. When you consider the opposite dayparts exterior of breakfast, the place are you able to win or cede[Phonetic] share when it comes to legacy QSR, possibly the broader casual consuming out market? And truly simply interested by comfort shops, for instance, form of what’s occurring now and as you are taking some worth, what may occur? And sorry, we should always embody at-home too as a result of possibly folks begin to eat there. Thanks.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning Nicole. So, sure, I threw quite a lot of numbers on the market in my margin speak observe. So the steering for the 12 months is 14.5% to fifteen.5%. That could be a world margin steering for the 12 months. The U.S. margin is mainly 50 foundation factors larger due to the U.Ok. funding of about 50 foundation factors. The earlier steering was 15% to 16.5% world margin steering as nicely.

I’m completely anticipating that margin goes to beginning to step up within the second quarter. And, once more, now we have seen the indicators of this already in Q3 as we took our first worth enhance, and we’re taking one other worth enhance within the second quarter plus within the second half, inflationary strain goes to ease primarily due to comparisons, we really feel snug with the margin steering that now we have. Over to you, Todd.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. As you consider the place do now we have the chance to proceed to construct gross sales. So clearly, as we drive trial, drive consciousness and proceed to construct a robust calendar, not solely on disruptive promotions on the breakfast daypart to carry of us in to trial us, however to carry some information with innovation all year long, that’s a chance to continue to grow our enterprise. As we get eating rooms open and have a extra seamless digital expertise and do the issues we’re doing with our racks within the restaurant to take some strain off the drive-thru, throughput at lunch and dinner proceed to be alternatives for us to develop. And most significantly, as we proceed to broaden our hours of operation later into the night, it’s an enormous alternative for us throughout the system to proceed to develop our enterprise.

Relative to the place we’re taking pricing and what shall be occurring at C-stores, we do nonetheless suppose they’ve a pleasant relative benefit. There’s quite a lot of inflation occurring on the grocery retailer, which implies quite a lot of inflation occurring within the C shops. So when you consider what they should do to carry their margins to take pricing, I consider our relative worth, our scale and the way we’re managing issues with provide chain places us able to have significantly better worth than the alternatives that folk would have had at a C-store, as an example, with a heck of much more comfort with the drive-thru and the cell ordering that goes together with our expertise.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Andrew Strelzik from BMO.

Andrew Strelzik — BMO Capital Markets — Analyst

Hey. Good morning. Thanks for taking my query. I wished to ask one other one on breakfast. You talked about that the lowered breakfast outlook was associated to the primary quarter, not the remainder of the 12 months. Nevertheless it looks as if getting customers to department out into a brand new daypart could also be harder if the spending surroundings is softer. So I assume I’m simply curious on your perspective on that. Perhaps you might have some proof that, that may not be the case? And the way do you consider the levers and adaptability of the breakfast technique if it had been to play out that means? Thanks.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure, I feel there’ll be a few good tailwinds. I feel early within the quarter, we talked lots about of us staying at dwelling and the impacts of Omicron. You’re beginning to see much more of us return to the workplace, really feel snug entering into their routines, having that mobility actually begin to choose again up, actually offers us a chance to showcase our nice breakfast. We all know it’s nonetheless our highest buyer satisfaction daypart. We’ve bought nice velocity of service. We all know we get good repeat after we drive the trial into that breakfast daypart.

So we’re feeling very optimistic that as of us get out and take a look at comfort of a sizzling rapidly ready breakfast on the go, that we will serve that want fairly properly shifting ahead. We are going to proceed to do issues like we’ve completed. The disruptive promotion that we had right here in P4 to start out the quarter to drive of us to trial our nice providing, it’s one factor we’ll proceed to do. And we’ll proceed to innovate each on the meals and the beverage entrance shifting ahead. So persevering with to carry that information not solely drives consciousness, but it surely drives trial and will get of us into the routine and brings in additional of the entire household somewhat than simply a person that’s headed into the workplace within the morning. So we predict we’ve bought all of that taking part in out properly the way in which our calendar is constructed shifting ahead with loads of help to ship that.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Brett Levy from MKM.

Brett Levy — MKM Companions — Analyst

Thanks for taking the query. While you take a look at the combo and what you’re seeing throughout totally different cohorts, are you able to attempt to unpack a bit bit extra how a lot you’re seeing when it comes to deal transactions, worth transactions, simply, I assume, total or by the above or beneath $75,000 cohorts? Thanks.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Brett. So the QSR enterprise is at all times aggressive. Clearly, everyone tries to do some little bit of worth promotions. We’re doing it our means with platforms that we completely personal, proper? We’re attempting emigrate presently the 4 for $4 person and create carry upside right into a $5 Biggie Bag. It’s certainly one of our methods. You see varied actions to clearly appeal to customers into the loyalty database stage. So there’s quite a lot of digital provides on the market, in all probability far more than form of 2 to three years in the past.

