‘It was empty’: Co-op stores deal with cyberattack affecting supply [Video]

Shoppers who frequent Co-op stores in Saskatoon and the area may have to shop around to get what they need because of limited supply due to a cyberattack.

The Co-op has been directing the public and media to their social media accounts for information. It posted an initial notice a few days ago.

“Federated Co-operatives Limited is experiencing an unplanned IT service outage. Due to these system-wide issues, the outage may impact some of our systems and operations at some of our locations and online,” the post reads.

Shoppers CTV spoke to on Wednesday were seeing the deficiency.

“I was trying to get noodles the other day and there was none on the shelf at all, and when I went for sandwich spread, there was none. It was empty,” Patricia Neubauer told CTV News.

Lynn Remeshylo was seeing a similar situation. “Produce, I’d say, is at about half. Empty shelves …