United Natural Foods


UNFI is a North American food wholesaler

History

was founded in 1996 by the merger of two regional distributors, Mountain People's Warehouse and Cornucopia Natural Foods, forming the first natural products distributorship with national scope. Since 1996, other regional distributors have merged with UNFI, filling in the distribution footprint and making UNFI the largest distributor of natural products.
In 2007 UNFI acquired Millbrook Distribution Services. In 2011, UNFI signed a distribution agreement with Safeway Inc. for the distribution of non-proprietary natural, organic and specialty products. This agreement was terminated by Safeway in July, 2015, leading to a drop in share price and two rounds of layoffs, their first in the history of the company.
In 2012 UNFI partnered with Buyer's Best Friend to create a unified reordering system. In 2016, the company announced the acquisition of Nor-Cal produce, Inc. It also completed the acquisition of Haddon House Food Products, Inc. in 2016. That same year, it announced the acquisition of Gourmet Guru, Inc. In early 2016, UNFI worried investors by disclosing that it missed Wall Street's expectations.
On October 22, 2018, UNFI completed the acquisition of SuperValu, Inc.
Divisions of UNFI:
UNFI Canada
Alberts Fresh Produce
Tony’s Fine Foods
Nor-Cal Produce
UNFI Wellness
UNFI Brands+