4w ago

Cyberattack at grocery stores and pharmacies

Cyberattack at grocery stores, pharmacies worries Minnesota shoppers

Friend of mine said the shelves are empty at WF in central CA due to this.

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this is really wild. we live in an era where a cyberattack can break the food supply chain. I hate how dependent I am on grocery stores, but also i don't really like or have time for any of the alternative solutions.
- Yeah, scary. If they can break the food supply chain, what is the next stop?
I happen to be working in a major grocery store right now that draws from UNFI for 75% of our product. Our shelves are far from bare, but our deliveries have been affected. Certainly, stock quantities are only going down. I did not receive any stock Monday. I was told they took our order from a prior Wednesday and resubmitted it for delivery this Wednesday, but it did not arrive. An order is in place for tomorrow, but again, we didn't shoot it so they must be using sales estimates or another prior order. I hope it shows up, but its not likely I'll be getting it (a truck is scheduled but with no eta).
We have other suppliers and are drawing additional items from them where we can, but they cannot quell the full demand in either quantity or diversity.
I'm surprised they had no backup system in place. That was incredibly unwise and irresponsible considering it is food chain related. Funny how banks are too big to fail, but not food suppliers.