Uno® Selects ArrowStream Logistics Solution to Gain Supply Chain Efficiencies, Rapid Realization of Savings
Quick casual leader expects to improve visibility of product movement, reduce category spend
CHICAGO, September 1, 2009 -- ArrowStream, a leading provider of supply chain solutions for the food industry, announced today a partnership to improve Uno Restaurant Group’s supply chain management process throughout its system of 200 company-owned and franchised locations and its Uno Foods division, which supplies airlines, movie theaters, hotel restaurants and supermarkets with frozen and refrigerated private label foods and branded Uno products.
Eager to cut supply chain costs in a weakened economy and a competitive market and armed only with standard supply chain approaches that offer incremental savings, Uno selected a solution that will create substantial efficiencies for its manufacturing operations as well as its restaurant chain.
To achieve its efficiency goals, Uno’s will leverage the ArrowStream Network to reduce costs by optimizing inbound and outbound freight, creating more full trucks and reducing the number of empty miles traveled. Because The Network includes a large percentage of Uno’s trading partners, Uno will be able to quickly implement a more efficient freight strategy and realize the savings that come from this solution.
“We expect the ArrowStream Network to help us achieve significant efficiencies and savings while improving our service and inventory levels,” said Alan Fox, Executive Vice President of Uno Restaurant.
The Network includes access to more than 2,300 manufacturers, distributors and chain operators. ArrowStream’s patented freight optimization capability leverages the volume and routes of these trading partners to significantly reduce costs and enable more fluid product movement.
Steven LaVoie, CEO and Chairman of ArrowStream said, “We look forward to working with Uno to facilitate efficiencies in both manufacturing and restaurant operations. In addition to cutting freight expenses and reducing wasted miles, Uno will also improve inventory velocity and service, and garner tremendous business insight that will translate into further savings and efficiencies.”
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About ArrowStream
ArrowStream is committed to helping customers and their supply chain partners improve operations and the bottom line. ArrowStream transforms the food supply chain through patented, innovative solutions that help trading partners achieve results collectively that they could not reach individually. The company’s Network is the largest, most extensive collection of restaurant operators, distributors and manufacturers in the food industry. More than $20 billion of product moves through and is tracked in the ArrowStream Network providing operational efficiencies, economies of scale and financial benefits to all trading partners in it.
Founded in 2000, ArrowStream quickly earned a reputation as a premier provider of supply chain solutions for the foodservice industry serving blue-chip customers such as Wendy’s, Church’s Chicken, Steak n Shake, and ARCOP, Arby’s purchasing cooperative group.
About UNO:
Based in Boston, Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation includes more than 200 company-owned and franchised full-service Uno Chicago Grill units located in 29 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. The company also operates a fast casual concept called Uno Dué Go®, a quick serve concept called Uno Express®, and a consumer foods division which supplies airlines, movie theaters, hotels, airports, travel plazas, schools and supermarkets with both frozen and refrigerated private-label foods and branded Uno products. For more information, visit www.unos.com.