BOONE,
N.C., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- United
Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) ("UNFI") and ECRS, a Certified
Evergreen™ transaction and retail solutions provider, today
announced an agreement allowing ECRS to assist new and existing
CATAPULT® retail users in taking advantage of the
UNFI Professional Services suite from digital coupons and
third-party delivery services to more affordable electronic
payments. The agreement provides for a direct and formal working
relationship, particularly around Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
capabilities, and empowers UNFI field associates through ECRS
retail automation technology training.
UNFI Professional Services' customizable suite of business
solutions help independent grocery retailers increase sales, lower
costs, and enhance their customers' experience. The CATAPULT retail
automation solution connects inventory and supply chain, customer
loyalty, point-of-sale, self-service, online ordering, and other
critical retail operations technologies in real time. UNFI
customers already using CATAPULT will experience an elevated
customer experience in a seamless, cost-saving solution.
"UNFI retail customers utilize our scale, insights, and
innovative offerings to deliver a differentiated value proposition
and our agreement with ECRS will help these retailers continue to
grow and thrive," said UNFI President Chris
Testa. "It is imperative in today's environment that
retailers use technology to simplify their business and elevate the
shopping experience, giving them more time to focus on their
consumers. This is another example of how our services offering and
key business partnerships are making a difference for our customers
and helping them compete in today's challenging marketplace."
With ECRS' subscription-based supply chain software, ECRS
Gateway®, and UNFI's Data Exchange program, UNFI retail
customers can easily automate supply chain processes and simplify
the ordering experience. CATAPULT users can electronically submit a
variety of documents, including purchase orders and receive
invoices, promotional files, and catalog data.
"UNFI provides a great deal of technological services at a scale
that can give our mutual retail customers tremendous leverage in
the marketplace," said Pete Catoe,
ECRS Founder and CEO. "This agreement allows ECRS to play an active
role in ensuring our UNFI customers can take full advantage of
these competitive differentiators. ECRS has been working closely
with UNFI for over two decades, and we are very appreciative of the
organization and its people."
Currently, ECRS Gateway hosts over 2,000 EDI accounts across
UNFI's retail customer network. Using ECRS Gateway, these retailer
accounts are expected to process over 500,000 electronic
transmissions in 2023, in the form of purchasing and receiving
documents to and from UNFI. Not only are these orders automatically
transmitted to UNFI, but many of them are also created
automatically, through CATAPULT's advanced scheduling and
computer-assisted replenishment models. This reduces the need for
manual entry and puts products on the floor faster.
Retailers interested in learning more about this program can
reach out to UNFI's Professional Services or visit
the ECRS booth #1137 at the NGA Show in Las Vegas, Nev. from Feb. 26-28.
ABOUT UNFI
UNFI is North America's premier
grocery wholesaler delivering the widest variety of fresh, branded,
and owned brand products to more than 30,000 locations throughout
North America, including natural
product superstores, independent retailers, conventional
supermarket chains, eCommerce providers, and food service
customers. UNFI also provides a broad range of value-added services
and segmented marketing expertise, including proprietary
technology, data, market insights, and shelf management to help
customers and suppliers build their businesses and brands. As the
largest full-service grocery partner in North America, UNFI is committed to building a
food system that is better for all and is uniquely positioned to
deliver great food, more choices, and fresh thinking to customers.
To learn more about how UNFI is Fueling the Future of Food,
visit www.unfi.com.
CONTACT
For UNFI Investors:
Kristyn Farahmand
401.213.2160
kristyn.farahmand@unfi.com
Steve Bloomquist
952.828.4144
steve.j.bloomquist@unfi.com
For UNFI Media:
Jeff Swanson
952.903.1645
jeffrey.s.swanson@unfi.com
ABOUT ECRS
ECRS is a US-based, Certified Evergreen™ transaction and retail
solutions provider, with a successful track record that stretches
over 30 years. ECRS future-proofs local and regional retailers to
win in today's market, while preparing them for tomorrow's
opportunities. ECRS' revolutionary CATAPULT® POS system is the
market's only truly unified transaction platform, running in
thousands of locations across North
America. With CATAPULT, the point of sale, self-checkout,
deli scales, fuel pump, pharmacy, web-store, inventory, customer
loyalty, back office, e-commerce, and enterprise management all
share one single transactional logic. Unified Transaction
Logic™ empowers retailers to prosper by providing actionable
business intelligence across their enterprise. Unifying hardware,
software, and services, ECRS offers friction-free, cost-saving
solutions that increase customer engagement while transforming the
consumer experience.
CONTACT
Brittany Benton
800.211.1172
newsroom@ecrs.com
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