---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T20:49:18.285937+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI appoints Erin Horvath COO and Louis Martin President of Wholesale

## Summary
- Erin Horvath named COO effective March 20, 2023; previously Chief Supply Chain Transformation Officer as of Oct 2022.
- Louis Martin named President of Wholesale; previously Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer since Mar 2022.
- Horvath receives $600k base salary, 100% annual bonus target, and $1.3M equity award starting FY2024.
- Leadership realignment supports UNFI's four-part transformation plan focused on customer experience and operational efficiency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085923000016/0001020859-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085923000016/unfi-20230320.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-23-000016
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-23-000016.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-23-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erin Horvath was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 20, 2023, United Natural Food, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors appointed Erin Horvath to the role of Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085923000016/0001020859-23-000016-index.htm

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