Amphire Exceeds 100,000 Food Service Operators Online
REDWOOD CITY, CA., - January 29, 2008
AmphireŽ Solutions Inc., global provider of end-to-end solutions to optimize foodservice
and hospitality supply chains, today announced it has exceeded 100,000 unique users
from within the operator community across Europe and North America. In less than
one year, Amphire has more than doubled its base of unique users and has grown to
providing software as a service (SaaS) solutions for more than 111,000 operators.
The achievement of this significant milestone showcases the success Amphire's SaaS-based
solutions have provided companies throughout the supply chain and indicates that
Amphire's online storefront software is the preferred solution in foodservice and
hospitality industries. Amphire's functionality, reliability and scalability have
enabled the company to cater to the needs of individual operators across all aspects
of the supply chain in order to efficiently execute on mission critical applications.
"After experiencing the unparalleled functionality of the Amphire storefront system
combined with the very low cost of ownership and its negligible demands on our IT
staff, it is hard to see why any foodservice distributor would consider any other
system," said Mike Devoto, president of The IJ Company, one of the five largest
independently owned foodservice distributors in the country.
"Amphire's innovative technology and approach has been the driving force behind
growing our business and exceeding the 100,000 unique users mark," said Mark Barnekow,
president and chief executive officer of Amphire Solutions Inc. "Seven years ago,
when we began our journey to electronically enable the foodservice industry, there
was insufficient penetration of business computers and low internet bandwidth penetration.
In the past year, we have had a 62 percent increase of operators online, establishing
ourselves as the leading provider of SaaS solutions in the industry."