New Hartford, N.Y. — Lund Food Holdings, Inc. has selected ParTech, Inc. (PAR), a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation, to support its food safety program at all of its Lunds & Byerlys grocery stores. Lunds & Byerlys, a Minnesota-based, family-owned company, will deploy PAR’s SureCheck Advantage, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for food safety and checklist management across its 28 locations.
The Quality Assurance and Food Safety team at Lunds & Byerlys were seeking a solution to replace their traditional pen-and-paper processes with a technology-based resolution. “The SureCheck Advantage solution automates our Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) processes to improve efficiency, digitize our data, and proactively monitor all of our store’s quality and compliance,” says Chris Gindorff, senior manager of quality assurance and food safety.
Starting in 2015, the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires that businesses record, collect and retain 2 years’ of historical food safety compliance records. In this context, for Lunds and Byerlys, maintaining a diligent and rigorous plan with pen and paper became unsustainable. The SureCheck Advantage solution automates the operations, captures the required data in real-time and synchronizes it to a cloud-based enterprise for seamless, automated storage and recall of food safety records for management, maintenance, analytics and auditing.
“The partnership with Lunds & Byerlys adds to our rapidly growing attendance in the retail grocery segment as the leading provider of food safety/quality and checklist management technology,” says John W. Sammon III, senior vice president of intelligent checklists, ParTech, Inc.
The 5-inch handheld hardware device, designed for food quality and task management, is powered by Intel® Atom™ Processor technology, offering high performance with low power consumption. SureCheck® Advantage provides increased operational efficiencies with its integrated temperature probe, bar code scanner and RFID infrared temperature readers. SureCheck assures Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) compliance and has been shown to improve operational efficiencies by 60% compared to traditional pen and paper. The Software-as-a-Service model and cloud-based enterprise server helps maintain accurate records for auditing and analytics.
Lunds & Byerlys has 28 locations throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. For more information, visit www.LundsandByerlys.com.
PAR’s hospitality segment has been a leading provider of restaurant and retail technology for more than 30 years. PAR offers technology solutions for the full spectrum of restaurant operations, from large chain and independent table service restaurants to international quick-service chains. Products from PAR also can be found in retailers, cinemas, cruise lines, stadiums and foodservice companies. For more information, visit www.partech.com.