---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-24-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T22:57:52.644398+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI Q4 net loss $37M; adj EBITDA $143M; adj EPS $0.01; full year adj EPS $0.14

## Summary
- Net sales $8.155B (+10% YoY); comparable 13-week basis +2.1%. Chains +9%, Independent +4.5%, Supernatural +18.6%.
- Net loss $37M (diluted EPS $(0.63)) vs net loss $68M ($(1.15)) prior year. Adjusted EBITDA $143M (+53.8%).
- Adjusted EPS $0.01 vs $(0.25). Full year adjusted EPS $0.14 vs $2.23; net leverage improved to 4.0x from 4.6x sequentially.
- Full year net sales $30.98B (+2.3%); net loss $112M vs net income $24M; cash from ops $253M, capex $345M.
- Introducing three-year business plan; consolidating Billings & Bismarck DCs; extended largest customer agreement; new President/CFO onboarded.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-24-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000040/0001020859-24-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000040/unfi-20241001.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-24-000040.txt

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