Food distribution giant United Natural Foods (UNFI) said it made “significant progress” in recovery from a cyberspace that occurred almost two weeks ago, as grocery stores across North America depend on the distributor continue to report food deficiencies.
Unfi said to a Update on Sunday That it has restored electronic order systems that its customers use to place orders for grocery stores and supermarkets.
The company, which provides more than 30,000 stores in the United States and Canada with fresh produce and other products, was hit by a Cyberettack on June 5, which the company revealed several days later.
UNFI has not yet described the nature of Cyberettack, although it told investors last week that it had closed its entire network to contain the incident. The ongoing interruption prevents the company from fulfilling and distributing customer orders on a scale.
One of the biggest groceries affected is Whole Foods, which is based on UNFI as a “primary distributor”. Several Whole Foods stores, including one who visited TechCrunch last week and Others in the New York areaThey face shelves in the midst of UNFI holidays. An employee at a Whole Foods in California told TechCrunch on supply issues in their store, saying they had not seen any products for days.
Whole Foods told TechCrunch that she was working to restore her shelves “as quickly as possible”, but did not say when the missions would return to normal.
People who work in local grocery stores and large chain supermarkets have told TechCrunch that they are still having a disturbance of different degrees. Some have said other distributors provide some supplies, while others still report problems with Products from UNFI.
The holidays also affect the grocery stores run by the US Defense Department for active staff and retired veterans. An employee in a grocery store run by Defender He said they saw blank shelves and late missions.
Kevin Robinson, a spokesman for the Defense Committee, confirmed that the UNFI Cyberettack influenced dozens of his stores.
“This incident has influenced the deliveries in multiple grocery chains, including 53 Deca stores (Deca),” Robinson said. “The Deca Supply Chain Team has been working closely with UNFI to implement manual solutions that have effectively minimized disorders in the store.”
UNFI has not yet given a timetable for recovery.
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This story was first published on June 16 and was informed on June 17 with details by the US Defense Department.
