United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI)

WASHINGTON -- As National Seafood Month kicks off this October, initial findings from a consumer study show that more than 85 percent of Americans currently eat seafood. Only 20 percent of Americans, however, meet the Dietary Guidelines recommendation of two servings of fish or seafood each week.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- The natural/organic market can expect "good, strong growth" overall in the future, said the president and c.e.o. of specialty distributor United Natural Foods here, Michael Funk, part of a panel of market experts speaking yesterday at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- The natural/organic market can expect "good, strong growth" overall in the future, said the president and c.e.o. of specialty distributor United Natural Foods here, Michael Funk, part of a panel of market experts speaking yesterday at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- The natural/organic market can expect "good, strong growth" overall in the future, said the president and c.e.o. of specialty distributor United Natural Foods here, Michael Funk, part of a panel of market experts speaking yesterday at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- The natural/organic market can expect "good, strong growth" overall in the future, said the president and c.e.o. of specialty distributor United Natural Foods here, Michael Funk, part of a panel of market experts speaking yesterday at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Gil Mendez has joined the Western Division Albert's Organics, a wholly owned subsidiary of wholesaler United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) here, as operations manager, while Liz Bourret has come aboard the Albert's Source team as its new corporate buyer.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Gil Mendez has joined the Western Division Albert's Organics, a wholly owned subsidiary of wholesaler United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) here, as operations manager, while Liz Bourret has come aboard the Albert's Source team as its new corporate buyer.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Sharing a fate similar to one of its biggest customers, Whole Foods, United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) here yesterday took lumps from Wall Street even though it reported net income of $12.7 million for the fourth quarter ended July 29, a 7.6 percent increase over the previous year, and net sales of $619.8 million, up $76.8 million, or 14.1 percent, from last year. The problem: the natural foods wholesaler still fell short of analysts' high expectations, which on average predicted sales of $630.5 million.UNFI attributed the gap between results and expectations t