How US Foods Slashed $11 Million Off Its Cost Within Two Years
US Foods is at every American table, shaping how people eat in America for more than five generations. With a team of 25,000 strong spanning 60 locations in the entire United States, US Foods needed a cost-efficient platform that can track initiatives, reports results and deliver transportation optimization solutions efficiently. Caspio provided US Foods a low-code platform that enabled its team to turn data into actionable solutions.
Viable Spreadsheet and Email Alternative
The US Foods has been providing food products and services to foodservice providers throughout the USA since 1989. As one of America’s largest food companies with more than 25,000 employees across 60 locations,
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With over 25,000 routes, delivering 13,000,000 cases weekly from to 300,000 customers not limited to healthcare, educational, hospitality and government institutions, US Foods required to constantly monitor and make route adjustments that yields maximum operational profitability.
Legier initiated a system that can store, manage, and share route and network information amongst users across all locations. Using traditional spreadsheet and email were not an option.
“The process of using spreadsheet for tracking and reporting, then sharing files via email or storing on local drives is unorganized and inefficient,” says Legier. “We want a web-based system that is secure, stable, and accessible anywhere and anytime.”
With paring down expenses and reducing time to market as top priorities, US Food selected Caspio. “When I looked at Zoho and some enterprise solutions, I did not like their prices, complexity and lengthy deployment processes,” recalls Legier. “We wanted a solution that is easy, with no coding required, and included the ability to embed the system in any website at a reasonable cost, which is why we selected