Pepper

Team Pepper was on the ground at UniPro Foodservice Partner's Plus last week in Kansas City! Our own Jason Gunn and Andrew van Bark took the stage to talk about how Pepper is "driving" growth, and having a good time while we're at it. 🚀

We're very excited to partner with Essendant and build the most robust product content library for JanSan and foodservice distributors!

In case you missed it, our Q2 Release Webinar is now available to watch on demand! Last quarter was huge. We launched a brand-new product, Price Management, so reps can get ahead of margin instead of pricing by feel. We also shipped major upgrades across Sales Hub, Finance Hub, and Storefront: a dedicated sales rep portal with web-based prospecting and competitive quotes, faster ways to get paid like pay by check and autopay, Second Run Delivery for orders placed after the cutoff, and more. Watch the full recap here: https://lnkd.in/euk2XKwW

The Foodservice Conference is coming up on July 23-24, and Pepper will be there in Monterey! Every year, we really look forward to being face-to-face, connecting with leaders across the industry. Our team is excited to hear what's new with your business and show you how our AI-first platform powers ordering, sales, marketing, and collections all in one place. Want to get up to speed before you hit the floor? Here’s a look at what this year’s produce market is reminding us about partnership, planning, and technology 👉 https://lnkd.in/gCFucHpW Find us at Booth #100, and let’s talk about the future of foodservice! #FSC2026

Promotions aren't only for perishables. To Rise LLC - Smart solutions for supplies started running its first-ever promotions on Pepper. The result? Customers they'd had for three years started buying products for the first time. Items To Rise always carried, but buyers could never find. "These are customers we've had for three years, and it's the first time they're buying this from us. That's new money, and we couldn't see it before." —Nicolás Salvo, Marketing Director Turning catalog discovery into net-new revenue. That's the story. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gx6wwYcV

The question in food distribution has shifted. It's no longer "should we adopt AI?", it's "how do we actually sell more with it?" That's the conversation we're bringing to UniPro Foodservice Partners Plus this week. If you're in Kansas City, come find us! Pepper is at Table #5, and we've got two sessions on Thursday worth blocking time for: 👉11:00 AM - "e-Commerce: Now What? Selling More in this New World." Patrick Day of Jordano's Foodservice and Pepper's own Jason Gunn on what actually moves cases in the independent channel. 👉4:00 PM - Solutions Showcase: a fireside chat on how suppliers and distributors are working together through Growth Agent to turn operator-level insights into a clear plan for growth. Moderated by Pepper's Andrew van Bark and joined by our friends John Krezanosky (Pilgrim's), Quan Ngo (Aspire Bakeries), and Meghan M. Flatley (Essity). Looking forward to seeing you there!

We shipped a LOT this quarter. 🚀 Hang out with us as we walk through it all LIVE tomorrow. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/etFSgi-G

The last 90 days were big at Pepper. On July 15, we're breaking all of it down live. In 45 minutes, we'll walk through everything we shipped this quarter, with live demos, customer examples, and a look at what's coming next! Here's a sneak peek of what we'll cover: 📈 Price Management: a new workspace that shows reps where they're leaving margin and lets them capture it 🔍 A redesigned Sales Hub that brings a rep's top tools into one workspace, with Prospect Finder now on the web and Price Quotes for competitive comparisons 🎄 Holiday delivery overrides that keep operators ordering through the holiday 💰 A wave of Finance Hub payment updates, from mobile check deposit to collecting in the field 📅 Wednesday, July 15, 2026 | 3PM ET Save your spot 👉 https://lnkd.in/etFSgi-G Have a favorite feature? Or anything you want to dive deeper into? Let us know in the comments below 👇

What does an AI-first JanSan distributor actually look like? Right now it feels like everyone's talking about AI in distribution but nobody is showing it in practice. This Thursday, July 9 at 3PM ET, Pepper and DPA Buying Group are hosting a live demo built specifically for independent JanSan distributors, with real products, real workflows, and real numbers. You'll see how distributors like you are using AI tools to: - Turn competitor invoices into personalized price quotes in seconds - Modernize AR and collections with check scanning and real-time reconciliation - Grow order size with AI recommendations that surface the right products at the right time - Power mobile ecommerce built for JanSan products, imagery, and buying behavior If you're a JanSan distributor looking to grow and innovate, this is for you. Save your spot: https://lnkd.in/gfnhJzaE

"Nobody ever chose a distributor because the rep was faster at order entry." FACTS. Last week, Jason Gunn sat down with our friends at Palmer Food Services and Jordano's Foodservice to talk about how the best DSRs are using technology to problem-solve and free up more time to sell. Check it out!