United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI)

All sorts of consumers are interested in eating healthier foods and living better lives. It's up to grocers to decide how their stores fit in.

All sorts of consumers are interested in eating healthier foods and living better lives. It's up to grocers to decide how their stores fit in.

DAYVILLE, Conn. --United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) yesterday reported sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, ended Oct. 27, 2007 of $736.4 million, a rise of $90.0 million, or 13.9 percent, from the $646.4 million in sales recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. According to the company, the supernatural channel of the wholesale segment contributed to the increase, with a comparable growth rate of about 22 percent.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following sworn testimony on Nov.13 before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the National Fisheries Institute here said it is defending the use of carbon monoxide or filtered smoke.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following sworn testimony on Nov.13 before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the National Fisheries Institute here said it is defending the use of carbon monoxide or filtered smoke.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following sworn testimony on Nov.13 before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the National Fisheries Institute here said it is defending the use of carbon monoxide or filtered smoke.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Wholesaler United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) said yesterday that it had completed a merger with Leicester, Mass.-based Millbrook Distribution Services, Inc., a privately held subsidiary of Distribution Holdings, Inc. The parties did not disclose financial terms of the transaction.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Wholesaler United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) said yesterday that it had completed a merger with Leicester, Mass.-based Millbrook Distribution Services, Inc., a privately held subsidiary of Distribution Holdings, Inc. The parties did not disclose financial terms of the transaction.