Unified Grocers, Los Angeles, CA, reported sales for the fiscal third quarter ended July 2 of $948.3 million, down 8.7 percent from the same period a year ago. The company reported a loss of $2.2 million, compared to a year-ago loss of $5.1 million.
For the first nine months, sales were $2.8 billion, down 2.6 percent over the same period one year prior. The distributor reported a loss of $8.9 million, compared to year-ago loss of $13.4 million.