Cyberattack disrupts Twin Cities grocery supply; Cub Pharmacies back online
Cyberattack disrupts Twin Cities grocery supply; Cub Pharmacies back online originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
A cyberattack on United Natural Foods (UNFI), discovered late last week, has had a cascading effect on the company's grocery stores, which include Cub Foods, as well as stores that rely on UNFI for deliveries, including Whole Foods, Kowalski's, and Lunds & Byerlys in Minnesota.
More than 30,000 total locations across North America rely on UNFI as a supplier, which has resulted in reports of delayed deliveries, impacting grocery store inventories.
Tech Crunch reports Whole Foods employees were informed that what UNFI has described as a "cyber incident" would impact its normal delivery schedule and product availability.
At Cub Foods, which was acquired by UNFI in 2018, it has meant many of its pharmacies were taken offline, unable to fill new and refill prescriptions.
"Over the past few days, several of our Cub Pharmacies were unable to fulfill some of our customers' needs due to an incident that caused temporary disruptions to our business operations," a UNFI spokesperson tells Bring Me The News.
However, as of June 12, the company says all of its pharmacies are back online and filling prescriptions.
The interruption in service took place after UNFI took some systems offline to combat the hack, according to multiple reports.
"We continue working steadily to safely restore our systems and provide the services our customers and suppliers know and expect from us," the UNFI spokesperson says.
Meanwhile, systems for ordering and receiving are "gradually" being brought back online as of June 12, "with the goal of further increasing our capacity over the coming days."
In the meantime, Lunds & Byerlys is working to "secure alternative sources for products typically supplied by UNFI," the company says in a statement.
"While we anticipate some temporary product shortages, the impact will primarily be limited to select items in grocery, frozen and dairy as the majority of our produce, meat, seafood, deli and bakery offerings are produced in-house or sourced from other suppliers."
A Whole Foods spokesperson tells Bring Me The News that it is working to restock shelves as quickly as possible, apologizing for the inconvenience any shortages may have caused customers. The Amazon-owned grocery chain has not detailed how widespread the shortages have been.
UNFI says it has been investigating the incident with forensic experts. However, it has not disclosed the nature of the cyberattack and whether customer data was accessed.
It has also not commented on the extent of the impact on its food deliveries, the number of stores affected, or the potential costs for the company.This story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.
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