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United Natural Foods (UNFI) is one of North America's largest food distributing companies. Traditionally, the company acts as the middle-man between suppliers and grocery stores. However, as grocery stores consolidate and demand for local food increases, margins on the industry are becoming increasingly compressed and driving companies like UNFI out of business.
Due to the size and market position of the company, this has hurt United