Supply Chain Planning Solutions for Food Distributors

Fill Hungry Bellies, Not Shelves

Did you know the U.S. retail food sector generates 8 million tons of waste annually in distribution centers and stores, or $18 billion per year in lost value because of overstocks and spoilage? On the flip side, volatile supply chain conditions including seasonality, long lead times, closures and hoarding are driving stockouts through the roof.

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Food Distribution 
Expertise Datasheet

Blue Ridge Perishable Order Management provides the tools to profitably replenish your perishable products and help standardize your perishable ordering.

Merchants Foodservice 
Customer Video

Learn how Merchants Foodservice has transformed its supply chain operations using Blue Ridge cloud-native supply chain technology.

6 Noteworthy Trends the Dutch Food Industry is Finding from COVID 
Round 2 (Part 1)

Increase Margin 
& Profit

Blue Ridge Benefits

Increase Sales & 
Product Availability

Ease of
Adoption

Understand product relationships like groups, lines, selling channels and families. Optimize profits through bundles, part substitutes and good-better-best scenario planning. 
Segment prices and easily modify over 
time to improve results.

A distributor’s natural reaction is to increase safety stock. Good news… You no longer have to watch inventory planning mayhem feast on your margins. Meet Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning, a science-driven solution to help food businesses like yours consistently keep products in stock, while pulling significant working capital off shelves.

Rapid
Results

Our Food Wholesale & Foodservice Distribution Customers

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24/7 EXPERT CONSULTING THROUGH LIFELINE 

Actual Humans Proactively Monitor & Continuously Refine Results

SCP + PRICING SOLUTIONS =
A Tasty Combo to Try

Blue Ridge blends food and grocery demand sensing capabilities with machine learning-based pricing tools. Optimize prices across assortments, locations and channels. Find competitive threats. Proactively simulate the outcome of price changes. Continually refine prices to strategically shape demand and produce new revenue streams/profit margins.

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Schedule 15 minutes to discuss your challenges with a supply chain planning and pricing expert.

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Blue Ridge Case Study

See how a multi-channel foodservice business uses Blue Ridge to get a handle on seasonal demand, wipe out inefficiencies in moving food products between divisions, reduce spoilage and significantly slash safety stock.

Top 15 Foodservice Distributor Reclaims Significant Cash Tied Up in Safety Stock

Supply Chain Planning:

SECRET RECIPE FOR RAPID VALUE

Blue Ridge delivers the industry’s most robust supply and demand planning technologies, guided by a dedicated LifeLine™ team. Think of LifeLine as your sous chef. They monitor your analytics and make expert recommendations for rapid and continuous value, long after implementation. 

Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning was created with your business in mind. Access specialized features including Fresh Product Forecasting and Seasonal Product forecasting, Intra-Day Replenishment, and Shelf-Life Management. Drive +99% forecast accuracy, increased service levels and sales, and margin growth through immediate inventory reduction and efficiencies.

Reduce
Spoilage

Increase Efficiencies

New Working Capital

Continuous 
Value

Blue Ridge Named to 
Food Logistics' FL100: Top 
Technology Providers for 2020

Food Logistics named Blue Ridge to its 2020 list of Top Software Technology Partners for the platform's ability to fully optimize distributor inventory levels for both profit and desired service levels to the end customer.

Blog series covering 6 noteworthy 
trends to learn from the Dutch food 
industry, as COVID Round 2 
makes its way through Europe. 

Stop safety stock “panic buying” 
to optimize cash flow.

No One Likes Leftovers