SpartanNash has launched the ReposiTrak Traceability Network, a food traceability program that advances efforts to create a safer, more transparent supply chain. Now, hundreds of SpartanNash’s suppliers who harvest or handle products on the Food and Drug Administration’s Food Traceability List are now required to exchange traceability data with SpartanNash and the thousands of retailers served by the company, according to a news release.
“From a food safety perspective, there is tremendous value in knowing exactly where each product and ingredient has been before it reaches our shelves and consumers,” Greg Molloy, vice president of environmental health and safety for SpartanNash, who is also responsible for the SpartanNash’s food safety and quality compliance, said in the release. “This technology enables us to collect and, more importantly, exchange this information for every affected shipment in a highly efficient manner. SpartanNash is proud to make investments such as these as part of our broader environmental, social and governance efforts.”
SpartanNash says it global supply chain network serves wholesale customers that include independent and chain grocers, national retail brands, e-commerce platforms and U.S. military commissaries and exchanges.
Additionally, SpartanNash supplies its own brick-and-mortar stores, pharmacies and fuel centers. SpartanNash said selected ReposiTrak for its ease of use, transparency, ability to enable faster and more precise recalls, as well as its insights that will help reduce food waste.
SpartanNash and its suppliers are now part of the world’s largest compliance and risk management network spanning more than 110,000 facility connections in more than 100 countries, according to the release.