Why will we do that? As a result of we’re, clearly, not a digital buyer with an even bigger common examine and decrease price to satisfy the respective orders for us. However I’d not characterize the scenario as ahead hitting[Phonetic] from a worth standpoint. We’ve got a superb unfold of form of checks between the low earnings and the excessive earnings shopper. The low earnings shopper that buys the 4 for $4 nonetheless will get to a fairly respectable and respectable examine that we make some huge cash on.

So I feel we’re nicely balanced. Our promotional strategy is balanced. And I feel that the class just isn’t form of identical, we aren’t driving form of loopy worth factors that have an effect on profitability.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. Our decrease earnings shopper doesn’t make selections then all through the quarter, proper? The start of the pay cycle, it’s good to commerce as much as an awesome on a regular basis providing or main crave providing later within the pay cycle, they commerce into the 4 for $4 or $5 Biggie Bag. That’s why it’s necessary to have these choices to ensure that we’re there to have their again as a result of they’re a loyal and constant buyer for our model.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Jared Garber from Goldman Sachs.

Jared Garber — Goldman Sachs — Analyst

Good morning. Thanks for taking the query. I simply wished to maneuver again on two questions, one on digital after which one on breakfast. Digital transaction, I feel you mentioned — or somewhat digital in Canada was about 17% of the combo, whereas within the U.S., it’s about 10%. So I simply wished to get a way of possibly what’s driving the delta in these two markets? And if there’s any type of learnings from the Canadian market that you could carry over to the U.S. and to get that quantity to speed up a bit extra? Or if there’s simply variations out there that’s driving that organically?

After which on breakfast, wished to simply get an replace on what you’re seeing when it comes to your core buyer attempting that providing. I feel the final replace you heard was about — I feel it was lower than 50% of the core buyer had tried breakfast. I simply wished to get a way of what the remaining alternative there to get your most loyal prospects into the daypart? Thanks.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

Sure. On the digital combine, it’s 10% within the U.S., it’s 17% throughout worldwide, proper? Canadian is an enormous driver of that enterprise. In Canada, now we have a extremely huge supply enterprise. We bought extra of an city footprint in lots of cases, an awesome accomplice with [Indecipherable]. We’ve added Uber Eats. We proceed to construct out the supply enterprise to drive the comfort in that market. We did add provides to the expertise in Canada, which has helped to speed up issues. However fairly truthfully, there’s extra instruments that may come to the digital expertise in worldwide which are already in place within the U.S. to speed up worldwide even additional.

So we bought to proceed to drive consciousness that you could get meals delivered from Wendy’s, whether or not that’s within the U.S. or worldwide, that we do have an awesome app, that we do have a loyalty program, and that’s what you noticed us to do in Q1 with all of the help that we had throughout the March Insanity occasion.

On the breakfast aspect, we nonetheless do have an enormous preponderance of our prospects that be a part of us for lunch, be a part of us for dinner that also have the chance to trial us at breakfast. So we’ve bought lots underneath our management to proceed to get of us to bounce again to drive consciousness on the restaurant stage earlier than we even should begin to assault of us throughout the remainder of QSR which are already into the breakfast daypart. And that’s why you’ll see the calendar, as we’ve talked about many instances on this name, a mix of some disruptive promotions, a mix of fairness promoting round breakfast, some information that we’ll proceed to carry to the class all year long to proceed to ensure that we drive that consciousness, drive that trial.

Our consciousness ranges are in an awesome spot. They proceed to be proper there with the place Burger King is, that’s been within the business within the breakfast enterprise for over 30 years, so we be ok with that. We simply bought to proceed to ensure that we construct the routine, which we’re feeling good that we’ve bought the instruments in place to make that occur to have a really profitable enterprise that grows for the long run.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from James Sanderson from Northcoast.

Jim Sanderson — Northcoast Analysis — Analyst

Thanks for the query. I simply wished so that you can touch upon whether or not your outlook for U.Ok. or broader European improvement has adjusted given the battle in Russia? And for those who might additionally remind us what sort of unit development you anticipate out of the Canadian market going ahead? Thanks.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Jim. In order you recognize, Europe is clearly certainly one of our focus areas. It’s one of many few markets the place we’re doing white house growth as a part of our world development aim to succeed in 8,500 to 9,000 eating places globally. You’re questioning immediately, clearly, the Ukrainian warfare. We’re immediately not impacted aside from a few eating places in Georgia and Kazakhstan that — but it surely’s small. It’s not materials. It has clearly an impression on inflationary pressures in Europe.

Having mentioned all of that, there’s enormous curiosity by franchisees in our European growth plans. We’ve got signed up now a number of franchisees already for the U.Ok. market. They’re very excited to hitch our firm restaurant footprint. As you recognize, we expect by the top of this 12 months between 50 and 60 eating places within the U.Ok., a mix of firm eating places and supply kitchens, so REEFs[Phonetic]. So total, that may be a constructive.

