DAYVILLE, Conn., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Natural Foods,
Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) (the "Company") today announced that Mark Shamber, Chief
Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at 2:00 pm ET on Monday, January
12, 2009 at Cowen and Company's 7th Annual Consumer Conference in New York.
The presentation will be available to interested parties via a live audio
webcast. The webcast can be found at the investor relations section of the
Company's website at www.unfi.com, via the "Investors" link. A replay of the
webcast will be archived online 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.
"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 annual report on Form 10-K
filed with the Commission on December 10, 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 Shamber, Chief Financial Officer, +1-860-779-2800, or
Joseph Calabrese, General Information, Financial Relations Board,
+1-212-827-3772
Web Site: http://www.unfi.com
(UNFI)