Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator instructions) Our first question comes from the line of Chris Manuel with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please go ahead.
Chris Manuel – KeyBanc Capital Markets
Good morning, gentlemen.
Michael Harlan
Good morning, Chris.
Chris Manuel – KeyBanc Capital Markets
I have a couple of questions for you. First, could you talk a little bit, Michael, about what the competitive landscape is like? You went through some of your regions, but your praises in prices, are you seeing competitors taking similar actions, are you seeing similar type competitors taking out mixers and plants et cetera?
Michael Harlan
Yes, let us talk about the capacity. We are seeing – our larger competitors, particularly those that might be vertically integrated cement players are behaving exactly as we are – they are idling plants, they are taking mixers out of the fleet, reducing costs in our markets. We have a few markets and a few segments of a couple of markets where the competition is more fragmented, (inaudible) independently owned operations that might only have one or two plants. Those competitors, they typically don't close facilities, they might close one or two during the winter or maybe the both of them during the winter but they will open it back up when the season starts and then they take some trucks out or park of few trucks, but they are not being as aggressive as we are. So, if you look at our markets where we have got some of that more consolidated, rational, public company competition, people are behaving more rational from a capacity standpoint, and you contrast that with Sacramento, where you have got 8 or 10 independent non-union operators. They are still operating their plants and trucks and it makes for more challenging environment.
On the pricing side, I would say it is almost the same story. If you take our – our Northern California operation is a pretty good example. In the Bay Area, where it is fairly consolidated, our largest competitor in that market is CEMEX. You know, we are seeing them – they actually led this price increase on a national basis and they seem to be very supportive of the price increase, behaving very rationally. But if you look at Sacramento, where I mentioned earlier you have got a lot of independent smaller home companies, they are not following the price increase. And so, Sacramento is a little bit of a different story than what we're seeing in the Greater Bay Area.
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