8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2007


                           UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


           Delaware                 000-21531                05-0376157
 (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)          File Number)          Identification No.)

                                  260 Lake Road
                               Dayville, CT 06241
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (860) 779-2800
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On June 28, 2007, United Natural Foods, Inc. (the "Company") announced the
appointment of Peter Roy, age 51, to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Roy
was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on June 25, 2007 as a Class I
director, with a term expiring at the Company's annual shareholders meeting to
be held in 2009. Mr. Roy has been appointed to the Compensation and Finance
Committees of the Board of Directors, and qualifies as an independent director
under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

For his service on the Board of Directors and on the Compensation and Finance
Committees of the Board of Directors, Mr. Roy will receive $2,200 for attendance
at each meeting of the Board of Directors, $1,100 for attendance at each
telephonic meeting of the Board of Directors, and $1,100 for attendance at each
meeting of the Compensation and Finance Committees. Mr. Roy will receive an
annual retainer of $30,000 and will be reimbursed for expenses incurred in
connection with his attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors and the
committees on which he serves in accordance with the Company's non-employee
director compensation practices.

Mr. Roy also was awarded, on the date of his appointment, an option to purchase
up to 4,000 shares of the Company's common stock under the Company's 2002 Stock
Incentive Plan at an exercise price of $27.23, which was the closing price of
the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on the grant date, and
4,800 shares of restricted common stock under the Company's 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan. One third of Mr. Roy's stock option grant vested immediately,
and the remaining two thirds vest in equal annual installments over a two-year
period from the date of grant. One third of Mr. Roy's restricted stock grant
vested immediately, and the remaining two thirds vest in equal annual
installments over a two-year period from the date of grant.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Roy's appointment as a director of
the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated by
reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

            (a)   Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired: Not Applicable

            (b)   Pro Forma Financial Information: Not Applicable

            (c)   Exhibits.

                  Exhibit No.     Description
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                  99.1            Press Release, dated June 28, 2007: United
                                  Natural Foods Strengthens Board of Directors
                                  With Election of Industry Veteran Peter Roy.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.


                                          By: /s/ Mark E. Shamber
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                                              Mark E. Shamber
                                              Vice President and Chief Financial
                                              Officer

                                          Date: June 29, 2007

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


                   [LETTERHEAD OF UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.]



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2007

               United Natural Foods Strengthens Board of Directors
                   With Election of Industry Veteran Peter Roy

             Independent Director Brings Extensive Natural Products
                        and Healthy Lifestyle Experience


Dayville, Connecticut - June 28, 2007 -- United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:
UNFI) (the "Company") today announced the appointment of Peter Roy, age 51, to
the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Roy joins United Natural Foods as an
independent director and brings over three decades of experience in the natural
products and healthy lifestyle industries. His appointment, effective
immediately, increases the total number of Company directors to eight, including
six independent directors.

Michael Funk, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very
pleased to have Peter join our Board of Directors. Peter has a wealth of
experience and significant business relationships in the healthy lifestyles
industry and we look forward to his contributions as a member of United Natural
Foods' Board of Directors."

Peter Roy is an entrepreneur and since 1999 has been a strategic advisor to
North Castle Partners, a private equity fund focused exclusively on investments
in consumer-driven product and service businesses that benefit from healthy
living trends. As part of his advisory position, Mr. Roy served on the boards of
Avalon Natural Products, a leader in the natural personal care products, and
Naked Juice Company, a leader in the super premium juice category. Additionally,
Mr. Roy currently serves on the board of directors of West Marine (Nasdaq:
WMAR), the country's largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and
accessories, and Traditional Medicinals, Inc, a leader in the manufacture and
marketing of clinically tested herbal teas for the dietary supplement market in
the U.S. and the natural health product market in Canada.

Peter Roy began his career in the natural products business in 1975, when he was
employed at a Whole Food Company retail store in New Orleans, La. In 1978, he
became President of Whole Food Company, which was acquired by Whole Foods Market
in 1988. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Roy served as President of Whole Foods Market,
Inc and, for five years prior to that, served as President of that company's
West Coast Region.

Mr. Roy recently co-authored a book with Jim Autry titled The Book of Hard
Choices: How to Make the Right Decisions at Work and Keep Your Self-Respect and
just completed a two year term as Chairman of the National Outdoor Leadership
School (NOLS), a non-profit wilderness education school. He remains on the NOLS
Board of Trustees.


About United Natural Foods

United Natural Foods, Inc. carries and distributes more than 40,000 products to
more than 18,000 customers nationwide. The Company serves a wide variety of
retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product
superstores, independent retail operators and the food service channel. United
Natural Foods, Inc. was ranked by Forbes in 2005 as one of the "Best Managed
Companies in America," ranked by Fortune in 2006 and 2007 as one of its "Most
Admired Companies," and ranked by Business Ethics as one of its "100 Best
Corporate Citizens for 2006."

AT THE COMPANY:                           FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD
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Mark Shamber                              Joseph Calabrese
Chief Financial Officer                   General Information
(860) 779-2800                            (212) 827-3772

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Statements in this press release regarding the Company's business that are
not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and
uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, including but not limited to general business conditions, the impact
of competition and our dependence on principal customers, see "Risk Factors" in
the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on June 7,
2007, and its other filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date
made. The Company is not undertaking to update any information in the foregoing
reports until the effective date of its future reports required by applicable
laws. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed in
any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These
projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final
reported results. The Company may from time to time update these publicly
announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so.