Gourmet Trading Co selects FoodLink
FoodLink, provider of supply chain and commerce systems for the fresh food industry, announced that Gourmet Trading Company, the largest distributor of fresh asparagus in North America, will implement the company’s produce traceability (PTI) system on all packed and shipped produce within the United States.
“We have started to implement the system in our largest region. We are pleased with the results and look forward to rolling the system out in additional regions soon,” said Evagelina Kaudze, Gourmet Trading Co food safety director.
Gourmet Trading Co’s website now features a link to FoodLink where retailers can look up the code found on their PTI label to find out the lot code, global trade item number (GTIN), and product name.
Consumers and retailers are demanding more information about the sources of fresh food they purchase. As a result, growers and shippers of fresh produce are turning to systems such as FoodLink to enable faster and more cost-effective sharing of information about where food is grown, and all the way through the stages of harvesting, packing, shipping, sales, and receiving.
FoodLink has an online network representing more than 2,000 companies including growers, shippers, carriers, retail grocers, and wholesalers. Access www.foodlink.net for more information.
Gourmet Trading Co, headquartered in Redondo Beach CA, was founded in 1982 as a family business. It has additional offices in Miami FL; Pasco WA; Calexico CA; Bakersfield CA; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Auckland, New Zealand; Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; and Caborca, Mexico. For additional details, go to www.gourmettrading.net.