Pathway Secures £M Deals for UK National Food & Beverage Distributor
The Challenge
A leading UK National Food & Beverage Distributor faced a critical deadline for their national expansion efforts, as part of parallel tenders to secure multi-million-pound contracts requiring additional third-party assurance in line with UK Food Standards and Nutritional labelling requirements. Their diverse customer base includes food & beverage preparatory suppliers for various travel, tourism, and retail operators across the United Kingdom.
The distributor needed to complete due diligence assessments providing nutritional values for approximately 6,000 food and beverage items. These assessments covered metrics such as Energy (kJ/kcal), Fat, Saturated Fat, Carbohydrates, Sugars, Fibre, Protein, and Salt.
Initially, the company spent three months manually completing the data analysis, with two resources working ~3 hours per day to perform the nutritional analysis. However, just before submission and working against a tight deadline, they discovered that their data had become corrupted. With insufficient time and resources to re-perform the analysis or fix the corruption, they faced the potential risk of not being able to submit their tenders.
The Solution
In this critical moment, the distributor turned to WeBuild-AI to see if our Pathway Platform could resolve their issue within a 24-hour window. We rose to the challenge with a two-pronged approach:
We created an AI agent to perform the research, data analysis, and data population in line with UK Food Standards Agency and Department of Health labelling standards.
We developed a second AI agent to validate the outputs of the first agent, identifying any outliers or discrepancies in the AI-generated data submissions.
Using our Pathway Platform, we analysed 46,200 data objects and provided the customer with a fully populated dataset encompassing all their products' nutritional values in under 60-minutes.
The Outcome
WeBuild-AI completed the entire data analysis and validation process in just 60 minutes, compared to the original three-month timeframe.
The customer's subject matter experts reviewed and ratified the AI-generated data before submission, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
The distributor successfully met their Request for Information (RFI) deadline, submitting comprehensive and accurate nutritional data for all 6,000 products.
As a direct result of engaging WeBuild-AI and leveraging our Pathway platform, the distributor secured their multi-million-pound contracts and have successfully continued their national expansion efforts.
This case study demonstrates the power of AI in solving complex data challenges, showcasing how WeBuild-AI's Pathway Platform can deliver rapid, accurate results even under intense time pressure, potentially saving businesses of all sizes from significant financial losses and reputational damage.
