SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Notes)	3 Months Ended
Oct. 27, 2018
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Subsequent Events [Text Block]	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS ABL Loan Agreement On August 30, 2018 (the "Signing Date”), the Company, entered into a Loan Agreement (the “New ABL Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company and United Natural Foods West, Inc. (together with the Company, the “U.S. Borrowers”), and UNFI Canada, Inc. (the “Canadian Borrower” and, together with the U.S. Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions that are parties thereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ABL Administrative Agent”), Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch), as Canadian agent for the Lenders (the “Canadian Agent”), and the other parties thereto. As of the Signing Date and as a result of the Company’s entry into the New ABL Loan Agreement, all of the commitments under the Amended Commitment Letter with respect to the Existing ABL Loan Agreement have been terminated and permanently reduced to zero. The commitment with respect to the New Term Loan Facility under the Amended Commitment Letter remained unchanged. The New ABL Loan Agreement provides for the New ABL Credit Facility (the loans thereunder, the “Loans”), of which up to (i) $1,950.0 million is available to the U.S. Borrowers and (ii) $50.0 million is available to the Canadian Borrower. The New ABL Loan Agreement also provides for (i) a $125.0 million sublimit of availability for letters of credit of which there is a further $5.0 million sublimit for the Canadian Borrower and (ii) a $100.0 million sublimit for short-term borrowings on a swingline basis of which there is a further $3.5 million sublimit for the Canadian Borrower. Under the New ABL Loan Agreement, the Borrowers may, at their option, increase the aggregate amount of the New ABL Credit Facility in an amount of up to $600.0 million (but in not less than $10.0 million increments) without the consent of any Lenders not participating in such increase, subject to certain customary conditions and applicable Lenders committing to provide the increase in funding. There can be no assurance that additional funding would be available. The obligations of the Lenders to provide Loans under the New ABL Loan Agreement on the Closing Date are subject to a number of customary conditions, including, without limitation, the consummation of the Merger (which must occur by January 25, 2019, subject to extension in certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of Merger Agreement) and execution and delivery by the borrowers and the guarantors of definitive documentation consistent with the New ABL Loan Agreement and the documentation standards specified therein. Existing Term Loan Agreement Prepayment On August 22, 2018, the Company notified its lenders that it intends to prepay its borrowings outstanding under its real estate backed term loan agreement, dated August 14, 2014 (as amended by the First Amendment Agreement, dated April 29, 2016, and the Second Amendment Agreement, dated September 1, 2016, the "Existing Term Loan Agreement") on October 1, 2018, which were approximately $110.0 million as of July 28, 2018. The Existing Term Loan Agreement was previously scheduled to terminate on the earlier of (a) August 14, 2022 and (b) the date that is ninety days prior to the termination date of the Existing ABL Loan Agreement. Concurrently with the prepayment of borrowings outstanding under the Existing Term Loan Agreement, the Company intends to draw on its Existing ABL Loan Agreement in an amount equal to its Existing Term Loan Agreement prepayment amount.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

ABL Loan Agreement

On August 30, 2018 (the "Signing Date”), the Company, entered into a Loan Agreement (the “New ABL Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company and United Natural Foods West, Inc. (together with the Company, the “U.S. Borrowers”), and UNFI Canada, Inc. (the “Canadian Borrower” and, together with the U.S. Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions that are parties thereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ABL Administrative Agent”), Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada branch), as Canadian agent for the Lenders (the “Canadian Agent”), and the other parties thereto. As of the Signing Date and as a result of the Company’s entry into the New ABL Loan Agreement, all of the commitments under the Amended Commitment Letter with respect to the Existing ABL Loan Agreement have been terminated and permanently reduced to zero. The commitment with respect to the New Term Loan Facility under the Amended Commitment Letter remained unchanged.

The New ABL Loan Agreement provides for the New ABL Credit Facility (the loans thereunder, the “Loans”), of which up to (i) $1,950.0 million is available to the U.S. Borrowers and (ii) $50.0 million is available to the Canadian Borrower. The New ABL Loan Agreement also provides for (i) a $125.0 million sublimit of availability for letters of credit of which there is a further $5.0 million sublimit for the Canadian Borrower and (ii) a $100.0 million sublimit for short-term borrowings on a swingline basis of which there is a further $3.5 million sublimit for the Canadian Borrower. Under the New ABL Loan Agreement, the Borrowers may, at their option, increase the aggregate amount of the New ABL Credit Facility in an amount of up to $600.0 million (but in not less than $10.0 million increments) without the consent of any Lenders not participating in such increase, subject to certain customary conditions and applicable Lenders committing to provide the increase in funding. There can be no assurance that additional funding would be available.

The obligations of the Lenders to provide Loans under the New ABL Loan Agreement on the Closing Date are subject to a number of customary conditions, including, without limitation, the consummation of the Merger (which must occur by January 25, 2019, subject to extension in certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of Merger Agreement) and execution and delivery by the borrowers and the guarantors of definitive documentation consistent with the New ABL Loan Agreement and the documentation standards specified therein.

Existing Term Loan Agreement Prepayment

On August 22, 2018, the Company notified its lenders that it intends to prepay its borrowings outstanding under its real estate backed term loan agreement, dated August 14, 2014 (as amended by the First Amendment Agreement, dated April 29, 2016, and the Second Amendment Agreement, dated September 1, 2016, the "Existing Term Loan Agreement") on October 1, 2018, which were approximately $110.0 million as of July 28, 2018. The Existing Term Loan Agreement was previously scheduled to terminate on the earlier of (a) August 14, 2022 and (b) the date that is ninety days prior to the termination date of the Existing ABL Loan Agreement. Concurrently with the prepayment of borrowings outstanding under the Existing Term Loan Agreement, the Company intends to draw on its Existing ABL Loan Agreement in an amount equal to its Existing Term Loan Agreement prepayment amount.