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United Natural Foods is an independent distributor of natural foods and related products, including nutritional supplements, personal care items and organic produce. It offers more than 40,000 units to over 20,000 customers nationwide. Its nutrition division provides more than 14,000 health and beauty aids, vitamins, minerals and supplements. The company serves a wide variety of retail formats, such as supernatural chains and conventional supermarkets. United Natural Foods, with an office in Atlanta, operates various distribution centers in California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Connecticut and Indiana. It also operates more than 10 retail natural products stores in Florida. The company s subsidiary, Hershey Imports, specializes in the international importing, roasting and packaging of nuts, seeds, dried fruits and snack items. Additionally, United Natural Foods maintains a fleet of trailers.
Naturally Fresh produces dressings, sauces, marinades, dips, oils and vinegars. The company has distribution centers located throughout the United States. They serve retailers, restaurants, broad-line distributors, custom distributors and flight kitchens. The company s production plant comprises 17 modern packaging lines, nine of which are dedicated to packing portion control cups, and packs more than 250 million cups per year through the use of robotic packers. To better fit the needs of all of its customers, Naturally Fresh s packaging options range from 3/4-ounce cups to 16-ounce retail jars to gallon foodservice containers all the way up to 2,500-pound totes. In 1966 Atlanta-based Eastern Foods opened with a $10,000 investment, a handful of employees and a 4,000-square-foot warehouse. The company was known as Eastern Foods until 2002, when it was renamed Naturally Fresh.
