Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability

Whole Foods told its employees that the ongoing interruptions and turmoil in its basic distributor, united natural Foods (UNFI), may take “several days to solve it.”

Amazon’s retail giant told the employees in an internal connection, which Techcrunch sees, that UNFI was suffering from “the interruption of the technology system worldwide”, which UNFI described on its part as a cybersecurity.

“The electronic attack affects” UNFI’s ability to choose and ship products from their warehouses “, and that this” will affect regular delivery schedules and product availability. ”

Employees of employees included instructions to reduce communications with customers. The “only approved family conversation point” that Whole Foods employees can share with customers, according to communications, is that the grocery giant faces “temporary challenges in the show.”

When we arrived by Techcrunch, “While Foods Simpala spokesman Simpala said:” We are working to re -store our shelves as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience that this might cause to customers. “

UNFI did not respond to Techcrunch request on Tuesday, and has not been given a schedule for its recovery. While Foods spokesman did not mention how the company has reached its claim that the situation may be resolved within a few days.

UNFI is one of the largest food distributors in North America, as it provides groceries and fresh products for more than 30,000 supermarkets and shops throughout the United States and Canada. The company revealed the electronic attack on Monday in a file with the federal organizers, and the CEO of UNFI, Sandy Douglas, reached the investors on Tuesday that the company took its full network without internet connection on Friday after its discovery.

On Tuesday, the company also told $ 8.1 billion of net sales in the quarter ending on May 3, 2025.

As we also informed on Tuesday, Techcrunch heard anecdotal reports of empty shelves in some Woele Foods stores and other groceries that depend on UNSI.

The While Foods store, which this reporter visited on Tuesday, showed notifications in many corridors, saying that the store was suffering from an “unlimited temporary version” of some products.

A large part of the real world impact may not be seen on grocery stores and customers until later this week.

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