United Natural Foods, Inc. has been selected as the new grocery wholesaler for Key Food Stores Co-Operative, Inc. with expected sales to UNFI of approximately $10 billion over 10 years. In this new role, UNFI will supply Key Food stores with conventional, natural and organic grocery products, along with a wide variety of international items.
“Key Food, whose members operate more than 315 stores, is a rapidly growing organization with a large market share in the New York market,” said UNFI’s chairman and CEO, Steven Spinner, in a statement. “We have recently begun to service their Florida stores and are excited to expand service to their Northeast stores toward the end of 2021. We believe our unmatched product variety and knowledge of today’s consumer will benefit Key Food and its retailers, and we look forward to driving value to their operations.”
“We are excited about our relationship with UNFI,” said Key Food’s chief executive officer, Dean Janeway, in the statement. “Their unique ability to service the entire store on a single delivery in addition to their industry expertise and buying power gives Key Food members an advantage in the marketplace. We are thrilled to partner with the UNFI team, and our members look forward to offering UNFI’s full line of products to their shoppers.”
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