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Mr. Douglas has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since August 2021. He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Staples, Inc. (Staples), an office retail company, from April 2018 to June 2021, which included leading that company's business-to-business distribution platform. Prior to Staples, Mr. Douglas served as President of Coca-Cola North America, the flagship market of The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) and a $10 billion revenue business that includes finished goods, juice and foodservice businesses, until February 2018, overseeing all aspects of its consumer and business-to-business operations. During Mr. Douglas's 30-year tenure at Coca-Cola, he also served as Global Chief Customer Officer and held a variety of positions across sales and marketing. Mr. Douglas began his career at The Procter & Gamble Company in sales and sales management positions. Since May 2020, Mr. Douglas has served as a member of the board of directors of Wawa Inc., a leading convenience retailer in the Eastern United States.

On July 7, 2026, the Board of Directors of United Natural Foods, Inc. appointed Louis Martin, the Company's current President of Conventional Grocery Products and UNFI Chief Commercial Officer, as Chief Commercial Officer, effective on August 3, 2026. Louis Martin was appointed as our President of Conventional Grocery Products and Chief Commercial Officer in January 2025. Mr. Martin previously served as our President of Wholesale since March 2023 and as our Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer since March 2022. Prior to joining us, Mr. Martin served as President of the Global Walmart Customer Team at The Coca-Cola Company since April 2016. Mr. Martin held several positions during his 15 years at Coca-Cola including Senior Vice President of System Evolution for Coca-Cola North America. Prior to working with Coca-Cola, Mr. Martin was with McKinsey & Company and previously with E.D. & F. Man, a British Sugar Trade House. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University and an MBA in finance and management from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Mark Bushway, the Company's President of Natural, Organic, Specialty & Fresh Products and UNFI Chief Supply Chain Officer will hold the title of Chief Supply Chain Officer from August 3, 2026. Mark Bushway was appointed our President of Natural, Organic, Specialty & Fresh Products and UNFI Chief Supply Chain Officer in January 2025. Mr. Bushway previously served as our Chief Supply Chain Officer since December 2021 and our Region President of the Atlantic Region since August 2018. Mr. Bushway previously served as our Region Vice President of Operations, from November 2010 to August 2018. Mr. Bushway also has served as our National Director of Real Estate & Construction (November 2008 to November 2010); Operations Project Manager (2006 to 2008); and General Manager in our Chesterfield Distribution Center (2003 to 2006). Prior to joining us, Mr. Bushway served as Regional Project Manager for C&S Wholesale Grocers from 2000 until 2003 as well as holding various other leadership positions in his time at C&S, which began in 1989. Mr. Mark Bushway will be leaving the Company on January 1, 2027.

Danielle Benedict was appointed as our Chief Human Resource Officer in September 2017. Ms. Benedict previously served as our Senior Vice President, Human Resources from May 2016 to September 2017 and as our National Vice President, Human Resources from August 2014 to May 2016 and Director, Compensation & Benefits from April 2013 to August 2014. Prior to joining us, Ms. Benedict was Vice President, Human Resources & Leadership Development at Clean Harbors Environmental Services from 2007 to 2013. She began her career with Dunkin Brands, Inc. in 1999. Since September 2022, Ms. Benedict serves on the board of The Food Project, a non-profit organization. Ms. Benedict holds a bachelor's degree in management from Emmanuel College.

Mr. Stahl previously served as a member of the Compensation Committee from 2019 to 2020, Chair of the Compensation Committee from 2020 to 2021 and a member of the Audit Committee from 2021 to 2023. Mr. Stahl served as a member of the board of Catalent, Inc., a contract manufacturing and development company for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, from August 2014 to December 2024. Mr. Stahl previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Revlon Inc. (Revlon), a multinational cosmetics, skin care, fragrance and personal care company, from 2002 until his retirement in 2006. Prior to joining Revlon, Mr. Stahl served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) from 2000 to 2001 after previously serving in various management positions of increasing responsibility, including Chief Financial Officer, during a tenure with Coca-Cola which began in 1979. Additionally, he formerly served on the boards of Advantage Solutions LLC, Schering-Plough Corporation, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Saks, Inc., Coty Inc. and Ahold Delhaize, and was chairman of the board of managers of New Avon LLC.

