I own a grocery store. A big supplier outage revealed problems with our food system that customers rarely see.

04/14/2025, 6:17 AM
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I own a grocery store. A big supplier outage revealed problems with our food system that customers rarely see.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Linda Gommel, the CEO of Lucerne Valley Market and Hardware in Southern California. Gommel's store was one of those affected over the past week by an outage at UNFI, a major food distributor for supermarkets in the US.

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