Whole Foods informed its employees about ongoing outages and disruptions at its primary distributor, United Natural Foods (UNFI), due to a nationwide technology system outage described as a cybersecurity incident.
The cyberattack is affecting UNFI's ability to select and ship products, impacting normal delivery schedules and product availability for Whole Foods.
Whole Foods instructed staff to limit communications with customers and provided a single approved customer talking point about temporary supply challenges.
UNFI, one of the largest food distributors in North America, disclosed the cyberattack and took its entire network offline. Real-world impacts on grocery stores and customers may become more evident later this week.