United Natural Foods, ECRS Combine to Drive Growth, Efficiency for Grocer y Retailers

United Natural Foods and ECRS have signed an agreement to drive growth and efficiency for grocer y retailers Catapult will connect transaction touch points across a retail enterprise, streaming point-ofsale operations

UNFI Professional Services’ customizable suite of business solutions help independent grocer y retailers increase sales, lower costs and enhance their customers’ experience

The Catapult retail automation solution connects inventor y and supply chain, customer loyalty, point of sale, selfser vice, 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 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 ”

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 age 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 U N F I f o r o v e r t w o d e c a d e s , a n d w e a re ver y appreciative of the organization and its people ”

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

“UNFI retail customers utilize our scale, insights and innovative offerings to deliver a differentiated value proposition and our

“UNFI provides a great deal of technological ser vices at a scale that can give our mutual retail customers tremendous lever-

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