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Whole Foods and other US grocery stores are only partially stocked as major food distributors continue to tackle recent cyberattacks, a recent revenue call revealed.
North American wholesale sales agent United Natural Foods confirmed this week that it was forced to take some of its system offline after realising fraudulent activity. At a financial quarter meeting on Tuesday, June 10th, CEO Sandy Douglas said that wholesale distributors are supplying customers only on a “limited basis” amid the crisis.
“We provide the best possible needs with customers across the country, across the country, across formats in a variety of short-term modes,” Douglas told investors. “We do whatever way we can help them meet their needs.”
According to Douglas, the company is working with the FBI and other authorities to determine how services are reopened and why technology defenses have failed.
“We’ve just permeated, so we’ll continue to see every aspect of defense, every aspect of how our tools work, and what we need to strengthen it in the future, because it’s clearly an area that requires a big focus from today’s businesses,” he said.
Social media users have reported that shelves are empty at several Whole Foods locations. The signs recommend inconvenience and promise to replenish your supplies immediately.
A Whole Foods spokesperson told USA Today on Monday, June 9 that supermarket chains are working to restock their shelves as soon as possible, apologizing for the inconvenience.
The CEO says he notified investors as soon as possible.
When asked why the company hesitated to notify investors about cyberattacks and systems shutdowns, Douglas denied that there was a delay.
Douglas noticed activities that were not permitted by the system on June 5th and investigated whether he was quarantined. By the afternoon of June 6th, the company had decided to lock down the system. On June 9th, we filed Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to notify shareholders before the market is opened.
“So there’s no way we could communicate faster and there was no deal,” Douglas added.
He also failed to confirm whether the shutdown would require customers to break the contract, adding, “Even if I had a tendency to disclose it, I would virtually not be able to answer that question.”
“The focus is to serve our customers and be able to do whatever it takes to do to do everything we can in this environment,” he said.
