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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-20-026186
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20201103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20201120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20201120

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Esper Richard Eric
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001759321

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15723
		FILM NUMBER:		201330472

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8501 WILLIAMS ROAD
		CITY:			ESTERO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33928

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001020859
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141]
		IRS NUMBER:				050376157
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0801

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		313 IRON HORSE WAY
		CITY:			PROVIDENCE
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02908
		BUSINESS PHONE:		401-528-8634

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		313 IRON HORSE WAY
		CITY:			PROVIDENCE
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02908
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    <remarks>This amendment is being filed to attach Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney, which was not included in the original filing due to a technical issue.</remarks>

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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Jill E. Sutton and Jody Hyvarinen, with full power of substitution, the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
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            <div>prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
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            <div>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of United Natural Foods, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
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            <div>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form
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            <div>take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
              the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
      exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
      attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
      attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2020.</div>
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