DAYVILLE, Conn., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Natural Foods,
Inc., (the "Company") (Nasdaq: UNFI) announced today that it intends to
release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, ended
April 26, 2008, before the market opens on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Management
will conduct a conference call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. EDT on May 20,
2008 to review the Company's quarterly results, market trends and future
outlook.
The conference call dial-in number is 303-275-2170. An audio webcast of
the conference call will be available to the public, on a listen-only basis,
via the internet at www.earnings.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 more than 60,000
products to more than 17,000 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, Inc. was ranked by Forbes in 2005 as one of the
"Best Managed Companies in America," ranked by Fortune in 2006 and 2007 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 website at 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 Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2008, 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.
CONTACT: Mark E. Shamber, Chief Financial Officer, United Natural Foods,
1-860-779-2800; or Joseph Calabrese, General Information, Financial Relations
Board, +1-212-827-3772
Web site: http://www.unfi.com
(UNFI)