United Natural Foods and ECRS Sign Agreement to Drive Growth and Efficiency for Grocery Retailers
February 16 2023 - 07:40AM
Business Wire
CATAPULT connects transaction touchpoints
across a retail enterprise, streamlining point of sale
operations
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.
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UNFI and ECRS are helping grocery
retailers better compete by connecting critical retail operations
technologies in real time, such as point-of-sale and online
ordering, while having access to the suite of UNFI Professional
Services from digital coupons and third-party delivery services to
more affordable electronic payments. (Photo: Business Wire)
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.
ABOUT ECRS
ECRS is a US-based, Certified Evergreen™ retail transaction
solutions provider, with a record of consistent success 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. Its revolutionary CATAPULT® POS system is
the market’s only truly unified transaction platform, running in
thousands of locations across North America. Unifying hardware,
software, and services, ECRS offers friction-free, cost-saving
solutions that increase customer engagement while transforming the
consumer experience.
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ECRS Brittany Benton 800.211.1172 newsroom@ecrs.com
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