Gelson's

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- More than 3,000 attendees from all over the country came to find out what's new in kosher, halal, and other ethnic foods at the first World Ethnic Market/KosherWorld trade show held in Anaheim, Calif. last month. The show was co-located with Natural Products Expo West.

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.

LOS ANGELES -- Arden Group, Inc. said yesterday that its fiscal 2004 year proved too hard to beat in fiscal 2005. The company, the parent of Gelson's Markets which operates 18 full-service supermarkets in Southern California, said sales were $470,354 in 2005 compared to $502,898 in 2004, a decrease of 6.5 percent. In 2004, the labor dispute affecting other supermarkets in Gelson's trade area had boosted Gelson's own performance at the time.

LOS ANGELES -- Arden Group, Inc., parent company of Gelson's Markets here, reported third-quarter sales of $113.8 million for the 13 weeks ended Oct. 1, a 0.4 percent increase over the year-ago period.

LOS ANGELES -- Prior to its annual meeting of stockholders, which was held yesterday, Arden Group, Inc., the parent company of Gelson's Markets, elected Steven C. Gordon a director.

LOS ANGELES -- Arden Group, Inc., the parent company of Gelson's Markets, said yesterday that the company and its chief financial officer, Debra Jensen, have mutually agreed that Jensen will be leaving the company in June.

LOS ANGELES -- Arden Group, Inc., the parent company of Gelson's Markets, said yesterday that the company and its chief financial officer, Debra Jensen, have mutually agreed that Jensen will be leaving the company in June.

LOS ANGELES -- Arden Group, Inc., the parent company of 18-store Gelson's Markets in Southern California, said that the chain's fourth quarter results showed a slide of 34.0 percent in same-store sales compared to the year-ago period.