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Food & Beverage · B2B Platform

One F&B Platform Instead of Five Disconnected Tools.

Your ERP knows orders. Your CRM knows contacts. But nobody knows which buyer filtered for halal last Tuesday, which flavour was compared at SIAL, or which retailer's reorder frequency is dropping. A platform connects what tools cannot — and turns F&B selling interactions into compounding intelligence.

The Problem

Why Tool-Based F&B Wholesale Is Fundamentally Broken

Disconnected Variant Data

Allergen info in a spreadsheet. Pack formats in the ERP. Certifications in a shared folder. Pricing per channel in another file. When a buyer asks “show me all halal, ambient products in case format” — silence.

No Cross-Channel View

A buyer browses your portal at midnight, tastes your kombucha at Anuga, and reorders via email. Three touchpoints, three disconnected data trails. A platform sees one buyer journey.

Reactive, Not Predictive

Without connected data, every decision is reactive. You discover a trending flavour after the quarter ends. You notice a churn risk when the buyer stops ordering. A platform gives you signals in real time.

The Shift

From Five Tools to One Platform

Today: Your Toolstack
ERPOrders & invoices
CRMContacts only
ExcelPricing & allergens
PDF CataloguesNo interactivity
Zoom / EmailZero data capture
5 tools · 0 connection · 13% of buyer intelligence captured
Tomorrow: FIRE Platform
FIRE CoreOne data layer for everything
GraphQL APIAll products connected
FIRE ConnectERP stays — enriched
6 Sales ChannelsAll writing to one profile
AI & AnalyticsCompounding intelligence
1 platform · Full connection · 100% of buyer intelligence captured
Architecture

Five Layers That Unify F&B Wholesale

Built from the data layer up. Every layer adds capability.

1

Product Layer

Full variant catalogue: flavours, pack formats, allergen matrices, certifications, nutritional data, shelf-life rules. Managed centrally, available everywhere.

F&B: 14 EU allergens · halal/kosher/vegan · shelf life per batch
2

Commerce Layer

Digital ordering through Sales App, Sales Table, B2B Portal, Remote, and Showroom. Pack-size ordering with MOQs. Channel-specific pricing. Real-time stock.

F&B: case/pallet/display · MOQs per channel · continuous reorder
3

Customer Layer

Complete buyer profiles: order history, variant preferences, allergen requirements, certification needs, channel affinity, reorder frequency. One profile across all touchpoints.

F&B: tasting data · allergen filter history · content engagement
4

Intelligence Layer

Real-time analytics: reorder velocity, variant performance by channel, allergen trend maps, content ROI, churn signals. Dashboards per stakeholder.

F&B: replenishment prediction · flavour trends · shelf-life analytics
5

Data Layer

The structured foundation. Every variant interaction, every reorder, every allergen filter, every tasting score stored in machine-readable format. This makes AI possible. This is your moat.

F&B: the asset that compounds every quarter you operate
Platform Benefits

What a Platform Means Specifically for F&B Brands

Cross-Channel Allergen Intelligence

Know which buyers filter for which allergens across portal, Sales App, and trade fairs. Build allergen-aware assortments automatically. Spot certification gaps before they cost you listings.

Unified Replenishment View

Track reorder velocity across all channels. See which buyers are overdue. Detect seasonal shifts in real time. A toolstack gives you per-channel snapshots. A platform gives you the full picture.

Shelf-Life Logic Everywhere

Minimum shelf-life rules enforced across portal, Sales App, and Remote — per channel, per market. Not a manual check. A system-level guarantee.

Channel-Specific Assortments

Retail, HoReCa, convenience, online — each sees a different catalogue, different MOQs, different pricing. Managed centrally. Delivered per buyer. No duplication.

Content ROI Across Channels

Your origin film plays in the Showroom, Remote, and Portal. The platform measures engagement and conversion impact across all three — not per channel, but unified.

AI That Sees Everything

Demand forecasting that uses portal browsing + trade fair signals + tasting data + reorder velocity. No single tool can feed AI this breadth. Only a platform can.

The Bigger Picture

A Platform Is Not a Better Tool. It Is a Different Category of Asset.

Tools solve tasks. A portal handles online orders. A CRM stores contacts. An ERP processes invoices. Each tool does its job. But the intelligence that emerges from connecting these jobs — which buyer is declining in activity, which flavour is gaining traction across channels, which origin story drives premium orders — that intelligence lives nowhere in a toolstack.

A platform is not a bigger tool. It is the layer that connects all selling interactions into one data model. In F&B, this matters more than in most industries. Because F&B has variant depth (800+ SKUs), compliance requirements (allergens, certifications), continuous demand (weekly reorders, not seasonal), and channel diversity (retail, HoReCa, convenience, online). No single tool was designed for this combination.

FIRE was. One product layer with full variant and allergen management. One commerce layer with pack-size ordering across six channels. One customer layer where every interaction writes to the same profile. One intelligence layer that turns it all into predictions. And one data layer that compounds every quarter.

Unify Your F&B Sales Into One Platform

One data layer. Six channels. Every variant, every allergen, every reorder — connected.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FIRE captures every expiry management interaction as structured data. When a buyer explores expiry management options on the B2B Portal or Sales App, each selection is logged, analysed, and fed into the AI layer. Over three sales cycles, FIRE predicts expiry management demand patterns with increasing accuracy — helping food & beverage brands optimise production allocation and reduce dead stock by 15-25%. See FIRE Analytics.
Yes. FIRE Connect integrates with 250+ systems including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, and industry-specific solutions for cold chain compliance. Most food & beverage brands are fully integrated within 20-40 days. The integration is bidirectional — orders, stock levels, and cold chain compliance data flow seamlessly between FIRE and your existing infrastructure. Learn about FIRE Connect.
Most B2B platforms digitise transactions. FIRE captures intelligence. Every buyer interaction across Portal, Sales App, Digital Showroom, and Remote feeds one unified data layer. After three cycles, the AI predicts buyer behaviour, flags churn risk, and recommends assortment adjustments specific to food & beverage — including minimum order quantities. This compounding intelligence is what sets FIRE apart.
Typically 20 to 40 days from kickoff to live operation. FIRE has pre-built templates for food & beverage including expiry management, cold chain compliance, and minimum order quantities workflows. The implementation team, based at our headquarters in Wollerau near Zurich, handles ERP integration, data migration, and buyer onboarding. First structured data flows within the first week.
Absolutely. FIRE supports multi-language, multi-currency, and region-specific pricing — essential for food & beverage brands operating across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and wider European markets. Data is hosted on AWS — with optional Swiss or European hosting available — fully GDPR and Swiss data protection compliant. Our Zurich team supports brands in German, English, and French. Contact us.
FIRE captures six categories of structured data per buyer session: product views, search behaviour, comparison patterns, expiry management interactions, order composition, and session timing. For food & beverage specifically, this includes cold chain compliance preferences and minimum order quantities patterns. This intelligence compounds — each cycle makes predictions sharper and recommendations more actionable. Explore FIRE AI.
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