0001020859-13-000205.txt : 20131022 0001020859-13-000205.hdr.sgml : 20131022 20131022162714 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001020859-13-000205 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131018 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131022 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131022 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001020859 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141] IRS NUMBER: 050376157 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-528-8634 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Torre Bates Ann CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065134 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15723 FILM NUMBER: 131163883 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE CITY: NEWARK STATE: DE ZIP: 19713 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TORRE GRANT ANN DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980630 3 1 wf-form3_138247362323574.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2013-10-18 1 0001020859 UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC UNFI 0001065134 Torre Bates Ann C/O UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC. 313 IRON HORSE WAY PROVIDENCE RI 02908 1 0 0 0 Lisa N'Chonon, Power-of-Attorney, in-fact 2013-10-22 EX-24 2 powerofattorney.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney


Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know by all those present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Shamber, Joseph J. Traficanti and Lisa N’Chonon, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of United Natural Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of October, 2013.

                        
/s/ ANN TORRE BATES
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 Ann Torre Bates
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