Food manufacturers

Protect every launch, audit and retailer relationship, from brief to shelf.

A slipped audit can put certification and retailer listings at risk. A late supplier can cost you a launch window. Foods Connected gives you one live view of product, supplier and site risk, so problems are caught before they cost you. Whether you’re onboarding a new site, preparing for a BRCGS audit or winning a new retailer listing, you start from one current record.
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Trusted by food businesses across manufacturing, retail & foodservice

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Built for every product you make, at every site.

Whether you run one line or a dozen sites, you own the specification, the supplier and the audit trail behind every product that leaves the facility.

The problem

An audit that slips can put certification and retailer listings at risk. A late or non-compliant supplier can cost you a launch window. A wrong spec or label can mean a recall. And with every site working from its own paperwork, you only find out when it is already costing you.

The solution

One live record across every site and head office: audit evidence ready when it is asked for, supplier status and expiries in view, and one current spec behind every label, with AI pointing to what needs attention first.

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Instant

Non-conformance prompt

triggered the moment a reading is out of specification.

1 place

For your day-to-day records

ready for a safety risk or product recall.

70,000+

Suppliers on the platform

already connected, keeping their own details current.

ISO 27001

Certified and connected

for information security, and integration-agnostic, proven with SAP.

What changes for your business.

Fewer surprises at audit, faster launches and one live view of risk across every site.

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Change a spec once. Every site updates.

  • Specifications held once and linked to every site and supplier
  • Revisions flow through with a full history
  • Everyone works from the current version
  • Impact: no batch is made to an out-of-date spec, so less rework and recall risk.
Change a spec once. Every site updates.

Ready for your auditors. Easy for your site teams.

It only works if it stands up to the audit, the people on the line actually use it, and leadership can see the whole picture.

Supports the standards you’re audited against

Hold the evidence for the schemes, regulations and retailer requirements your sites are assessed on, with one view of audit risk across every site.

  • Evidence organised by site as well as by product
  • Visibility of compliance and quality by site, with the highest risk surfaced first
  • Evidence ready when an auditor or retailer asks, protecting certification and listings
  • BRCGS
  • SALSA
  • IFS
  • SQF
  • FSSC 22000
  • GFSI
  • Retailer codes of practice

Value from the first site.

Prove the impact at one site, then roll out with the same set-up.

  1. Bring your specs and suppliers in

    Move specifications and supplier data across from spreadsheets and other systems, so every site starts from one record.

  2. Set your site checks

    Choose the checks, certificates and audit requirements each site and product line needs, with onboarding support from our team.

  3. Go live, site by site

    Start with one site, learn what works, then roll out to the next with the same set-up.

Everything connected, from head office to every facility:

Specifications, quality, supplier compliance, sourcing and sustainability share one record, so a change in one part of your operation is visible in every other.

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    Approval & Compliance

    Keep supply moving with compliant suppliers at every site

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    NPD & Specifications

    Fewer findings and fewer held batches

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    NPD & Specifications

    Get to market faster on one current spec

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    Sustainability

    Answer customer and retailer ESG requests with data ready

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    Procurement & Sourcing

    Spot supplier delay and cost risk before it reaches the line

What our customers say about Foods Connected

“Using Foods Connected has allowed us to drive standard processes across our business, helping capture data in a consistent way meaning the analytics allows us to easily see comparable performance on any level.”
Nick GollinsTechnical Controller, Ornua

Resources for food manufacturers.

Case studies, guides and webinars on specifications, site compliance and audit readiness, picked for multi-site manufacturers.

Retailers

Own brand and everything you range

Typical challenge: approving and monitoring suppliers across thousands of own-brand and third-party lines.

For retailers →
Foodservice & QSR

Every ingredient, across every site

Typical challenge: keeping every supplier and site approved and certified as menus and sourcing change.

For foodservice & QSR →
Manufacturers

Every product you make, brief to shelf

Typical challenge: proving ingredient and packaging suppliers meet customer and retailer requirements.

For manufacturers →

FAQs

Answers to the questions we hear most from food manufacturers.

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Does Foods Connected replace our ERP?

No. Foods Connected complements your ERP rather than replacing it. The platform is integration-agnostic, with a proven integration to SAP, so specs, supplier and site data connect to the systems you already run.

How does Foods Connected work across multiple production sites?

Head office manages specifications and supplier records centrally, and each site completes its own checks and actions against them. Results roll up into one view across all sites, so nobody is working from a local copy.

Will our site teams actually use Foods Connected on the production line?

Yes. Checks are designed to be completed on the line, in the moment, rather than back at a desk, and our team helps each site set them up around how the line already runs.

How long does Foods Connected take to implement across our sites?

It depends on how many sites and product lines you have and how much existing data you bring across. Our team agrees a rollout plan with you, so you know what happens at each site and when.

What is PLM and compliance software for food manufacturers?

Food manufacturers use PLM and compliance software to manage each product, its suppliers and its sites together instead of in separate spreadsheets and systems. Foods Connected provides one shared record for all three, which head office and every site work from.

How does Foods Connected help food manufacturers prepare for audits?

Audit preparation is mostly about finding evidence. Foods Connected keeps evidence together as it is created, follows each finding to close-out and produces an audit pack when you need it. It is designed around the schemes your sites are audited against, including BRCGS, SALSA, IFS, SQF, FSSC 22000, GFSI, FSMA 204 and retailer codes of practice.

How does Foods Connected reduce commercial risk for food manufacturers?

Most commercial risk comes from things that slip unseen: an audit that is not ready, a supplier whose certificate has lapsed, a spec that differs between sites. Foods Connected keeps evidence, supplier status and specifications in one record, flags gaps early and shows head office where risk sits by site, so problems are caught before they affect certification, retailer listings or deliveries.

How does Foods Connected help get products to market faster?

Concepts, briefs and stage-gates are managed alongside the specification, and recipes, costing and labels are built from the same data. A supplier or ingredient change reaches every team without a spreadsheet chase, so launches are less likely to stall on out-of-date information and you can work to retailer listing windows.

Can Foods Connected run site-floor quality checks?

Yes. Teams complete checks where the work happens, and anything missed or failed becomes an action automatically. Because records are made as checks are done, there is far less to pull together before an audit.

What reporting and analytics does Foods Connected give food manufacturers?

Built-in reports show specifications, checks, certificates and audit status by site, with overdue actions and gaps flagged early, so head office sees one live view across every facility. Facility production reports, including profit and loss by site and department, are also available, and you can build your own dashboards in Microsoft Power BI.

Ready to talk?

Book a demo and see how Foods Connected can help you monitor critical control points and stay audit-ready.

  • Tailored to your supply chain
  • Led by a food industry specialist
  • Takes two minutes to book