---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-22-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T10:59:57.162035+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI COO Eric Dorne to retire effective Oct 29, 2022; transition planned

## Summary
- Chief Operating Officer Eric Dorne informed UNFI on May 11, 2022 of his retirement effective October 29, 2022.
- Dorne spent 46 years in grocery, 11 years at UNFI, overseeing integration of Supervalu acquisition and COVID-19 response.
- UNFI expects to announce transition plans in coming months; no successor named yet.
- Dorne will continue overseeing operations and IT until retirement date to ensure smooth handoff.
- Press release notes Dorne's role in helping UNFI grow to over $27 billion in annual revenue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-22-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085922000028/0001020859-22-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085922000028/unfi-20220511.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-22-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-22-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-22-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Dorne departed as Chief Operating Officer at UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 11, 2022, Eric Dorne informed United Naturals Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) that he intends to retire from his position as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective October 29, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085922000028/0001020859-22-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.