Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Johnson David William
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/30/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC [UNFI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
313 IRON HORSE WAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Accounting Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

PROVIDENCE, RI 02908-0999		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 04/30/2025 Common Stock 3,018 $ 56.94 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 05/16/2024 Common Stock 3,189 $ 48.58 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 05/07/2023 Common Stock 5,979 $ 42.04 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 07/17/2022 Common Stock 2,300 $ 14.77 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Johnson David William
313 IRON HORSE WAY
PROVIDENCE, RI 02908-0999		       Chief Accounting Officer  

Signatures

Joseph McGrail, Power-of-Attorney, in fact 11/07/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Upon the effectiveness of the merger on October 22, 2018 (such time, the "effective time") contemplated by that Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 25, 2018, as amended October 10, 2018, by and between United Natural Foods, Inc. (the "Company"), SUPERVALU, and Jedi Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as a result of which SUPERVALU became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, each outstanding and unexercised SUPERVALU stock option, whether vested or unvested, was converted into an option to purchase shares of the Company's common stock generally on the same terms and conditions as applied prior to the effective time, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

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