LOS ANGELES — Unified Western Grocers, Inc. has filed Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, effectively updating the company’s previously filed annual report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 27, 2003.

The filing reflects new accounting pronouncements pertaining to the classification of promotional funds and the breakout of the company’s insurance services as a reportable segment due to business changes during the reportable year.  Previous earnings announcements by the Company are not affected by this filing.

Unified Western Grocers, Inc. is a retail-owned wholesale grocery distributor that supplies independent retailers throughout the western United States.  Unified and its subsidiaries, which generated approximately $2.8 billion is sales during fiscal 2003, offer independent retailers all the resources they need to compete in the supermarket industry.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements about the future performance of Unified Western Grocers, Inc. based on Management’s assumptions and beliefs in light of information currently available to it.  There are a variety of factors that could cause actual and future results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made above.  These factors are outlined in the Company’s Form 10-Q and other interim reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Furthermore, Unified undertakes no obligation to update, amend or clarify forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.