---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-25-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T04:54:22.238668+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Andre Persaud steps down as President and CEO, Retail at UNFI effective July 25, 2025

## Summary
- Andre Persaud to leave role as President and CEO, Retail on July 25, 2025.
- Departure tied to UNFI's continued work to accelerate its retail business strategy.
- No successor named; CEO retail duties likely absorbed temporarily.
- Persaud receives severance per existing Severance Agreement; equity vests prorated.
- Restrictive covenants and release of claims remain in place.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-25-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085925000040/0001020859-25-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085925000040/unfi-20250718.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020859-25-000040.txt

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