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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001072613-05-001418.txt : 20050611
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20050610172650
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001072613-05-001418
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050609
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050610
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050610

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIFEWAY FOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814586
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DAIRY PRODUCTS [2020]
		IRS NUMBER:				363442829
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-17363
		FILM NUMBER:		05890766

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6431 W OAKTON
		CITY:			MORTON GROVE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60053
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7089671010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6431 W OAKTON
		CITY:			MORTON GROVE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60053
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>June 9, 2005</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=5>LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0in;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>6431 West Oakton St. Morton Grove, IL</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>


<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Other Events</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On June 9, 2005, Lifeway Foods, Inc., an Illinois corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The location of the Company&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was originally scheduled to be held at the Holiday Inn North Shore, 5300 West Touhy Avenue, Skokie, Illinois 60077, has been changed to 6101 Gross Point Road, Niles, IL 60714, due to scheduling conflicts on behalf of the original hotel venue. The Annual Meeting continues to be scheduled to occur on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. local time. The Company will provide transportation from the original location to the newly provided location for any requesting Shareholder.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Press release dated June 9, 2005 &#150; &#147;Lifeway Foods Purchases New Distribution and Warehouse Facility; Annual Shareholder Meeting to Take Place at New Building&#148;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:3in;text-align:right;'><u><b><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT 99.1</font></b></u></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Lifeway Foods Purchases New Distribution and Warehouse Facility; Annual Shareholder Meeting to Take Place at New Building</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Thursday June 9, 5:32 pm ET</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>MORTON GROVE, Ill., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: LWAY - News) today announced the purchase of a 100,000-square-foot distribution and warehousing facility that is equipped with 40,000 square feet of refrigeration. In the immediate moment, the facility in Niles, Illinois, will be used to store raw materials and finished goods in order to relieve space pressures at the company's existing 50,000-square foot building, less than a mile away. The freed-up space at the current building will be used to expand production capacity for the company's kefir and other probiotic products. Long term, the Company may add production capacity to the Niles facility as needs arise. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>"The warehousing, storage and refrigeration capacity in our Morton Grove facility has been fully used, and we need the space to add production to meet increasing demand for our products," said CEO Julie Smolyansky. "The addition of a second building will give us that space, allow us to cut costs on raw materials by providing the room to store goods in greater quantities, enhance our ability to be an efficient and reliable supplier to our customers, and provide flexibility as we continue to grow. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>"It is also a tribute to the memory of Michael Smolyansky, the company's founder, that happens to fall on the third anniversary of his death," she said. "He would be gratified to see the progress we have made in expanding the market for kefir and other functional foods, and how that has led to this new phase in the company's history."</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Shareholders and investors can tour the new facility at the annual meeting on June 11 at 11 o'clock am. The meeting location has been changed to 6101 Gross Point Road, Niles, IL 607614. </font><sup><font size=2></font></sup></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Lifeway is a manufacturer of cultured, probiotic and functional food products in the health food industry, and is America's leading supplier of the cultured dairy product known as kefir. The Company markets 12 flavors of kefir and does a successful business exporting its products to Canada. The Company also participates in the organic and soy markets with Lifeway Organic(TM), Organic Kefir and Kefir Cheese, Cream Cheese, and America's first soy kefir, called SoyTreat&reg;.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>For more information, contact Julie Smolyansky, President, Lifeway Foods, Inc. at (847) 967-1010 or e-mail at info@lifeway.net or visit http://www.lifeway.net . </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This news release contains forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, competitive pressures and other important factors detailed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

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