Recent Press Releases

New Yard Management System Adds Efficiency to Transportation Network
Dec 14, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  Inside the Mechanized Warehouse in Commerce, radio frequency (RF) equipment on fork lifts tells drivers where to place products for storage and where certain items more »

Two Unified Buyers Recognized By Supermarket Business Magazine
Nov 14, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  Two employees of Unified Western Grocers — Paul Bilton-Smith and Cindy Mulvaney — were named winners of Supermarket Business's first-ever "Most Valuable Buyers" competition.  more »

Unified Tests Online Grocery Program At North Highlands SavMax Store
Oct 23, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  Earlier this month, Unified Western Grocers began testing a new online grocery shopping system at the company's SavMax Foods store in North Highlands, California.  more »

New Dairy Program in Pacific Northwest Being Rolled Out to Retailers
Sep 18, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  PORTLAND, ORE. – Unified has taken a significant first step toward replicating its successful Southern California dairy program in the Pacific Northwest. more »

Unified Western Grocers Awards Student Scholarships
Sep 12, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  COMMERCE, CA – Kierstin Schmidt of Gladstone, Ore. and Toru Futamata of Monterey Park, Calif. each received $1,000 college scholarships from Unified Western Grocers  more »

Unified Sponsors Fundraising Event at Children's Hospital
Sep 05, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  PORTLAND, ORE. – Unified Western Grocers Pacific Northwest Division will continue its special relationship with Portland's Doernbecher Children's Hospital next month  more »

Ranch Markets Recognized For Excellence in Retailing
Aug 23, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  CERRITOS, CA – Pro & Son's, which owns five Ranch Market supermarkets in Southern California — was honored August 16, 2001 at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel  more »

Unified Western Grocers Conducts Category Management Training
Aug 01, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  COMMERCE, Calif. - To introduce more integrated planning processes and improve in-store merchandising, Unified Western Grocers has implemented Operational  more »

Apple Markets Target Weekly Ads To Specific Customers
Jul 16, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  COMMERCE, Calif. – Unified Western Grocers’ Apple Markets have introduced a new marketing strategy with weekly advertising inserts targeted to a specific customer base.  more »

Hispanic and Organic Produce Signify Success At Unified Western Grocers
Jul 01, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  PORTLAND, Ore. - Unified Western Grocers’ Pacific Northwest Division has recorded six months of consecutive sales growth with its marketing program targeting organic  more »

Unified Western Grocers Donates $51,000 To Cancer Research
Jul 01, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  COMMERCE, Calif. – Unified Western Grocers donated $51,000 to cancer research as a result of the company's participation in the 2001 Revlon Run/Walk.  more »

Unified Western Grocers Helps Students Learn
Jul 01, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  COMMERCE, Calif.- Unified Western Grocers’ Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) continues as a vibrant and ongoing outreach to youth of the Los Angeles and Portland areas. more »

Produce Partnership Leads To Increased Sales
May 02, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  With a year of sales success behind them, Unified Western Grocers and the Food Alliance continue its partnership to meet the ongoing customer demand for environmentally  more »

State Grant Enhances Training Program
Apr 16, 2001 <% Bind("Location") %> —  New training and development programs launched by Unified Western Grocers qualified for a grant from the state of California. The grant will be used to supplement  more »

Amen Re-Elected Chairman of Unified Western Grocers, Inc.
Mar 22, 2001 (LOS ANGELES) —  LOS ANGELES — Directors of Unified Western Grocers, Inc.,the largest retailer-owned wholesale grocery cooperative in the Western United States, re-elected Louis  more »