---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020859-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNFI"
cik: "0001020859"
company_name: "UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T15:35:11.705590+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UNFI Q1 FY2026: net sales $7.84B (-0.4% YoY); net loss $4M; adjusted EPS $0.56 vs $0.16 YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $7.840B (-0.4%); Natural +10.5% to $4.24B, Conventional -11.7% to $3.33B, Retail -5.5% to $554M.
- Net loss improved to $4M ($0.06 loss per share) from $21M loss; adjusted EPS rose to $0.56 from $0.16.
- Adjusted EBITDA up 24.6% to $167M; free cash flow improved $105M to -$54M.
- Net leverage ratio fell to 3.2x, lowest since FY2023; on track to 2.5x target by year-end; affirms FY2026 outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020859-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNFI
- cik: 0001020859
- company_name: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085925000063/0001020859-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020859/000102085925000063/unfi-20251202.htm

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