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

The whole meal told his staff that Preventing the ongoing confusion and its primary distributor, United Natural Foods (UPI), “may take several days in solution”.

Amazon -owned retailer told an internal communication staff seen by Techchen, that UPI was suffering a “nationwide technology system”, described as part of its part as part of Anfi CynicismThe

The whole meal was in contact with staff in contact with the staff that CyberTac “UNFI” is affecting the ability to select products from their warehouse and shipping “and it” will affect our normal delivery schedule and product availability. ”

Missive to Staff included instructions to restrict contact with customers. According to the communication, the full meal employees have the “only single -authorized customer talking point” the “temporary supply of temporary supply” that is the only single -authorized customer to share with customers.

When the whole meal spokesperson Nathan Simbala reached the TechCrunch: “We are working to restart our shelves as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience for customers.”

Tuesday did not respond to TechCrunch request for comments, or no timeline was given for its recovery, UNFI did not respond. The entire food spokesman did not say how the company had demanded that the situation could be resolved within a few days.

UNFI is one of the largest food distributors in North America, providing more than 30,000 stores and grocery products and fresh products across the United States and Canada. Organization CyberTack released on Monday In a filing to federal regulators and UNFI chief executive Sandy Douglas on Tuesday, investors told investors that the company took its entire network offline on Friday.

The company reported $ 8.1 Billion in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, May 3, 2025.

As we said earlier on Tuesday, TechCrunch has heard some entire food shops and other grocery stores based on UNFI, based on an empty shelves.

An entire food store visited by this reporter on Tuesday showed notice in several isles that the store is suffering from an unprecedented “temporary” stock issue for some products.

Most down stream real-world effects on grocery stores and on their customers are not seen until the end of this week.

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