Items Missing From Whole Foods After Top Distributor Suffers Cyberattack

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's more of an inconvenience, and then I got to
figure out what other stores.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
We need to go to to get the rest of
our supplies.

Speaker 3 (00:03):
Tom lives in Norwill. His spot to shop is the
Whole Foods at the Derby Street shops in Hingham. However,
this week's a little different.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, it's a little frustrated here and there.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
Whole Foods top distributor, Providence based United Natural Foods, had
to move some of their systems offline because of unauthorized
activity first spotted last week. It's affecting warehouses, deliveries and
orders all over the country.

Speaker 4 (00:25):
For Whole Foods, it's their top supplier.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
We have to go to another place.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
United Natural Foods is now saying they hope to have
everything fixed by this weekend.

Speaker 4 (00:33):
Until then, you may run into some trouble.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
Finding everything in need and hang them. Jim MCKAWBZ, Boston's
news radio