---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-22-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T07:08:24.833934+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI reports FY2022 net sales up 7.3% to $28.9B, net income up 66.4%; announces $200M buyback

## Summary
- Full year net sales $28.9B (+7.3%), net income $248M (+66.4%), diluted EPS $4.07.
- Full year adjusted EBITDA $829M (+7.7%), adjusted EPS $4.83 (+15.6%).
- Q4 net sales $7.3B (+8.0%); net income $39M (-9.3%); adjusted EPS $1.27 (+1.6%).
- Net debt reduced $174M; leverage <2.6x; liquidity ~$1.7B.
- Board authorized new $200M share repurchase program; fiscal 2023 outlook announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-22-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085922000042/0001020859-22-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085922000042/unfi-20220927.htm

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