Ms. Dufresne previously served on the Nominating and Governance Committee from 2016 to 2021 and the Audit Committee from 2017 to 2018. Ms. Dufresne has been a Managing Partner of Awani Capital Management, a private equity firm, since April 2025. Prior to that position, Ms. Dufresne was a Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners, a venture capital firm that specialized in acquisition, buyouts and turnaround of underperforming businesses, from January 2017 to October 2024. Ms. Dufresne was previously a Managing Director of RLJ Equity Partners, a private equity fund, from December 2005 to June 2016. Ms. Dufresne participated in building the RLJ investment team, raising capital to fund its operations and constructing a partnership with The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm. Prior to that role, Ms. Dufresne was a Venture Partner during 2005 with Parish Capital Advisors, an investment fund for emerging and experienced institutional investors and a Principal from 1999 to 2005 at Weston Presidio Capital, a private equity organization. She also served as Associate Director in 1997 in the Bank of Scotland's Structured Finance Group. Ms. Dufresne previously served as a director of Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. from June 2015 to September 2022.

Ms. Boyland previously served on the Audit Committee from 2021 to 2023. Ms. Boyland is a retired senior executive of the FedEx Corporation, where she served as Corporate Vice President, Operations and Service Support from 2016 to 2020. While at FedEx, Ms. Boyland led advanced operations technology initiatives, electro mobility, network and fleet automation, service quality and customer experience improvements and new service offerings for the company. Prior to her tenure at FedEx, Ms. Boyland held leadership positions in various functions at GE Capital Corporation (GE), including Six Sigma Quality, mergers and acquisitions and acquisition integration. She also practiced for eight years as a commercial transactions and investment attorney at GE. Ms. Boyland currently serves on the boards of directors of Vontier Corporation, an industrial manufacturing company, and Aurora Innovation, Inc., a self-driving vehicle technology company, and previously served as a member of the boards of directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation and UMRF Ventures, Inc. She has also served as a trustee of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art since 2020 and a director of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare since October 2025. In 2016, Ms. Boyland was appointed to the U.S. DOT Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation. Prior to serving on its board, Ms. Boyland served as a strategic advisor to Aurora Technologies, LLC.

Ms. Blake served in various positions of increasing responsibility at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management division of State Street Corporation, a financial services company, from 1987, including most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Global Equity Beta Solutions, until she retired in 2021. She also led Corporate Governance and Asset Stewardship, ESG Research and ESG data management while at SSGA, with a particular focus during the last two years on transformation. Ms. Blake served as a member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board's (SASB) investment advisory group from 2016 to 2021. She currently is a member of the board of directors of WisdomTree, Inc., a global exchange-traded product sponsor and asset manager, where she serves as chair of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee. Ms. Blake is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified and has an NACD Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight.

Mr. Pappas founded JCP Investment Management in Houston in June 2009 and is the Managing Member and owner of the firm. From 2007 until 2009, he was a private investor, in addition to consulting with several businesses. From 2005 until 2007, he worked in the Investment Banking/Leveraged Finance Division of Goldman Sachs, where he advised private equity groups and corporations on appropriate leveraged buyout, recapitalization and refinancing alternatives. Prior to that, he was an investment banker at Banc of America Securities, where he focused on consumer and retail investment banking. Mr. Pappas has served on the board of directors of Panera Brands Inc., which includes the fast casual concept Panera Bread, Einstein Bros. bagels and its regional brands and Caribou Coffee, since May 2025 and the board of directors of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., a casual dining restaurant chain, since December 2024. He has been the chairman of the board of directors of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., a direct-to-chef and restaurant specialty food platform, since 2023, and a director since 2020. Mr. Pappas served as a director of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., a specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of leather and leather related products, from 2016 to January 2025. Mr. Pappas has previously served on the boards of several public companies, including food-related businesses such as Jamba, Inc., The Pantry, Inc., and Morgan's Foods, Inc. He currently also serves as Secretary for the Endowment Advisory Board of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Houston and on the Methodist Hospital Gastro Division's Advisory Board in Houston.

