Comparison Overview

Whole Foods Market

VS

Food Lion

Whole Foods Market

550 Bowie st, Austin, TX, US, 78701
Last Update: 2026-01-24
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Between 750 and 799
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/careers

Whole Foods was founded in 1980 on the belief that where food comes from, and how it’s grown, matters. It meant creating quality standards, working with suppliers who achieve them, and sharing that information with our customers. And it radically changed the way people understood and shopped for food. The result has been the highest quality natural and organic products, an unmatched experience in more than 500+ stores, with a passionate team of over 90,000 team members, 5 percent of our total net profits given back to our communities each year, and millions of customers who put their trust in us every day.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 48,778
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1
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Food Lion

2011 Executive Dr, Salisbury, 28147, US
Last Update: 2026-01-18
Between 750 and 799
https://http://www.foodlion.com

Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., and its 82,000 associates have a longstanding history of serving its customers and communities through 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. Since 1957, we have been connected to the towns and cities we serve by providing an easy shopping experience anchored by a strong commitment to affordability, freshness and the communities we serve. By serving more than 10 million customers a week, our associates make sure our customers can always count on us to meet their needs. In addition, we make sure that our neighbors can count on us too. Through Food Lion Feeds, we are working to end hunger in our local communities by committing to donate 500 million meals through food donations, volunteer service and other impactful hunger-relief initiatives.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 24,802
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Whole Foods Market
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Food Lion
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Whole Foods Market
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Food Lion
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Whole Foods Market in 2026.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Food Lion in 2026.

Incident History — Whole Foods Market (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Whole Foods Market cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Food Lion (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Food Lion cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Whole Foods Market
Incidents

Date Detected: 09/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Payment Card Systems
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 3/2017
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog
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Food Lion
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Food Lion company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Whole Foods Market company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Whole Foods Market and Food Lion have experienced a similar number of publicly disclosed cyber incidents.

In the current year, Food Lion company and Whole Foods Market company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Food Lion company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Whole Foods Market company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Whole Foods Market company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Food Lion company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Food Lion company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Whole Foods Market company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Whole Foods Market company nor Food Lion company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Food Lion company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Whole Foods Market company.

Whole Foods Market company employs more people globally than Food Lion company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Whole Foods Market nor Food Lion holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Typemill is a flat-file, Markdown-based CMS designed for informational documentation websites. A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) exists in the login error view template `login.twig` of versions 2.19.1 and below. The `username` value can be echoed back without proper contextual encoding when authentication fails. An attacker can execute script in the login page context. This issue has been fixed in version 2.19.2.

Published
Date
2026-01-23
Updated
Date
2026-01-23
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Description

A DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the DomainCheckerApp class within domain/script.js of Sourcecodester Domain Availability Checker v1.0. The vulnerability occurs because the application improperly handles user-supplied data in the createResultElement method by using the unsafe innerHTML property to render domain search results.

Published
Date
2026-01-23
Updated
Date
2026-01-23
References
Description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Modern Image Gallery App v1.0 within the gallery/upload.php component. The application fails to properly validate uploaded file contents. Additionally, the application preserves the user-supplied file extension during the save process. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary PHP code by spoofing the MIME type as an image, leading to full system compromise.

Published
Date
2026-01-23
Updated
Date
2026-01-23
References
Description

A UNIX symbolic link following issue in the jailer component in Firecracker version v1.13.1 and earlier and 1.14.0 on Linux may allow a local host user with write access to the pre-created jailer directories to overwrite arbitrary host files via a symlink attack during the initialization copy at jailer startup, if the jailer is executed with root privileges. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.13.2 or 1.14.1 or above.

Published
Date
2026-01-23
Updated
Date
2026-01-23
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
cvss4
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the /srvs/membersrv/getCashiers endpoint of the Aptsys gemscms backend platform thru 2025-05-28. This unauthenticated endpoint returns a list of cashier accounts, including names, email addresses, usernames, and passwords hashed using MD5. As MD5 is a broken cryptographic function, the hashes can be easily reversed using public tools, exposing user credentials in plaintext. This allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized logins and potentially gain access to sensitive POS operations or backend functions.

Published
Date
2026-01-23
Updated
Date
2026-01-23
References