FoodLink®, a company dealing in supply chain and commerce solutions for the fresh food industry, today announced that The Nunes Company, Inc., has selected the company’s produce traceability (PTI) solution for all field-packed produce grown and shipped throughout the United States.
The Nunes Company, Inc. is a leading supplier of fresh organic and conventional vegetables under the Foxy label. Four generations of Nunes family members created and participate in all areas of daily operations — growing, harvesting, cooling, sales and marketing — for numerous products on more than 18,000 acres in California, Arizona and Nevada.
The Nunes Company, Inc. is a leading supplier of fresh organic and conventional vegetables under the Foxy label. Four generations of Nunes family members created and participate in all areas of daily operations — growing, harvesting, cooling, sales and marketing — for numerous products on more than 18,000 acres in California, Arizona and Nevada.
“We did a deep dive into the leading PTI solutions including field pilots,” said Peter Townsend, IT Director and Evangelist, Nunes. “FoodLink stood out with its simple licensing model, inexpensive cost and mature ERP integration tools. The team has been fantastic to work with and deployment has been as smooth as it gets. I’m conversant with the cloud-hosted trace and analytics technology platform model and FoodLink offers a robust solution.”
FoodLink combines advanced case and item-level tracking with a broad commerce network of buyers and sellers transacting over the FoodLink network. The breadth of the FoodLink network enables faster and more cost effective information about where food is grown and packed all the way through the complete supply chain of shipping, purchasing and receiving by retail category managers, ultimately bringing full visibility to consumers.
“Leading growers and shippers such as The Nunes Company really set the standard for how the produce industry moves forward with implementing produce traceability requirements,” said Kevin Brooks, Chief Marketing Officer, FoodLink. “We are proud to work with such innovative organizations to help them bring fresh, safe and traceable food to their customers.”
