FoodLink Announces Partnership with RJO Produce


Mon. October 15th, 2012

<p><strong>Los Gatos, CA</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">FoodLink has recently announced its partnership with RJO Produce to enable retail buyers to access real-time produce inspection data over the FoodLink network.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Using a proprietary, patent pending system on mobile devices, RJO inspectors provide detailed analysis and high resolution pictures at the time of shipment. Information is automatically uploaded to the FoodLink network and available for review by the retail buyers to make decisions prior to receiving products, and to ensure they have the highest quality and freshest produce available for their customers.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Our partnership with RJO Produce is great for our customers, and it demonstrates how FoodLink is becoming a true platform for the fresh food supply chain,” says Eric Peters, CEO, FoodLink. “The combination of highly reputable on-site inspection services and FoodLink’s real-time commerce network means that retailers can now see what they are getting on every load before it arrives, enabling better management of the overall supply chain and the safest, freshest food for consumers.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By leveraging new FoodLink network APIs to route data and alerts, RJO Produce provides essential services to major retail and wholesale buyers.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Our relationship with FoodLink and our ability to use the open network to provide a direct channel to important fresh food buyers is truly a best practice,” says Rob O’Rourke, Co-Owner, RJO Produce. “We no longer hassle with emails or faxes, and we know the buyers are able to easily use the information we provide, which enables our customers to deliver the best, most consistent quality fruit to their consumers. This is just the beginning of how we will use platforms like FoodLink to continue to evolve and enhance the fresh produce supply chain.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.foodlink.net" target="_new"> FoodLink </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">