---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-24-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:09:19.060481+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI eliminates COO role; Erin Horvath to depart on June 14, 2024

## Summary
- Company eliminates COO position to simplify structure, remove layers, and accelerate results.
- Erin Horvath will cease serving as COO effective June 14, 2024.
- Ms. Horvath receives severance per existing Amended Severance Agreement, including prorated equity vesting.
- Restrictive covenants remain in place; she must execute a release of claims against the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-24-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000027/0001020859-24-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000027/unfi-20240530.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-24-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-24-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-24-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erin Horvath departed as Chief Operating Officer at UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC.
  - Action: will no longer serve as
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Erin Horvath will no longer serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000027/0001020859-24-000027-index.htm

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