Whole Foods warns against deficiency after the electronic attack in its primary distributor UNSI

Whole Foods told its employees that Continuous interruptions and disturbances in their basic distributor, It may take United Natural Foods (UNSI) “several days to solve.”

Amazon retail giant told the employees in an internal connection, which Techcrunch sees, that Unfi was suffering Cyber ​​security accident.

“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. “

Whole Foods did not mention how it has claimed that the situation might be resolved within a few days.

For its part, Unsi said on Wednesday that it made progress in restoring its systems.

“We continue to work steadily to restore our systems safely and provide the services that our customers and suppliers know and expect us,” said a spokeswoman for Unsi Grace Turiano, told Techcrunch. “As of today, we gradually restore our capabilities to demand and receive online, with the aim of increasing our ability in the coming 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. Company The electronic attack was revealed on Monday In a file with federal organizers, Sandy Douglas, CEO of UNFI, told investors this week that the company took its full network in non -communication mode on Friday after the offside was discovered.

The company also informed this week about $ 8.1 billion of net sales in the quarter ending on May 3, 2025.

Since we have Reports on TuesdayTECHRUNCH received many reports of empty shelves in some Wole Foods stores and other ONSI grocery stores. 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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This story was first published on June 10 and was updated with new information about the UNFI recovery from a spokesman.