AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumResolved

C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 26, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC. →2 incidents on file

C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC accidentally mailed W2 tax forms to incorrect individuals during its annual January 2025 mailing due to a misapplied mail merge functionality. The forms contained names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and tax financial information. The company implemented process safeguards, notified unintended recipients and regulators, and offered identity theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

Jan 1, 2025

Begins

Feb 26, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3263cf801fe45b162025-02-26Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_603041aab654e3f82025-02-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_92f39c7f711f24cc2025-02-26Verified
Maryland State AGbd_42745efcaf1fced42025-02-25 · +1dVerified

Name: C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: c s wholesale grocers

Name: C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
norm: c s wholesale grocers
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2025 – Jan 31, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 26, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notifying the relevant regulators of the error

During the incident: Implemented safeguards in its processes to prevent this error from reoccurring
Notified the unintended recipients of the W2 forms of the error
Notifying the relevant regulators of the error
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented safeguards in its processes to prevent this error from reoccurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maryland State AGFeb 25 · first

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-02-26-cs-wholesale-grocers-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2025
Raw hash: 8f5b4c9573404e8d16a2218300c9fc32e21c533effea82f98dd10b01228238f0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityC&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

Victim entityC&S WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseImplemented safeguards in its processes to prevent this error from reoccurring

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov