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Exhibit 4.1    
    



	NUMBER	 	 	 	SHARES
	UNF	 	UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.	 	 
	COMMON STOCK	 	INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE	 	CUSIP 911163 10 3

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS





This Certifies that 


SPECIMEN



is
the owner of 


FULLY
PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE OF 


UNITED
NATURAL FOODS, INC. transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and
the shares represented hereby are subject to the laws of the State of Delaware and to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation as from time to time amended (copies of which
are on file with the Transfer Agent) to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof asserts. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. 


Witness
the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 


Dated




	/s/  RICK D. PUCKETT      	 	/s/  STEVEN H. TOWNSEND      
	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	 	CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD









UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.  


        The Corporation has more than one class or series of stock authorized to be issued. The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder upon written
request a copy of the full text of the preferences, voting powers, qualifications and special and relative rights of the shares of each class or series of stock authorized to be issued by the
Corporation as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and amendments thereto filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware. 


        The
following abbreviation, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 



	TEN COM	 	—	 	as tenants in common	 	UNF GIFT MIN ACT —	 	 	 	Custodian	 	 
	TEN ENT	 	—	 	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	

	JT TEN	 	—	 	as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	(Cust.)	 	 	 	(Minor)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 (State)	 	 




Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 


For
value received,                                    hereby sell, assign
and transfer unto 



	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE	 	 
	
	 	 
	




	

 	



 








PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE 








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____________________________________________________________________________________________
Shares 


of
the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint 


___________________________________________________________________________________
Attorney 


to
transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. 


Dated
_____________________ 



	 	 	

	 	 	NOTICE:	THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.





Signature(s) Guaranteed 



	By _____________________________________________	 
	THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.	 













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