---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-24-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:59:13.355848+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI Q1 net sales up 4.2% to $7.9B; Adjusted EBITDA +14.5%; raises full-year outlook

## Summary
- Net loss of $21M narrowed from $39M; diluted EPS $(0.35) improved from $(0.67); adjusted EPS $0.16 vs $(0.04).
- Net sales $7.9B (+4.2% YoY); Supernatural channel up 13.8%, Independent retailers down 2.4%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $134M (+14.5%); free cash flow improved by $170M to $(159M).
- Raising full-year fiscal 2025 guidance for all metrics except capex.
- Operational progress: closing Ft. Wayne DC, completed other closures, network optimization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-24-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1020859/000102085924000096/0001020859-24-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085924000096/unfi-20241210.htm

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