UNFI reviews

3.0

42% would recommend to a friend

(2,369 total reviews)
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J. Alexander (Sandy) Miller Douglas

42% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

UNFI has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,369 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The UNFI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Jun 2, 2009

Supervalu in Chicago

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay if you've been with the company for a long time. If you're on an old contract, you can make around 20.00 an hour as a department head.

Cons

It's retail! Be prepared to work weekends and evenings. You have to offer excellent customer service and be rated highly by customers who take a toll free phone survey. If you do not get high ratings, they make you work evenings until ratings increase.

3.0
May 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Depending on the department you work for it is either a great place or a tough place to work. But the best reason to work for SVU is the opportunity to try new things.

Cons

Some departments are not managed well.

3.0
May 18, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

First, I work in the Own Brands Department of Supervalu, which is the CPG/Brand Management group in charge of managing the Private Label business. We operate somewhat independently of the core merchandising function of the retail business and there are significant differences in quality of life, work life balance and the overall experience. The differences are what you'd expect...merchants and brand marketers are completely different animals. The private label area is an overall good space to work in. Leadership is competent and we've been successful relative to the rest of the business. If you produce results, management doesn't overly interfere or micromanage. I've never been hassled on vacation requests and we have flexibility to come and go...again, assuming you perform.

Cons

It is retail and led by merchandising which creates frequent 'firedrills' and overall shortsightedness. The efforts to centralize 8+ retail banners located throughout the US also causes some ambiguity and thicker than necessary layers of beurocracy.

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