Total, for worldwide, for this 12 months, we expect a few 20% unit development price, primarily targeted in India, Philippines, clearly, within the U.Ok. We’ve got not given out a particular quantity for Canada. We’d do this at Investor Day, however we undoubtedly expect acceleration, once more, particularly pushed by the REEF Ghost Kitchen the place we’re once more penetrating the city markets the place now we have no presence in the mean time.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Rahul Krotth[Phonetic] from JPMorgan.

Unidentified Participant — — Analyst

Good morning guys. Thanks for taking my query. I simply wished to examine on the rooster contract that I feel you guys mentioned was finalized earlier this 12 months. You mentioned it comes as the price[Phonetic], however wasn’t this factored into the earlier excessive single-digit inflation information already? Or does this have like a price part on this contract hooked up to corn or one thing which influences the rooster price?

And likewise wanting on the 50s and 90s, they give the impression of being to be stabilizing right here. So I used to be curious if there are any extra drivers you would level us to for the revision to the mid-teens information for full 12 months on COGS?

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Rahul. Sure, you’re proper. Rooster didn’t considerably contribute to our revised inflationary outlook. The revised inflationary outlook was pushed primarily by beef. Beef went up considerably. The opposite a number of objects the place we didn’t have protection but, that elevated sharply. Because of this, we needed to revise our commodity steering to the mid-teens for the 12 months.

I undoubtedly didn’t anticipate that, but it surely moved quickly on us. And now we have taken the suitable motion from a pricing standpoint. And as you recognize, proper, we need to do each. We need to achieve success on site visitors share and greenback share efficiency. So now we have taken pricing motion, however now we have not tried within the brief time period to offset all of the inflationary pressures with pricing. Because of this we’re taking the restaurant margin steering down ever so barely with out altering our EBITDA or free money movement outlook as a result of we’re on this for the lengthy haul. We need to ensure that we’re attracting extra customers and persevering with our streak of holding or constructing and increasing our greenback and site visitors share within the class.

Operator

Your subsequent query comes from Eric Gonzalez from KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Eric Gonzalez — KeyBanc — Analyst

Good morning. Are you able to discuss possibly the breakfast combine or the common would-be gross sales as you exited the quarter? After which possibly the timing of that $16 million in promoting spend that’s deliberate for the 12 months, was there a chance to tug again on that spending within the first quarter because the COVID headwinds grew to become extra obvious? And if not, possibly you would simply give us some shade on the timing of the full promoting strain for the daypart because the 12 months progresses? Thanks.

Todd Penegor — President and Chief Government Officer

As you consider our complete strain, not simply the incremental {dollars} that we put in place, however the {dollars} that we use from the Wenatch[Phonetic] contributions on the advert fund, it’s fairly evenly unfold on the [Technical Issues]. We get means forward of our [Technical Issues] So fairly evenly break up.

As you consider the place our breakfast enterprise has gone, clearly, it was impacted much more in interval 1, interval 2. As I mentioned, whether or not of us are staying at dwelling with Omicron, going to begin to see some acceleration into finish of P3. And clearly, as we get into [Technical Issues] that we had a 12 months in the past in Q2, breakfast performs a job in that. And with the $1.50[Phonetic] promotion that was on the market in P4, that’s contributing to the power to speed up our 2-year same-restaurant gross sales in Q2.

Operator

Our final query comes from Peter Saleh from BTIG.

Peter Saleh — BTIG — Analyst

Nice. Thanks. I simply wished to ask for those who guys might give an replace on the brand new grills that you simply had been putting in in a few of the company-owned items? Any replace there on the labor financial savings that you simply’re seeing? Or possibly menu innovation that you could execute on these grills? After which simply lastly, is there a franchisee urge for food to implement these as nicely? Or is that one thing for a later cut-off date? Thanks.

Gunther Plosch — Chief Monetary Officer

Good morning, Peter. Sure, we’re very excited in regards to the double-sided grills, not simply we, the corporate and franchise, however really our whole system. We’ve got a fairly sturdy order ebook on the market for these double-sided grills throughout the 2 suppliers which are supplying these. A good quantity has been put in already. And there’s quite a lot of pleasure partially within the system about that funding.

Your suspicion is true, it really additionally permits further innovation. Clearly, we don’t need to disclose it at that cut-off date. And so we predict it would contribute to higher high quality, higher buyer satisfaction. So it’s actually an try to do two issues.

First, enhance the meals high quality of our burgers which have been cooked on the grill and provides us an opportunity to really unencumber a bit little bit of labor as a result of cook dinner instances are a lot, a lot shorter. In order that’s the explanation why we’re behind this. To be clear, we aren’t funding for the system any of these investments. The franchisees are stepping up and making the investments themselves as a result of they completely consider it’s an funding with an awesome monetary return.

Greg Lemenchick — Investor Relations

Thanks, Pete. That was our final query on the decision. Thanks, Todd and GP, and thanks, everybody, for collaborating this morning. We sit up for talking with you once more at our Investor Day on June 9. Have an awesome day. You might now disconnect.



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