DAYVILLE, Conn., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Natural Foods,
Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) today announced that it intends to release its financial
results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003, ended July 31, 2003, before the
market opens on Tuesday, September 2, 2003. Management will conduct a
conference call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. ET on September 2, 2003 to
review the Company's quarterly results, market trends and future outlook.
The conference call dial-in number is 703-871-3630. An audio webcast of
the conference call will be available to the public, on a listen-only basis,
via the Internet at www.viavid.com or at the Investor Relations section of the
Company's website at 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.
About United Natural Foods
United Natural Foods, Inc. carries and distributes over 30,500 products to
more than 11,000 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 Foods,
Inc.'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 United Natural Foods, Inc.'s
quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 16, 2003, 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 Foods, Inc. 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.
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/CONTACT: Rick D. Puckett, Chief Financial Officer of United Natural
Foods, Inc., +1-860-779-2800; or Joseph Calabrese, General Information,
+1-212-445-8434, or Vanessa Schwartz, Analyst Information, +1-212-445-8433,
both of FRB Weber Shandwick/
/Web site: http://www.viavid.com http://www.unfi.com /
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