LOS ANGELES — Directors of Unified Western Grocers, Inc., the largest retailer-owned wholesale grocery cooperative in the Western United States, re-elected Louis A. Amen, President, Super A Foods, Inc., Los Angeles, as Chairman of the Board in conjunction with the Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting, held Feb. 13, 2007 in Cerritos, Calif.

Directors also re-elected Peter J. O'Neal, President, White Salmon Foods, Inc., Estacada Foods, Inc. and Novato Foods, Inc., Estacada, Ore., First Vice Chairman, and re-elected Richard L. Wright, President, Wright's Foodliner, Inc., Eugene, Ore., Second Vice Chairman.

Elected to their first term on the Board of Directors for 2007 were two retailers from Southern California: Oscar Gonzalez, Chief Operating Officer, Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Inc., Anaheim, CA; and John Najjar, President, Cardiff Seaside Market, Inc., Cardiff, CA.

In addition to Amen, O'Neal, Wright, Gonzalez and Najjar, other individuals elected by shareholders to serve on Unified's Board were:

• John Berberian, President, Berberian Enterprises, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.

• Darioush Khaledi, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, K.V. Mart Co., Carson, Calif.

• Mark H. Kidd, President, Mar-Val Food Stores, Inc., Lodi, Calif.

• John D. Lang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Epson America, Inc., Long Beach, Calif.

• Jay McCormack, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rio Ranch Markets, Glen Avon, Calif.

• Douglas A. Nidiffer, President and Chief Executive Officer, C&K Markets, Inc., Brookings, Ore.

• Michael A. Provenzano, Jr., President, Pro & Son's, Inc., President, Provo, Inc., President, Pro & Family, Inc., Ontario, Calif.

• Thomas S. Sayles, Vice President, Governmental and Community Affairs, Sempra Energy, San Diego, Calif.

• Robert E. Stiles, President, Gelson's Markets, Encino, Calif.

• Kenneth Ray Tucker, President, Evergreen Markets, Inc., Greenville, Calif.

All 15 directors on Unified's Board were elected to one-year terms.

Unified Western Grocers, Inc. is a retailer-owned wholesale grocery distributor that supplies independent retailers throughout the Western United States. Unified and its subsidiaries, which generated approximately $3 billion in sales during fiscal 2006, offer independent retailers all the resources they need to compete in the supermarket industry.

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