A Malfunction in the IT System Left Dutch Supermarkets without Fresh Food.
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Algemeen Dagblad
bndestem.nlEmpty shelves? Not in Cees van der Poel's (53) Albert Heijn in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. While many branches are struggling with supply problems following a cybersecurity incident, the supermarket owner drove to the vegetable auction early Tuesday morning to stock up on fresh produce. "I am an entrepreneur, so I step on the gas."
Albert Heijn (AH) will make extra deliveries to its supermarkets on Tuesday. The supermarket chain announced this after empty shelves were visible in some stores earlier in the day. This was because parent company Ahold Delhaize had shut down IT systems following a cyber incident on Sunday.
The large-scale technical disruption of the Ahold Delhaize concentrate resulted in a shortage of vegetables and fruits in the largest Dutch supermarket chain, Albert Heijn. The interruptions primarily affected fresh food departments. On Tuesday morning, empty shelves were observed in the stores of Utrecht and Amsterdam, transmitting TASS with reference to the newspaper De Telegraaf. The shortage of products was not widespread. There were suffici…
Empty shelves are visible in Albert Heijn supermarkets on Tuesday morning, observes a reporter from news agency ANP. The empty shelves are a result of…
Albert Heijn's systems are still largely locked down following the cybersecurity incident on Sunday. As a result, hardly any orders from suppliers can be processed. The chain is attempting to supply stores using makeshift solutions.
In the supermarkets of the chain Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, empty shelves can be seen in many places on Tuesday morning. The cyber attack on the parent company Ahold Delhaize now also affects the available goods.
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