United Natural Foods

United Natural Foods, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryFood Wholesale/Distribution
Founded1976
Headquarters
Providence, RI
,
United States
Area served
United States, Canada
Key people
J. Alexander (Sandy) Miller Douglas (CEO)[1]
Eric Dorne (COO)
Productswholesale natural, organic, ethnic and gourmet, grocery, produce, perishables, personal care, and supplements.
RevenueIncrease US$27 billion
Increase US$241.96 million (2015)
Number of employees
28,300 [2] (2021)
DivisionsAlberts Fresh Produce
Honest Green eSolutions
Nor-Cal Produce
Tony’s Fine Foods
UNFI Brands+
UNFI Canada
UNFI Easy Options
UNFI Wellness
Woodstock Farms
Websiteunfi.com

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) is a Providence, Rhode Island–based natural and organic food company. The largest publicly traded wholesale distributor of health and specialty food in the United States and Canada,[3][4] it is Whole Foods Market's main supplier, with their traffic making up over a third of its revenue in 2018.[5]

  1. ^ "UNFI Announces Appointments of Sandy Douglas as Chief Executive Officer and Jack Stahl as Independent Chair of the Board". UNFI.com. 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "United Natural Foods company profile". Craft.
  3. ^ "UNFI Becomes a Distributor of KOIOS™ and Fit Soda™ Functional Beverages" (Press release). Denver and Vancouver, British Columbia: Koios Beverage Corp. Globe Newswire. February 10, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  4. ^ "UNFI Reaches Definitive Agreements to Sell 13 Shoppers Food Stores" (Press release). Providence, R.I.: United Natural Foods, Inc. PRNewswire. December 6, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  5. ^ Kim, Eugene (March 7, 2018). "Amazon has committed to roughly $22 billion in future food purchases as it bulks up Whole Foods". CNBC.