Unified Directors Re-Elect Lou Amen Chairman of the Board

LOS ANGELES -- Directors of Unified Western Grocers, Inc., a retailer-owned wholesale grocery distributor in the western United States, re-elected Louis A. Amen, president of Los Angeles-based Super A Foods, Inc., chairman of the board.

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.

Other individuals elected by shareholders to serve on Unified's Board were:

--David M. Bennett, co-owner, Mollie Stone's Markets, Mill Valley, Calif.

--John Berberian, president, Berberian Enterprises, Inc., Los Angeles

--Dieter Huckestein, chairman and president, Yellowstone Club World,
Beverly Hills, Calif.

--Darioush Khaledi, chairman of the board and c.e.o., K.V. Mart Co., Carson, Calif.

--Mark Kidd, president, Mar-Val Food Stores, Inc., Lodi, Calif.

--John D. Lang, president and c.e.o., Epson America, Inc., Long Beach, Calif.

--Jay McCormack, president and c.e.o., Rio Ranch Markets, Glen Avon, Calif.

--Douglas A. Nidiffer, president and c.e.o., C&K Markets, Inc., Brookings, Ore.

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

--Tom Sayles, v.p., governmental and community affairs, Sempra Energy, San Diego

--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.