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What items are missing data? Is the data that I’m providing the same data that my distributors are looking for? My data pool says my data is compliant – why is my scorecard looking so grim? How come my scorecard looked good last month, but now I have items failing? The Attribytes team receives questions like these – and more – every day. It’s OK. You are not alone. We are going to get through it together. First, let’s talk … Read more

AttriCon 2020, a virtual forum for data lovers, the very first of it’s kind, has come to a close. Over the course of three days, AttriCon assembled nearly a thousand individuals to connect, share ideas, and educate themselves.

As consumer demands rapidly evolve, foodservice distributors and manufacturers are having to maneuver their models to accommodate two major needs: Delivering ‘Retail Ready’ products to customers outside of foodservice Offering ‘Grab and Go’ products to help operators bolster their take-out offerings The one major challenge with accommodating these two needs is that distributors do not have the critical attribution needed to understand which manufacturer products will service these two needs. Here’s how you can help… What we’re asking for In … Read more

While no one could have predicted such an epic disruption to our daily lives, I want to share something with each of you. This is something that distributors, manufacturers, and operators can take a little comfort in during these trying times.

Let’s talk images again. While you may have heard us talk about images in the past, possibly in our first town hall webinar with Food Marketing Solutions or our previous blog on image compliance, we are still fielding questions on why it’s important to work with a professional photographer and what to expect. So, we are digging into some more of the logistics around getting your images taken and what you should expect from a professional engagement with a company … Read more

In today’s world, shopping online seems to be a pretty robust e-commerce experience for consumers. When it comes to foodservice marketing best practices, however, our VP of Customer Experience, Jason Gunn, discovered several shortcomings related to marketing; images, descriptions, and content, when trying to help his customers feel comfortable making purchasing decisions online. If there’s anyone reading this who has never shopped online, come and see Jason Gunn personally. For the rest of us, let’s take a look at a … Read more

In our Town Hall with special guest, Ray Poinsette, Director of Process Improvement at Beaver Street Fisheries, we talked about how Beaver Street went from making every mistake possible with GTINs to having best-in-class content by leveraging scorecards. Poinsette feels it’s important to share their journey to help their partners and support everyone working together for GDSN synchronization. An industry leader’s guide to achieve 100% on all of your GS1 scorecards Beaver Street Fisheries is not only known for their … Read more

More than 70% of operators are going to be buying products online by the end of this year, according Cleveland Research Company. This means whatever your product information looks like in the distributor’s system is what they see. As a supplier, you have to ask yourself… what do my products look like? Am I providing the right information? Are my images helping or hurting my sales? For the last 10 years, suppliers have been haphazardly collecting images and marketing content … Read more