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| On behalf of all of us at Aramark, we're extremely grateful for Art's service to the company |
| Our results were aided by our innovative yet practical approach to technology |
| Now to the quarter, I am really pleased with a great start to the new fiscal year, generating broad-based revenue and AOI growth with solid margin improvement across the business |
| The strong performance resulted in record revenue for both the FSS U.S |
| and International segments, along with record first quarter profit in International |
| Our growth-focused strategies are working and we're seeing favorable margin trends driven by prior year's new contract maturities, scale efficiencies in our purchasing and tight SG&A cost management, and which has been helped by moderating inflation |
| We are confident in the momentum that continues to build across the business |
| And so we're very pleased with the overall performance |
| Autumn Bayles who runs that organization having taken over for John Orobono last year when he passed away is doing a terrific job, has really integrated very efficiently and effectively into the leadership of that role |
| It's a terrific organization |
| I'm very pleased with the financial results this quarter |
| Our top-line momentum continued in the first quarter with year-over-year organic revenue growth of 13%, which was driven by especially strong base business growth net new business and pricing |
| A combination of higher sales volume and pricing contributed to the favorable trends that are positively driving the top-line |
| segment increased organic revenue 10% compared to the prior year, starting with Collegiate Hospitality which experienced strong performance in residential dining, retail and catering, as well as improved pricing with the start of the academic year |
| The fiscal 2024 now underway, we look ahead with great confidence |
| Sports & Entertainment demonstrated strong per capita spending and high attendance levels from the NFL and NCAA regular seasons along with more concert events |
| The foundation is set for continued success and we expect our momentum to carry through this year and beyond |
| And workplace experience benefited from the startup of significant new client wins and strong base business growth as our services provide a compelling solution for employers, with revenue in this business now fully recovered from pre-COVID levels |
| We are highly encouraged by what we saw in the first quarter and the continued strength in the business around organic revenue growth, supply chain initiatives and cost discipline combined with inflation moderating |
| Performance was driven by consistently strong net new business combined with an active events calendar in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany, continued strength in education in Canada and greater mining activity in Chile |
| You see what growth can do in the first quarter and we're producing great results |
| We believe our new business pipeline is robust and we continue to see high retention levels across the client portfolio |
| So that's why we're very confident in being able to manage that lever very aggressively and appropriately going forward |
| We've seen inflation moderating over the past quarter, and while some areas of the globe are slower to show this trend, overall inflation is running better than originally expected and the first quarter benefited from this tailwind in improved product costs |
| I think we're very happy with the level of resourcing in the organization today, and we expect that we'll be able to absorb additional growth as the organization continues to add net new business and grow both domestically and internationally, that we can absorb that growth without having to add any SG&A |
| We're seeing good opportunities as I mentioned in my script |
| And that AI is enabling really effective and optimizing our matching and aggregation of SKUs across the Board and enables us to negotiate better pricing with our suppliers and manufacturers |
| We're seeing good results at the middle of P&L with food and labor cost |
| We're proud of our efforts in these areas and encourage you to review this in depth update |
| We believe that we can continue to accelerate the growth of the supply chain, profitability, and that will be an important part of our long-term margin improvement going forward |
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| So with that and some seasonality, that's why you do see a decline in revenue for the growth for the remainder of the year |
| I mean to hit the bottom end of that range would be quite a slowdown |
| We had the pricing lag in some of the businesses that were contractually bound over the course of the last year, and we've seen that pricing catch up |
| I think with the supply chain disruption behind us and COVID behind us |
| First of all, we're seeing -- we've largely caught up in terms of pricing |
| And with that, you can see, as we've previously discussed, some pruning and optimization of our portfolio within next level is a key driver for why you see the revenues being moderately down in that segment |
| If, in fact, we enter an environment where inflation moderates more aggressively, it may put a little bit of pressure on pricing going forward, but we're not seeing that currently |
| And then I guess a question for Jim in the presentation in the revenues by segment, you're now including FM services within the healthcare line, and that line was the spot of weakness down in Q1 |
| This would represent the lowest leverage Aramark has experienced since 2017 |
| I think it's sort of back to the basics in terms of operational discipline now that COVID and the supply chain disruption is behind us |
| I think your peers indicated that the growth in labor costs was remaining kind of sticky even if the food costs were coming down |
| Before we get started, I first want to acknowledge our team in Chile as they are dealing with devastating wildfires near Santiago |
| That's a great question, Heather, and it's one that is -- that can be a little bit confusing given the kind of numbers that they report, which are really focused more on commodities as opposed to the market basket of products that we buy |
| So tough to make the correlation, but always happy to confuse you further if that hasn't helped |
| So as you think about last year, for example, we had outsized pricing because of the very high inflation rate |
| It's always been a very competitive environment |
| Although, our operations are not affected, scores of our employees have been impacted |
| Regarding cash flow, as expected and consistent with our normal first quarter cadence, we experienced a cash outflow due to the natural seasonality of the business, specifically in Collegiate Hospitality and Sports & Entertainment |
| The more confusion the better, I guess |
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