Pod Foods Partners with Sprouts, Expanding Across the Country and Enabling Retailers to Get the Emerging Brands Consumers Want On Shelves, Fast
Pod Foods, reinventing the grocery supply chain with the first full-service wholesale B2B marketplace with built-in logistics, today announced the addition of Sprouts Farmers Market to its distribution channel which spans the United States and is now making its first deliveries in the Southeast. Pod Foods will provide approximately 130 Sprouts stores with immediate access to its virtual warehouse of emerging CPG brands – so the retailer can circumvent supply chain delays and get the products their customers want on shelves, fast.
As consumer demand continues to fundamentally shift the way retailers procure products and stock their shelves, Pod Foods delivers a key competitive advantage over traditional, outdated distribution networks. The company’s unique “virtualized wholesale” model supports an infinite array of trending products, enabling retailers to quickly reset and continuously expand their inventory to meet changing customer needs. This solves the global supply chain problem by connecting grocery retailers with emerging and local brands across the US in real-time, with minimal risk and accelerated speed to shelf.
“We’re extremely excited to announce these new partnerships with Sprouts, which speaks to the market need for Pod Foods. Traditional distributors are unable to match the speed of our placement process and both national and regional chains across the US have taken notice,” said Larissa Russell, co-founder and CEO of Pod Foods. “As consumer preferences continue to drive product demand and retailers look to new strategies to keep shelves stocked, Pod Foods is the catalyst driving a new wave of procurement, customization and customer satisfaction.”
The partnership has a similar impact on Sprouts, a national grocery chain whose business model centers around sourcing healthy, environmentally friendly and high-quality products a top priority. Both retailers will leverage Pod Foods’ data-driven discovery engine, which tracks consumer habits and product demand at the regional level and enables stores to curate inventory accordingly. With the entire marketplace hosted on a single distribution platform, retailers are provided with personalized product recommendations and optimized fulfillment capabilities, with automation features built-in to ensure the flow of products is never disrupted. Powered by Pod Foods’ infinite, virtualized warehouse, retailers still get the logistics support they are used to with traditional distributors, with more advanced data and support to navigate potential shortages or delays.
To meet increased demand in the region, Pod Foods is opening a new, dedicated distribution center in the Southeast. A warehouse in Florida will service the 130 Sprouts locations that have joined the Pod Foods network, spanning from Tennessee to Florida. It’s just one more step in Pod Foods’ continued expansion across the United States. The company currently has distribution centers across the country, positioned strategically to service all regions including New England, the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West, the West Coast and the Southeast.
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