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UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC

CIK: 10208592 Annual ReportsLatest: 2026-09-14
Revenue: $31,152,000,000Net Income: $84,000,000Source 10-K
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10-K / September 14, 2026

Revenue:$31,152,000,000
Income:$84,000,000

10-K / October 1, 2024

Revenue:$30,980,000,000
Income:-$112,000,000

10-K / September 14, 2026

United Natural Foods, Inc.

Company overview

  • United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. It operates as a grocery wholesaler and provides support services to retailers in the United States and Canada.
  • The business is organized into three reportable segments:
    • Natural: wholesale distribution of natural, organic and specialty products and related services, including owned brands.
    • Conventional: wholesale distribution of conventional products, including owned brands.
    • Retail: owner of Cub Foods and Shoppers banners and operations.
  • UNFI emphasizes private label offerings and a range of digital and professional services to customers.

Customers and market reach

  • Serves a diversified customer base with more than 30,000 customer locations across the United States and Canada.
  • One Natural customer accounted for over 10% of total net sales in fiscal 2026.
  • UNFI Canada represented approximately 1% of net sales in fiscal 2026.
  • Retail banner presence included 65 Cub Foods and Shoppers stores as of August 1, 2026.

Employees and labor relations

  • As of August 1, 2026, UNFI employed 23,431 full- and part-time associates.
  • Approximately 11,341 associates (about 48%) were covered by 64 collective bargaining agreements, including agreements under negotiation.

Distribution and facilities

  • Coast-to-coast distribution network with 46 distribution centers and warehouses and about 26 million square feet of warehouse space.
  • Operations support customers in all 50 U.S. states and all ten Canadian provinces.
  • Transportation includes a mix of company-operated and third-party providers; the majority of trucks are leased and maintained by third-party national leasing companies, with some in-house maintenance capability.
  • Goods are delivered via UNFI-owned fleets, contract carriers, and supplier direct shipments; select orders outside regular routes may be handled by independent carriers or freight-forwarders, including shipments to areas outside the continental U.S. and Canada.

Product offerings and brands

  • Product assortment includes more than 200,000 items across center store and general merchandise, fresh and perishables, frozen, wellness and personal care, and bulk and foodservice categories.
  • Categories span natural, organic, specialty, and conventional products.
  • Owned private label brands include:
    • ESSENTIAL EVERYDAY® (>2,000 SKUs)
    • SHOPPERS VALUE®
    • WILD HARVEST®
    • Field Day®
    • WOODSTOCK®
    • STONE RIDGE CREAMERY®
    • EQUALINE®
    • CULINARY CIRCLE®
    • SUPER CHILL®
    • ARCTIC SHORES SEAFOOD COMPANY®
    • KOYO®
  • Woodstock Farms Manufacturing produces and distributes nuts, dried fruit, seeds, trail mixes, granola, snack items, and confections. It operates an organic (USDA and QAI) and kosher (Circle K) certified packaging, roasting, and processing facility in New Jersey (SQF Level 2), an organic-certified facility in California, and holds an Organic Distributor certification for its Ontario, Canada facility.

Private marketplace and services

  • Offers digital and professional services to wholesale customers, including shelf and planogram management, store support, pricing strategy, signage, payments processing, coupon processing, store design, equipment sourcing, POS hardware/software, network hosting, and data/analytics services.
  • Retail marketing services cover web/digital marketing, loyalty, mobile apps, eCommerce capabilities, and circulars.
  • Supplier marketing programs provide demand planning, forecasting, and procurement insights.
  • The UNFI Media Network is a retail media network that enables digital advertising with suppliers.

Technology and modernization

  • UNFI is investing in supply chain, financial, information, and operating systems.
  • Deployments include order management, demand forecasting, cloud-based warehouse management systems, scan-based fulfillment, transportation management, warehouse automation, and robotics.
  • Uses AI-enabled warehouse automation and real-time route optimization, with attention to safety, accuracy, and cost efficiency.
  • Continues standardizing software solutions across procurement, order management, transportation, and warehousing.

Sustainability and social responsibility

  • Sustainability framework: Better for All, focused on upstream (climate and supplier collaboration), operations (safety, energy efficiency, and resilience), and downstream (community impact and waste reduction).
  • Upstream: UNFI Climate Action Partnership (CAP) formed in fiscal 2023; over 100 suppliers participated by fiscal 2026; hosted climate summits and published supplier case studies through the Climate Action Hub.
  • Operations: safety programs (Every Moment Matters), Lean-based safety improvements, AI safety tools, and expanded food safety and quality assurance initiatives, including refrigeration contingency planning and multilingual training.
  • Downstream: launched the Zero Waste Champions Network to improve waste diversion; donated 250 million pounds of food to communities in need in fiscal 2026; the UNFI Foundation is conducting a “50 for 50” grantmaking campaign for UNFI’s 50th anniversary, with nearly $2 million in grants planned for 2026.
  • The Impact Report (fiscal 2025) documents progress on waste reduction, associate engagement and belonging, food donations, and food safety.

Regulation and compliance

  • Subject to U.S. and Canadian regulation for food safety, labeling, and distribution (FDA and USDA laws and related acts, FSMA, Safe Foods for Canadians Act, and provincial regulations).
  • Environmental and safety compliance across facilities (OSHA and equivalent Canadian regulations).
  • International anti-corruption controls (FCPA) apply to cross-border operations.

Availability of information

  • Investor information and filings, including annual and quarterly reports, are available on UNFI’s website and via the SEC. The company states that website content is not incorporated by reference into the Annual Report.