UNFI

Distribution comes naturally to United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI). The company is one of the top wholesale distributors of natural, organic, and specialty foods in the US and Canada. It owns around 35 distribution centers that supply more than 300,000 items to 43,000 customers, including independently-owned retailers, supernatural chain Whole Foods (its #1 customer), and conventional supermarkets. The company offers groceries, supplements, produce, frozen foods, and ethnic and kosher food products. UNFI also operates about a dozen natural-products retail stores under the Earth Origins banner and it produces roasted nuts, dried fruits, and other snack items through subsidiary Woodstock Farms.