Grocery stores with low inventory and empty shelves due to cyber attack

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AlfredoCustard@reddit

I went to Walmart last week, it looked just like this. What cyber attack?

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SquirrelyMcNutz@reddit

UNFI or something like that. It's a grocery store supply chain thing. I don't remember the particulars of it though.

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Ricky_Ventura@reddit

UNFI is a wholesaler. Their system was hit with a massive encryption style ransomeware attack while they were in the middle of negotiations with their union.

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Advanced Persistent Threats 1,000% APT 41, APT 33, etc. are groups responsible for ransom attacks like this, and it’s highly likely they are working together. The same week as UNFI hack, we experienced the largest credential data breach in history (it barely received any press).

Moreover, we will see an increased level of cyber warfare in places of kinetic force in recent.

Iran signed strategic deals with both China and Russian within the past half decade to share intelligence, equipment, and cyber expertise assets.

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Chaotic_Good1242@reddit

Do you have insights on if these are at all related to the Ahold Delhaize cyber attack from November?

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TheDaveStrider@reddit

it's really mind boggling how many systems exist behind something as simply as buying groceries

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Wers81@reddit

We are still seeing empty shelves in a different state. Not horrible but noticeable.

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Tonsilith_Salsa@reddit

It's a good thing everyone is obese here.

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Admirable_Leek_3744@reddit

This is why it's good to know and patronize your local farmers!

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bigbootywhitegirl78@reddit

Yup. My csa is there waiting for me every Sunday. I don't get to choose what I get but I like trying new things.

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m1ster0wl@reddit

My CSA market has amazing stuff. And it's cheaper than my local supermarket.

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bigbootywhitegirl78@reddit

Same. Fifty bucks a week for more produce, locally grown rice and beans, and eggs than I can handle. It feels reassuring to know that I won't have to panic if grocery stores are empty.

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GuiltyYams@reddit

The link in the post is dated June 10th, that is 15 days ago. This was previously discussed here, on June 9th, prior to this link you are sharing:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PrepperIntel/comments/1l7bwht/unfi_major_food_distributor_hacked_supply_chain/

Does anyone have any current information on whether or not store shelves are affected where they live. This is not happening in my area, we have been at two stores this week.

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Character_Fox_6056@reddit

It has affected the kale supply for my local stores lol. My store has not had any for weeks and I finally asked and they said this was the reason

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toasty327@reddit

You shouldn't eat a lot of kale. It isn't the super food they say it is.

It is nature's way of cleaning soil of heavy metals and only grows commercially in California and new jersey. Both places have high thallium levels and so do the lake that grows there

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Dull-Hornet-2596@reddit

Seriously? I love kale 😢

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m1ster0wl@reddit

Same, isn't it nutrient rich?

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mygirlwednesday7@reddit

True. I would only plant kale for purposes of bioremediation. I cringe when I see it touted by professionals.

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GaslightGPT@reddit

Kale was used to present other vegetables at markets. It was then marketed and the price for it rose up as people fell for it.

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SeigneurMoutonDeux@reddit

The last statement from UNFI was 11 days ago...

UNFI Media Statement as of June 15, 2025
UNFI is receiving orders and delivering products to our grocery store customers across North America. Over the past few days, we’ve made significant progress toward safely restoring our electronic ordering systems, which will allow us to serve the customers that order through these systems in a more automated way and continue to increase our operational capacity. We are also using alternative processes to ensure our customers receive the products they need while we continue making progress to restore our technology capabilities.

Our customers, suppliers, and associates remain our highest priority, and we are working closely with them every step of the way.

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toasty327@reddit

Where i work we couldn't get deliveries from two of our largest vendors. Cereal and toilet paper was getting very empty.

This past weekend we got a HUGE shipment of both and everything seems to be leveling out

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TanneriteTed@reddit

Yep. This is how it went for my local grocery store in central Illinois.

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Keysuhdilluh@reddit

I have a RL friend who runs several grocery stores in Illinois. He hasn't been able to get his main shipments in over three weeks. One store in particular is looking especially rough- he has most the coolers turned off and displays condensed together. Shelves have everything pulled to the front and arranged to make it look more full, but if you were to fully utilize the shelves, I'm betting that shop's entire inventory would fit in two aisles, max. I hope an order comes soon; I can't imagine how much this hurts.

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mediocre_remnants@reddit

Yeah this is 2 weeks old. And it did affect a handful of stores in my area, people on my local sub were complaining about it. As far as I can tell, everything is back to normal now.

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hennabeak@reddit

Still shows a big vulnerability in the system.

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biggesthumb@reddit

Imagine being a mod approving this

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Remarkable-Opening69@reddit

It’s a fear based sub so. Fear everything?

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pushingbrown@reddit

I'm afraid you're right

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shippery@reddit

Yeah, their systems are pretty much all back up now. Any remaining inventory issues from this should resolve relatively soon if they're not already.

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reloader1977@reddit

Stores are getting back to normal, but the main warehouse group unfi was adversely affected.
One of the warehouses near me is weeks behind and struggling to catch up. Other grocery suppliers are making up the difference.

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pandershrek@reddit

Oh okay. That explains why there was no fucking salad packs at the store.

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Bitter_Coyote_6074@reddit

fear monger

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ablestrange@reddit

First they came for the yogurt and I said nothing…

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Unique-Sock3366@reddit

Then they came for the juice. But I don’t drink juice, so I said nothing…

(But for real, I went to three different grocery stores to find my husband’s favorite juice.)

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Proxelies@reddit

Shelves looked a lot like this in Portland, Oregon this past Monday when I went shopping at Fred Meyer. Tons of products in their refrigerated section on sale or out of stock.

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Apprehensive_Cash108@reddit

This isn't exactly timely information. I just wanted to chime in and say that Barron definitely did this. He's very good at cyber.

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mradoc@reddit

Yeah our local coop and Whole Foods both still having empty shelves of some items due to this.

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BardanoBois@reddit

Op is a bot lol

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vintage_neurotic@reddit

My local grocery co-op looks similar.

My understanding is that the system/company that was hacked was heavily used by co-op chains or similar stores, less than the Walmarts / big box stores of the world.

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