Webcast Annual Stockholders Meeting on December 3, 2002
DAYVILLE, Conn., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) today announced that it intends to
release its financial results for the first quarter ended October 31, 2002
before the market opens on Wednesday, December 4, 2002. Management will
conduct a conference call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on December
4, 2002 to review the Company's quarterly results, market trends and future
outlook.
The conference call dial-in number is 703-871-3599. The audio webcast will
be available to the public, on a listen-only basis, at the Investor Relations
section of the Company's website at http://www.unfi.com . Please allow extra
time prior to the call to visit the site and download the necessary software
to listen to the Internet broadcast. The online archive of the webcast will be
available for 30 days.
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
United Natural Foods will host its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on
Tuesday, December 3, 2002 at their offices at 12745 Earhart Avenue, Auburn, CA
95602. The Company plans to begin the meeting at 8:00 a.m. Pacific (11:00 am
Eastern). Stockholders can access a live webcast of the annual meeting via the
Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.unfi.com.
The webcast is open to all interested parties, including press and individual
investors. United Natural Foods will replay the webcast on their website
through January 3, 2003.
About United Natural Foods
United Natural Foods, Inc. carries and distributes over 30,000 products to
more than 10,000 customers nationwide. The Company serves a wide variety of
retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product
superstores and independent retail operators.
For more information on United Natural Foods, Inc., visit the Company's
web-site at www.unfi.com .
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding United Natural's business
which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve
risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties,
which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, including but not limited to general business
conditions, the impact of competition and our dependence on principal
customers, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Commission on June 13, 2002, and its other filings under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any forward-looking statements
are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and,
as such, speak only as of the date made. United Natural is not undertaking to
update any information in the foregoing reports until the effective date of
its future reports required by applicable laws.
SOURCE United Natural Foods, Inc.
/CONTACT: Todd Weintraub, Chief Financial Officer of United Natural
Foods, Inc., +1-860-779-2800; General Information, Joseph Calabrese,
+1-212-445-8434, or Analyst Information, Vanessa Schwartz, +1-212-445-8433,
both of FRB Weber Shandwick/