Food Connex

RATING:

4.7

(17)

About Food Connex

Food Connex is a cloud-based order entry and inventory management software for protein, seafood and specialty food processors and distributors. Hundreds of food distributors rely on Food Connex to simplify sales order entry, purchasing, inventory control, cost yielding, profit margin management, bill of material recipes, production labeling utilities and traceability, shipping and invoicing. The software is fully integrated with the latest versions of QuickBooks to handle all aspects of workflow. Food Connex customers range from full-line distributors to processors who specialize in all types of meat, poultry, seafood, produce, dairy, grocery and specialty items.
Food Connex displays information about available, allocated, and on order product for your staff. With Food Connex, when a customer asks if you stock a specific item, you have immediate access to that information so you no longer have to turn away a sale.
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Food Connex Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Food Connex

1 - 5 of 16 Reviews

Vicky

Food Production, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed December 2016

Easy to use and great support!

I have found Food Connex very easy to use with a short bit of training. Once you have a minimal idea of how to use it you can freely look around and figure out how to do what you need to get done. When I have had questions or issues, I have regularly used their support services. They have been very quick to respond and quite helpful. There have even been small modifications to the program after I pointed out certain things did not work as I thought they should have.

PROS

It's easy to use. It's live. Changes to orders and inventory are immediate so everyone across the office and those in the field is on the same page. You can control user functionality as needed so trouble can be kept to a minimum.

CONS

Every morning some screens and activities are slow to start with no known cause.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the great review we are proud of our support.

Replied December 2016

Rodney

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2017

Best I've used

A simple system to use, support has a quick turn around getting issues fixed. I've used systems that cost 100 times more that had less flexibility. Great software package for those in need of an internet based tool.

PROS

The simplicity of use via the internet.

CONS

No weekend support for scanning issues, and when you have to take the product off an order it has to be manually removed, not removed with a scanner.

Vendor Response

Thanks Rodney for your valuable feedback,

Replied January 2017

Gina

Used free trial

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed December 2016

Boar's Head Distributor Review

The staff and service support team are excellent. Very responsive with little or no wait time. Over the past several years, since we moved from "Food Connex" to VictualNet we have asked for several improvements that have not yet been programmed for improve ease of use. Specifically, having to bounce around from menu item to menu item instead of seeing everything on one screen in both the Inventory Item and Customer Master Menus. Inventory Master Menu should combine the cost and price onto ONE page and ADD the GP% in the same screen. THIS IS WHERE WE SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WATCHING OUR BUSINESS! Customers that are "inactive" should not appear in order entry customer pull down list. It has at times caused error in selecting the wrong customer. When changing ship to date in order entry, the system should recognize/change to the new dates prices/promotion. It does not currently. The system is still "hanging" after an item is selected in the order entry menu. It takes sometimes a min to catch up or times out. Also, the UOM after selecting an item is also hanging or timing out. There should be a check box to apply or not apply discounts set up to certain customers to credit memos either in the customer profile or in the promotions view. Reports: Many requested reports can only be accessed by VictualNet staff. I'd like to see more reports such as a price change list by customer available. Thank you! Gina Treanor Treanor Deli Provisions

Vendor Response

Gina, Thanks for your input. We are constantly looking for positive feedback and we need to get to some of those requests in 2017.

Replied December 2016

Salvador

Wholesale, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2016

What's not to like?

No limit on users, use it anywhere with Internet access, connects to Quickbooks, no handhelds or special printers needed and it's live. Windows tablets and printers are getting better and cheaper. This is definitely the way to go for mobile invoicing.

PROS

Live access, broad range of usable products, ease of use.

CONS

Must have good Internet access and/or wifi

Vendor Response

Thanks Sal we are always looking for great users like yourselves/

Replied December 2016

Kim

Food Production, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2020

FoodConnex

Works well in our sales environment. Interfaces will with our accounting software. Provides multiple reporting options.

PROS

Software is generally quite user friendly. There are a multitude of available reporting features.

CONS

Would like a feature/warning when "date needed" is backdated in excess of one month.