NEW YORK — The prospect of gasoline retailing for $5 a gallon would disproportionately impact food retailers with price credibility issues, according to a report released Wednesday by BMO Capital Markets....More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sales to conventional supermarkets — including the first full quarter of business with Safeway — led to a 15.5% sales gain during the fiscal second quarter for United Natural Foods Inc., the distributor here said last week....More
Flush with capital and spurred by consumer demand, small natural food chains expand their reach. Robert Vosburgh filed this report for SN Whole Health....More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Natural and organics products distributor United Natural Foods Inc. here said Tuesday that it has named longtime foodservice distribution executive Richard Schnieders to the company’s board of directors....More
NEW YORK - In a week in which the major stock indices rebounded by about 5%, the stocks of three of the publicly traded food wholesalers each grew by about twice that amount....More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — United Natural Foods Inc. here plans to pursue growth opportunities in Canada while continuing a measured rollout of new technology and engineered labor standards to its distribution centers, the company told analysts Wednesday....More
To save money on fresh, local food, a growing number of shoppers are going off the retail grid. Specifically, they're banding together with people in their communities to establish food buying clubs....More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — United Natural Foods Inc. here said sales in the fourth fiscal quarter were up in double digits although net income fell as a result of one-time restructuring charges....More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — United Natural Foods Inc. here last week said it secured a three-year supply agreement with Safeway, its largest traditional supermarket...More
