of food businesses say their data is stuck in silos, according to Foods Connected research.
Food retailers
Reduce risk across every product on your shelf, own brand and beyond.
Your name is on every product, whoever makes it.
Own brand or branded, the risk sits with you. Across thousands of lines and suppliers, it only takes one gap to reach the shelf.
Foods Connected connects supplier approval, specifications and compliance across your whole range, so you see risk before it reaches the shelf.
of UK food safety alerts in early 2025 were for allergen labelling errors, according to RQA Group.
Control across the whole shelf, provable on demand.
Your supplier, specification and compliance data held together, so your Technical, Food Safety and Supplier Assurance teams can show control before anyone asks.
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Suppliers approved faster
Onboarding and certificate renewals run on one network where your suppliers keep their own records.
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Own-brand specifications right first time
One specification sits behind every own-brand label, under revision control and linked to supplier data.
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Risk visible across the shelf
Your board sees where risk sits by category, supplier and facility, highest first.
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Evidence ready on demand
Give auditors, regulators and customers current evidence from one place.
How Foods Connected supports food retailers
One platform for every line you range. Enter data once and use it everywhere.
AI flags the suppliers and categories that need your attention first, and it works alongside your ERP, including a proven SAP integration.
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Approval & Compliance
Supplier rankings, audit status and certificate reporting
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Food Safety & Quality
Complaints trends, quality performance and corrective actions
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NPD & Specifications
Specification and product data to analyse and compare
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Sustainability
CSR and ESG reporting, from animal welfare to carbon
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Procurement & Sourcing
Cost of goods, price comparison and supplier cost analysis
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Trusted across the food industry.
Our team comes from the food industry, so we understand food-industry reality, not just software. We build around how your business actually runs, not how generic software expects it to.
What our customers say about Foods Connected
“Every own-brand product carries our name, so we need to know the moment something changes. Foods Connected puts every spec, certificate and audit in one place, so our technical team spots supplier changes straight away and acts before anything reaches the shelf.”
Head of TechnicalNorth American Grocery Retailer
“Foods Connected allowed us to accelerate at a pace, rigour, and discipline we simply couldn't have delivered on our own, with remarkable results for our P&L”
“As much as you trust your supplier for quality of product at a fair price, Foods Connected will review it from a neutral perspective and give guidance. If you're time-poor, they work in the background and take on the heavy lifting.”
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FAQs
How does Foods Connected help you control own-brand risk?
Your supplier approval, certificates, specifications and quality data sit on one record, so a supplier or ingredient change flags every specification and label it affects. Evidence for your auditors and board is held in one place.
Does it cover branded and third-party lines as well as own brand?
Yes. It covers every product you're accountable for: your own brand plus the branded and third-party lines you range.
How are suppliers onboarded across a large supply base?
Your suppliers join one network and keep their own records up to date, so approval is faster. More than 70,000 suppliers are already on it, and AI flags high-risk suppliers early.
How does Foods Connected work with your ERP or specification tool?
It works alongside your ERP, which stays your system of record for orders, stock and finance, and adds food-specific depth for suppliers, specifications, quality and compliance. It connects to the systems you already use, including a proven SAP integration.
What risk reporting is available for your board?
Your board gets one view of risk across suppliers, categories and facilities, with gaps and overdue actions surfaced early.
Ready to talk?
Book a demo and we'll show you how Foods Connected fits your range, from supplier approval to board-level risk.
- Tailored to your business
- Led by a food industry specialist
- Takes two minutes to book