LOS GATOS, Calif. — FoodLink®, the leader in supply chain and commerce solutions for the fresh food industry, today announced that Gourmet Trading Company, the largest distributor of fresh asparagus in North America, will implement the company’s produce traceability (PTI) solution on all packed and shipped produce within the United States.
“We have started to implement the system in our largest region. We are pleased with the results and look forward to rolling the system out in additional regions soon,” said Evagelina Kaudze, Gourmet Trading Company Food Safety Director.
Gourmet Trading Company’s website now features a link to FoodLink where retailers can look up the code found on their PTI label to find out the lot code, global trade item number (GTIN) and product name.
Consumers and retailers are demanding more information about the sources of the fresh food they purchase. As a result, growers and shippers of fresh produce are turning to solutions such as FoodLink to enable faster and more cost effective sharing of information about where food is grown, and all the way through the stages of harvesting, packing, shipping, sales and receiving.
“The fresh food industry is getting serious about supply chain transparency, and FoodLink customers are realizing the benefits of cloud-based solutions and real-time data to bring fresh, safe food to market more efficiently than ever before,” said Kevin Brooks, Chief Marketing Officer, FoodLink. “Forward-thinking companies such as Gourmet Trading are leading the way, and we’re happy to help them succeed.”
About FoodLink
FoodLink is the leader in supply chain and commerce solutions for fresh food, connecting the perishable goods supply chain from the farm to the customer with an online network representing more than 2,000 companies including growers, shippers, carriers, retail grocers and wholesalers. For more information, visit www.foodlink.net.
About Gourmet Trading Company
Gourmet Trading Company, headquartered in Redondo Beach, CA, was founded in 1982 as a family business. Their control over the supply chain of fresh asparagus and blueberries enables them to offer superior service to their customers and growers all over the world. Strong grower relationships globally, a state of the art packing facility in Pasco, WA, implementation of their own traceability system, management of their own farms in Peru and California, in-house warehousing through Gourmet Logistics and continual investment in their business enables them to provide high quality asparagus and berries all year round. Gourmet Trading Company has additional offices in Miami; Pasco, WA; Calexico, CA; Bakersfield, CA; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Auckland, New Zealand; Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; and Caborca, Mexico. For additional information visit gourmettrading.net.
Source: Gourmet Trading Company
