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United Natural Foods, Inc. reports developments tied to its role as a North American grocery wholesaler serving natural product superstores, independent retailers, conventional supermarket chains, ecommerce providers, and foodservice customers. News commonly covers quarterly results, profitability and cash-flow trends, debt and leverage commentary, conference participation, and updates on the company’s value creation strategy.
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United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) reported first quarter fiscal 2026 results for the 13 weeks ended November 1, 2025: net sales $7.84B (down 0.4% year-over-year), net loss $4M (loss per diluted share $0.06) and Adjusted EBITDA $167M (up 24.6%).
Adjusted EPS rose to $0.56. Free cash flow used improved to $54M from $159M a year earlier. Net leverage declined to 3.2x and total liquidity was about $1.33B. The company affirmed fiscal 2026 guidance: net sales $31.6–$32.0B, Adjusted EBITDA $630–$700M, Adjusted EPS $1.50–$2.30 and free cash flow ~ $300M.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) will release financial results for its 13-week fiscal 2026 first quarter, ended November 1, 2025, on the morning of Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
Management will host a conference call on December 2 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Dial-in is (800) 715-9871 (U.S. toll-free) and the conference ID is 5462932. An audio webcast and referenced materials will be available in the Investors section at www.unfi.com, with the online archive accessible for 120 days.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) reported its Q4 and full fiscal year 2025 results, with Q4 net sales reaching $7.7 billion, showing 1.6% growth on a comparable basis. The company posted a Q4 net loss of $(87) million, or $(1.43) per share, while Adjusted EBITDA was $116 million.
Key highlights include significant free cash flow improvement, up $331 million year-over-year, and net debt reaching its lowest level since 2018 at $1.83 billion. The company's net leverage declined 0.7x to 3.3x. For fiscal 2026, UNFI projects net sales of $31.6-$32.0 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of $630-$700 million, representing a 20% increase at midpoint from fiscal 2025.
The company successfully managed a cyber incident while implementing operational improvements across 28 distribution centers. Natural segment sales grew 7.2% for the full year, while Conventional and Retail segments declined 1.9% and 3.9% respectively.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has announced two upcoming investor events. The company will release its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter results on September 30, 2025, followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET. Additionally, UNFI will host an Investor Day on December 10, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET in New York City, where management will discuss the company's growth strategy and business outlook.
Both events will be accessible via webcast through UNFI's website, with replays available for 120 days. The Investor Day event will be in-person by invitation only.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has appointed David Best as President and Chief Executive Officer of Retail, effective August 17, 2025. Best will lead UNFI's retail banners, Cub Foods and Shoppers Food Warehouse, focusing on accelerating the company's retail business growth strategy.
Best joins UNFI from Coborn's Inc., where he served as President and COO, implementing growth strategies and category expansion. His extensive experience includes senior roles at General Mills and a 19-year tenure at Target in merchandising, supply chain, and business development. As a Minnesota native, Best brings valuable local market knowledge to UNFI's Cub brand. He will report directly to CEO Sandy Douglas and serve on UNFI's senior leadership team.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) hosted its second Holiday and Winter Selling Show of 2025 in Uncasville, Conn., bringing together 3,900 attendees, including 1,400 retailers and 750 suppliers. The company unveiled key industry trends showing that promotional activity represents one-third of grocery volume, while private label sales are expected to grow 40% by 2030.
The event highlighted five major trends: increased promotions, private label growth, disruptor brand success (27% growth in food sector), health and wellness boom, and the importance of in-store experiences. UNFI also showcased its Professional Services offerings, including Scan Advantage platform for improved consumer insights.
During the show, UNFI presented its second annual Supplier Circle of Excellence Awards to 31 supplier brand partners across 15 categories, with Chobani, Loisa, and The Hershey Company receiving top honors as Suppliers of the Year.
United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) hosted its first Holiday and Winter Selling Show of 2025 in Las Vegas, connecting over 2,200 retail customer representatives with more than 900 supplier brands across various grocery categories. The event showcased thousands of unique items and over 50 new-to-market products.
UNFI presented its second annual Customer Circle of Excellence Awards to 11 retailers, with Harmons Neighborhood Grocer winning Local Independent of the Year and Vallarta Supermarkets named National Chain of the Year. The company also featured its UpNext program's Pitch Slam competition for emerging suppliers and highlighted digital solutions including the UNFI Media Network's Audience Optimizer and AI-Powered Loss Prevention technology, which has demonstrated up to 60% shrink reduction.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has provided a revised fiscal 2025 outlook, reflecting strong performance through Q3 but impacted by a recent cyber incident. The company expects the cyber incident to reduce net sales by $350-400 million and impact net income by $50-60 million.
Through the first three quarters, UNFI reported a 5.5% increase in net sales, a $44 million improvement in net loss, and a 16% increase in Adjusted EBITDA. The updated FY2025 outlook projects net sales of $31.6-31.8 billion, representing a 2.3% year-over-year increase, and Adjusted EBITDA of $535-565 million.
Management remains confident in their multi-year strategy, expecting to achieve long-term financial targets ahead of schedule, including reducing net leverage to 2.5x by fiscal 2026, approximately one year earlier than initially projected.
United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI) has scheduled a business update conference call for July 16, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The call will focus on discussing a previously disclosed cyber incident and providing the company's fiscal 2025 outlook.
Investors can access the call by dialing (800) 715-9871 with conference ID 5462932. The presentation materials and audio webcast will be available through UNFI's investor relations website, with the webcast archive accessible for 120 days following the call.