Mr. Mohammad currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer at CarMax Inc. (CarMax), the largest used car retailer in the United States, third largest wholesaler of used cars in the United States and a leading auto finance company, a position he has held since April 2021. Prior to then, he held various senior technology roles of increasing responsibility at CarMax since 2012. Prior to joining CarMax, Mr. Mohammad held information technology leadership roles at BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Blockbuster, Inc. and TravelClick, Inc. In 2020, MIT Sloan selected Mr. Mohammad as the recipient of the CIO Leadership Award, which recognizes CIOs who lead their organizations to deliver exemplary levels of business value through the innovative use of technology. Mr. Mohammad is a registered CPA and is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified.

The Board appointed Alfredo Luchini to the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective August 10, 2026. Mr. Luchini most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carrier Climate Solutions Americas, an externally reported segment of Carrier Global Corporation that manufactures and sells residential, light commercial and commercial HVAC applications and aftermarket products in North and Latin America, since January 2024. Prior to this role, Mr. Luchini served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Global Comfort Solutions business unit at Carrier from July 2022 to December 2023 and as Vice President of Finance at Engie, a France-based global utility company that develops, builds and operates power plants globally, from January 2021 to June 2022. Previously, Mr. Luchini spent more than a decade at General Electric in progressively senior finance roles, including leadership positions within GE Renewable Energy and GE's Corporate Audit Staff. Mr. Luchini holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico University in Milan, Italy.

Mahrukh Hussain has served as our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since May 2022. Prior to joining us, Ms. Hussain served as Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial and Privacy Officer for McDonald's Corporation since January 2022. During her tenure with McDonald's, Ms. Hussain held a range of legal positions with increasing responsibility. She served as Corporate Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from April 2021 to January 2022 and the Interim Global General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from October 2020 until April 2021. From July 2013 through October 2020, Ms. Hussain served as McDonald's U.S. General Counsel; from May 2011 through May 2013 she served as the Europe General Counsel; from February 2009 through May 2011 she served as the Central Division General Counsel; and from December 2000 through February 2009 she served as Managing Counsel/Senior Counsel/Counsel U.S. Real Estate Practice Groups. Prior to working with McDonald's, she was an associate at the law firm of Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger, and Krauss and served one year as a judicial clerk for Justice Rita Garman. Ms. Hussain holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

David Best was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail in August 2025. Prior to joining UNFI, Mr. Best served as Chief Executive Officer of Lakeshirts, a retail apparel company, from July to August 2025. He previously served as President, Chief Operating Officer and director of Coborn's Inc., a grocery retailer based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, from August 2023 to May 2025. Prior to Coborn's, he spent four years as Senior Vice President of Omnichannel and Strategic Capabilities for General Mills, where his expertise spanned areas including category management, retail media, digital shelf, shopper marketing, shopper insights, and analytics. Mr. Best also has 19 years of experience from Target Corporation, where he held various leadership roles across merchandising, supply chain and business development. Mr. Best holds a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, as well as an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Matthew Echols has served as our Chief Corporate Affairs Officer since March 2022. Prior to joining us, Mr. Echols served as Global Vice President for Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability at The Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Echols held several positions during his 24 years at Coca-Cola including Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability for North America from 2015 to 2019, and from 2019 to 2021, a similar role in Asia Pacific based in Singapore. Before joining Coca-Cola, Mr. Echols worked on Capitol Hill for several members of the U.S. Congress. He holds a master's degree in marketing communications from Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School, where he currently serves on the Dean's Advisory Board, and a bachelor's degree from the University of West Georgia.

The Board of Directors of the Company has appointed R. Eric Esper to the role of Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, to be effective November 22, 2020. Mr. Esper served as Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer of The Hertz Corporation from August 2020 to October 2020. He was previously Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from November 2018 to August 2020. He joined Hertz in March 2018 as Vice President, Corporate Controller. Prior to this, Mr. Esper worked for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. in a variety of leadership positions, most recently as Vice President, Brand Finance and Strategy, and previously as Vice President and Controller. Before joining Norwegian, Mr. Esper worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers where he managed audits for public companies within the transportation, logistics and hospitality industries. He is a Certified Public Accountant with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from the University of Michigan.