<p>For the 4th consecutive year, Foodlink is reporting record growth. In 2013, the company signed more than 40 new produce traceability customers and facilitated record levels of network commerce, according to Business Wire. It was also named the industry's best new food safety solution by the United Fresh Produce Association.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“This was a strong year for FoodLink, and for our customers,” said Eric Peters, President and CEO of FoodLink. “It is encouraging to see so many companies in this industry beginning to realize the tremendous value that can be unlocked within their fresh supply chain, and to begin using data from the field to the store to bring safe, fresh food to market and better serve their customers.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Foodlink is an integrated suite of cloud-based applications and services that simplify food safety, operations, and sales priorities across the perishable goods supply chain. The network helps retailers and suppliers by providing a sales and traceability platform. Foodlink's network consists of more than 2,000 retail grocers, growers, shippers, carriers, 3rd-party brokers, and wholesalers. Increased capabilities enable suppliers on the network to directly transact with high volume buyers such as Wakefern and Costco.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Increased user participation last year included 166 new suppliers, more than 370 new supplier-buyer relationships, and a 43% increase in orders for fresh produce from the previous year.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">FoodLink’s suite of produce traceability (PTI) solutions allows growers and shippers to track the origins and movement of fresh food through the supply chain, and to comply with new food safety regulations as well as supporting consumer demand for greater transparency regarding the sources and freshness of their food.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“We did a deep dive into the leading PTI solutions including field pilots,” said Peter Townsend, IT Director and Evangelist, The Nunes Company, Inc. “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.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">FoodLink signed more than 40 new PTI customers in 2013, including Dole Fresh Vegetables, Del Monte Fresh Produce, Dulcinea Farms, Gourmet Trading Company, NewStar Fresh Foods, Ocean Mist Farms, Sun Belle, Inc., Sun World International, Tanimura & Antle, The Nunes Company and Wuhl Shafman Lieberman.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">It also signed a record number of suppliers under FoodLink DirectConnect, a service which directly integrates back-end inventory and operational systems with the FoodLink network. New DirectConnect customers include Paramount Farms, Country Fresh, Inc., Ippolito Fruit & Produce, Smithfield Foods, Ocean Spray Cranberries and Earthbound Farm.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">New retail customers in 2013 include BJ’s Wholesale Club, a leading operator of warehouse clubs in the eastern U.S. FoodLink also expanded business with Ahold USA, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Topco Associates, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Roundy’s Supermarkets and Unified Grocers.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Congratulations to Foodlink on another incredibly successful year.<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><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.businesswire.com/news/home/20140121005367/en#.UuAJgPTTmc8" target="_new"> Business Wire </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
