Press Release
April 2, 2009
Peet’s Coffee & Tea improves forecasting, inventory management with RedPrairie Site Operations
Growing retailer uses solution to help decrease waste, maintain quality
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a consumer-driven optimization company, has announced Peet’s Coffee & Tea, which operates 190 specialty stores nationwide, has cut waste while still maintaining a high threshold of quality using RedPrairie’s Site Operations solution. Peet’s has used the full range of capabilities featured in the application to significantly reduce wasted product through improved forecasting, inventory management, and auto-ordering.
“Peet’s has an extremely high standard of quality and freshness for the products we send to market. These freshness standards contribute to higher waste in our retail stores” says Tom Cullen, Peet’s CIO, “Maintaining that superior standard while controlling cost is an absolute necessity. RedPrairie’s solution offered us the ability to keep our commitment to excellence, while lowering our costs significantly through waste reduction.”
RedPrairie Site Operations offers this ability by managing a variety of functions associated with food and beverage service with built-in features to provide flexibility and visibility. Through configurable workflows and exception-based reporting, the solution provides an exceptional ability to forecast demand and automate restocking of necessary items at each site.
“RedPrairie is committed to helping our customers maintain an exceptional standard of quality for their products,” says Mike Mayoras, RedPrairie CEO. “We’re very proud to serve companies like Peet’s Coffee & Tea who are committed to such a high level of excellence.”
About Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc.
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc., (PEET), is the premier specialty coffee and tea company in the United States. Peet's buys the highest quality beans in the world, artisan roasts every bean by hand to order, and delivers all of its coffee quickly for superior freshness no matter where it is sold. Founded in 1966 in Berkeley, Calif. by Alfred Peet, who is widely recognized as the grandfather of specialty coffee in the U.S., Peet's has a rapidly growing, passionate customer following that seeks out Peet's coffees wherever they go. Peet's is committed to strategically growing its business through many channels without compromising the extraordinary quality of its coffee. For more information about Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc., visit http://www.peets.com.
Peet's Coffee and Tea, Inc., Public Relations
Juli Nadler
(o) 510.594.2952,
(c) 510.717.9047
jnadler@peets.com
About RedPrairie Corporation
RedPrairie delivers productivity solutions to help companies around the world in three categories – workforce, inventory and transportation. RedPrairie provides these solutions to manufacturers, distributors and retailers looking to support business strategies that increase revenue, reduce costs and create competitive advantage.
With over 20 global offices and solutions that are installed at more than 34,000 customer sites in over 40 countries, companies trust RedPrairie workforce, inventory and transportation solutions to deliver an increase in productivity – with the flexibility to adapt as business needs change.
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