EXHIBIT 99.2

          Certification Pursuant To 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted
            Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

      In connection with the Quarterly Report of United Natural Foods, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), on Form 10-Q for the period ended January
31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Rick D. Puckett, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge and based
on my review of the Report:

            3.    the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

            4.    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and result of
                  operations of the Company.


                                                      /s/ Rick D. Puckett
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                                                      Rick D. Puckett
                                                      Chief Financial Officer

                                                      March 14, 2003