Funk Resumes C.E.O., President Roles at United Natural Foods
DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Natural and organic food distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), based here, said yesterday that Steven H. Townsend had retired from the positions of president and c.e.o. to devote more time to his other investments and business interests, and that Michael S. Funk, a United Natural Foods director who served as president from 1996 to 1999 and president from 1999 until his retirement in 2002, had resumed both of those roles.