DAYVILLE, Conn., Feb 15, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- United Natural Foods,
Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI), today announced that it intends to release financial
results for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, ending January 31, 2005, before
the market opens on Tuesday, March 1, 2005. Management will conduct a
conference call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. ET on March 1, 2005 to review
the Company's quarterly results, market trends and future outlook. The
conference call dial-in number is 303-262-2125.
An audio webcast of the conference call will be available to the public,
on a listen-only basis, via the Internet at http://www.fulldisclosure.com or
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.
About United Natural Foods
United Natural Foods, Inc. carries and distributes over 43,000 products to
more than 21,000 customers nationwide. The Company serves a wide variety of
retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product
superstores, independent retail operators and the food service channel. For
more information on United Natural Foods, Inc., visit the Company's website at
http://www.unfi.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding the Company's business
that 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 first quarter fiscal 2005
report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on December 10, 2004, 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.
The Company is not undertaking to update any information in the foregoing
reports until the effective date of its future reports required by applicable
laws. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed
in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These
projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final
reported results. The Company may from time to time update these publicly
announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so.
SOURCE United Natural Foods, Inc.
Rick D. Puckett, Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of United Natural Foods,
+1-860-779-2800; or General Information, Joseph Calabrese of Financial Relations
Board, +1-212-827-3772, for United Natural Foods