Melinda, via email – Something I now have on my radar, due to the high % of Toronto residents now on the dole.
Grocer Metro’s Toronto distribution centre has been shut down since Sep. 12 due to what the company calls a “refrigeration failure.” Stores remain stocked through contingency plan, no reopening date announced.
Is this really just about a “refrigeration failure”?#cybersecurity
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) September 23, 2025
I seem to recall a number of US food processing plants having been damaged in the past year or so…
Does their automation not work well in the cold?
https://corpo.metro.ca/en/media/newsroom/2024/METRO-Inc-Completes-the-transformation-of-its-supply-chain.html
New system starting to show bugs? I can easily see some huge thing like that screwing up in a non-obvious way that nobody knows how to fix. It’ll take them a while to chase down the issues.
Refrigeration failure? This is… chilling…
I blame global warming.
Damn…
You beat me to it!
So you think the refrigeration story is BS. Fine. Now get off your arses Mr. Foodprofessor et al and find out what the real story is.
Well, the real story is, I can’t seem to get my arse out of this chair. But I’m a bit reluctant to get that into print.
Couldn’t possibly be anyone getting prepped (ordering up) for a manufactured “Food Crisis” in a major metropolitan area, of course.
As a long time grocery store manager… BS on the “refrigeration failure.”
Especially at the distribution center.
Multiple repair companies on call 24/7. Backup compressors in crates ready to go…
Can call up an army of refrigerated trailers within an hour.
Someone high up screwed the pooch.
Bunny, you were competent. So many of today’s staff are DEI hires, and this may be the result.
Assuming it’s not a problem with either the Scada or all the individual control boards, that leaves a transformer issue, which would give you a long timeframe.
Yeah, those buggers keep turning into cars and running away on you. Oh, wait, different transformer issues, sorry.
Just wait for winter!!!!