DAYVILLE, Conn., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) today announced that it intends to
release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003, ended
April 30, 2003, before the market opens on Wednesday, June 4, 2003. Management
will conduct a conference call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. ET on June 4,
2003 to review the Company's quarterly results, market trends and future
outlook.
The conference call dial-in number is 703-871-3597. The audio webcast
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'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 March 17, 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 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.
-0- 05/20/2003
/CONTACT: Rick Puckett, Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods,
+1-860-779-2800; or General Information, Joseph Calabrese, +1-212-445-8434, or
Analyst Information, Vanessa Schwartz, +1-212-445-8433, both of FRB Weber
Shandwick/
/Web site: http://www.unfi.com /
(UNFI)
CO: United Natural Foods, Inc.
ST: Connecticut, Vermont