DAYVILLE, Conn., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Natural Foods,
Inc., (Nasdaq: UNFI) announced today that it intends to release its financial
results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, ended April 29, 2006, before the
market opens on Thursday, May 25, 2006. Management will conduct a conference
call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 25, 2006 to review the
Company's quarterly results, market trends and future outlook.
The conference call dial-in number is 303-262-2138. An audio webcast of
the conference call will be available to the public, on a listen-only basis,
via the Internet at http://www.earnings.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 more than 40,000
products to more than 20,000 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. United Natural Foods was ranked by Forbes in 2005 as one of the "Best
Managed Companies in America," ranked by Fortune in 2006 as one of its "Most
Admired Companies," and ranked by Business Ethics as one of its "100 Best
Corporate Citizens for 2006."
For more information on United Natural Foods, Inc., visit the Company's
web site 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 quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Commission on March 9, 2006, 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.
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/CONTACT: Mark E. Shamber, Acting Chief Financial Officer of United
Natural Foods, Inc., +1-860-779-2800; or Joseph Calabrese of Financial
Relations Board, +1-212-827-3772 /
/Web site: http://www.unfi.com
http://www.earnings.com /
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