F.W. Ward Joins The Movement to Build The World’s Safest Food Supply Chain Adopting The Free iTrade Traceability Campaign

F.W. Ward is the latest customer to join iTrade inbuilding the world’s safest and most comprehensive global food supply chain. Tounderline its commitment to guaranteeing the safety of our food, iTrade isoffering the iTracefresh traceabilitysuite to any supplier, or indeed any buyer’s, entire supplier portfolio for thefirst year – free of charge.

“Supporting locally grown since 1908, we at F.W. Wardhave believed in providing quality produce with integrity and reliability.Tracing our products back to our growers across North America allows us todeliver on these values while complying with new buyer requirements. WithiTrade’s traceability tools, we will continue to ensure consistent food safetyand quality,” comments Sandra Lafleur, Sales Director at F.W. Ward.

iTracefresh not only protects brands from food safetyevents and enables critical downstream supply chain visibility, but it alsohelps grow its customers’ businesses. Data from a yearlong pilot with a globalindustry buyer showed that growers adopting iTrade traceability’s suiteincreased their trading volumes by an average of 55 percent in just 12 months.Additionally, a sample of just four new growers added a combined $10 million inrevenue over the same period.

“In today’s world, knowing where our food comes fromshould be standard practice,” says Rhonda Bassett-Spiers, CEO of iTradeNetwork.“From small, family farms to large, enterprise operations, we want to empowereveryone to adopt traceability practices. We are thrilled to have F.W. Wardjoin us in this effort to create the world’s safest food supply chain.”

Suppliers interested in adopting iTrade’siTracefresh traceability suite and enjoying the first year, free of charge,should visit https://www.itradenetwork.com/itracefresh/item/.The promotional package includes two of iTrade’sproducts: its iTraceFresh Label PTI caselabeling solution, and its Palletized Advanced Ship Notice (ASN) solution, Transit. Qualifying suppliers may alsoreceive the free field kit hardware package that includes a printer, two mobiledevices, and 10,000 labels to help them get started on iTracefresh.

About iTradeNetwork, Inc.

iTradeNetwork, Inc. is the leading globalprovider of supply chain management and intelligence solutions to the retail,hospitality and foodservice industries. Built upon deep industry expertise, arich data foundation and our industries’ most extensive trading partnernetwork, ITN’s collaborative solutions allow distributors, manufacturers,operators, retailers, suppliers and wholesalers of all sizes to reduce cost,grow revenue and strengthen trading partner relationships. Today, ITN’s growingcustomer list includes over 6,000 global companies. For more information,visit: www.itradenetwork.com