---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T02:18:51.507976+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI Q2 fiscal 2024 net loss $15M, adjusted EBITDA down 29.3%; fiscal 2024 outlook revised lower

## Summary
- Net sales $7.775B, down 0.5% YoY; Supernatural segment up 5.5%, independent retailers down 3.7%.
- Net loss of $15M vs net income of $19M a year ago; diluted EPS $(0.25) vs $0.31.
- Adjusted EBITDA $128M, down 29.3% from $181M; adjusted EPS $0.07 vs $0.78.
- Revising fiscal 2024 outlook: lowering net sales expectations; narrowing ranges for net income, EPS, adjusted EBITDA.
- Progress on shrink reduction and automation; Centralia, WA system to go live this spring.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000003/0001020859-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000003/unfi-20240306.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC reported the second fiscal quarter ended January 27, 2024 results: revenue $7,775, net income Net loss of $15 million, EPS $(0.25).
  - Period: the second fiscal quarter ended January 27, 2024
  - Revenue: $7,775
  - Net income: Net loss of $15 million
  - EPS: $(0.25)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: value creation.” Second Quarter Fiscal 2024 Summary 13-Week Period Ended Percent Change ($ in millions, except for per share data) January 27, 2024 January 28, 2023 Net sales $ 7,775 $ 7,816 (0.5) % Chains $ 3,266 $ 3,322 (1.7) % Independent retailers $ 1,907 $ 1,980 (3.7) % Supernatural $ 1,751 $ 1,659 5.5 % Retail $ 631 $ 660 (4.4) % Other $ 615 $ 609 1.0 %
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000003/0001020859-24-000003-index.htm

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