---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-23-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:30:16.186124+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI Q4 net loss $68M; adjusted EBITDA down 56% to $93M; FY net income down 90%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $7.42B (+2% YoY); net loss $68M vs net income $39M a year ago.
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA $93M vs $213M (-56%); adjusted EPS $(0.25) vs $1.27.
- FY2023 net income $24M vs $248M (-90%); adjusted EPS $2.23 vs $4.83.
- Net debt reduced to $1.95B (post-Supervalu low); down $1.40B since 2018.
- CEO expects further headwinds in H1 FY2024; targeting ~$150M in operating margin benefits for full year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-23-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1020859/000102085923000039/0001020859-23-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085923000039/unfi-20230926.htm

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