DAYVILLE, Conn., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Natural Foods,
Inc., (Nasdaq: UNFI) announced today that it intends to release its financial
results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, ended November 1, 2008, before
the market opens on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Management will conduct a
conference call and audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. ET November 25, 2008 to review
the Company's quarterly results, market trends and future outlook.
The conference call dial-in number is 303-262-2053. 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 Investors 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. (www.unfi.com) 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," ranked by Business Ethics as one
of its "100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2006" and winner of the Supermarket
News 2008 Sustainability Excellence Award. For more information on United
Natural Foods, Inc., visit the Company's website at www.unfi.com.
UNITED NATURAL FOODS FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD
Mark E. Shamber Joseph Calabrese
Chief Financial Officer General Information
(860) 779-2800 (212) 827-3772
"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-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 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: UNITED NATURAL FOODS, Mark E. Shamber, Chief Financial Officer,
+1-860-779-2800; or FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD, Joseph Calabrese, General
Information, +1-212-827-3772
Web Site: http://www.unfi.com
(UNFI)