Price Chopper Selects FoodLink Platform For Sourcing & Managing Perishables

LOS GATOS, Calif. — FoodLink, the online network for fresh food retailers, wholesalers and suppliers, today announced that Price Chopper Supermarkets of Schenectady, N.Y., has selected FoodLink as their online commerce platform for sourcing and managing perishable goods across 128 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.

“FoodLink enables us to get better information about the market for fresh produce,” said Keith Frosceno, Vice President of Produce, Price Chopper. “The network also greatly enhances our produce supply chain efficiency and product fulfillment. We expect to achieve higher service levels and reporting tools to identify where we can continue to make improvements.”

FoodLink is an online network that connects all of the participants in the fragmented perishable goods supply chain. The network consists of more than 2,000 retail grocers and their fresh food suppliers, including carriers and third-party brokers and wholesalers. The network helps retailers manage the fresh food category to source the highest quality products at competitive prices while reducing waste and inefficiencies between suppliers and buyers that contribute to higher food costs. For suppliers, FoodLink is a sales platform that simplifies the process of managing orders, tracking shipments, responding to change requests, and receiving payment.

“Whenever successful and innovative companies such as Price Chopper join FoodLink we see benefits that extend to all network members,” said Eric Peters, President and CEO, FoodLink. “All of us at FoodLink are thrilled to have Price Chopper on board, and we look forward to helping them realize exceptional results.”

Price Chopper is the latest in a series of regional grocery chains that have selected FoodLink to manage their fresh food category, including K-VA-T Food Stores and Roundy’s Supermarkets.

About FoodLink

FoodLink is the network 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 grower-shippers, carriers, retail grocers and wholesalers. With FoodLink, retailers and wholesalers efficiently source the freshest and safest foods from trusted suppliers through a single online platform, and suppliers improve sales to important trading partners. For more information, visit www.foodlink.net.

Source: FoodLink