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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001020859
  UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
  001-15723
  313 IRON HORSE WAY
  PROVIDENCE
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  Bushway Mark
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
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  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
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  02/12/2025
  NYSE
  Common
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  Issuer
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  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
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  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
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  Providence
  RI
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  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Mark Bushway