FreshByte

• Fresh food wholesalers and distributors

  Built for produce, meat and poultry, seafood, grocery and specialty, food hub and floral distributors that need lot traceability and catch weight.

• Distributors that want accounting inside the same system

  Includes a general ledger, receivables and payables, so a separate accounting package is not required, according to the vendor.

Less suited to: Restaurants and other food service businesses; the vendor positions FreshByte for wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers.

• Lot traceability

  One-up and one-down lot tracing, including through repacking, with recall simulation and FSMA Section 204 reporting.

• Real-time inventory

  Multi-warehouse stock with catch weight, variable units of measure, low-stock alerts and handheld physical counts.

• Order entry

  Customer-specific pricing and order guides, live availability, substitutions and remote entry by PDA, laptop or mobile app.

• Pricing and margin analysis

  Customer and contract price schedules, multiple cost layers per item and margin shown on the order screen.

• Repacking and yield tracking

  Handles repack and reprocessing with lot traceability, cost allocation and input versus output yield.

• Purchasing

  Purchase order management, multi-cost tracking per item and post-sale cost adjustments.

• Receiving

  PO-matched receiving with variance flags, automatic lot numbers and handheld support.

• Integrated accounting

  General ledger, accounts receivable with aging and accounts payable; PACA compliance is listed.

• Fresh Warehouse (add-on)

  Mobile warehousing suite for handheld receiving, physical counts and pick verification.

• Online Ordering (add-on)

  Branded customer portal for placing orders 24/7 and checking order history and fulfilment.

• EDI (add-on)

  Electronic exchange of purchase orders, acknowledgments, invoices and price catalogs with trading partners.

• Fresh FOREX (add-on)

  Multi-currency buying and selling with exchange-rate tracking and separate reporting of FX gains and losses.

• Fresh Scan and Proof of Delivery (add-ons)

  Attach marked-up documents to invoices, and collect customer signatures on a mobile device that sync back to FreshByte.

Pricing model

Quote only

No prices are published. The FAQ says pricing depends on number of users, modules and hosting, and offers a personalised demo instead of a free trial. Support, bug fixes and future releases are described as covered by one flat service plan.

Compared with the 14 products in Food Distribution & Wholesale Management that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

• Names 11 integrations. The median in this category is 7.50.
• Lists Web only. Among the 14 products in this category that state their platforms, 2 list an iOS app and 5 list an Android app.

Other

PepperTimboxCut+Dry

Payments

FiservWholesail

Suppliers

GolbonProActCH RobinsonBuyer's EdgeNPCiTrade

ProAct, CH Robinson, Buyer's Edge, NPC and iTrade are named as EDI integration partners, with 'and more' unspecified.

Customers in

United States, Canada, Mexico

Languages

English, Spanish

Platforms

Web

Apps

Proof of Delivery app: Customers sign invoices digitally on a mobile device or tablet

Hardware

Handheld PDA and mobile devices are supported for receiving, counts and order entry.

The vendor says it serves customers across North America; Mexico is inferred from its Timbox CFDI e-invoicing partner, and the site does not list countries.

Founded

1990 (vendor says it has served wholesale food distribution since 1990)

Headquarters

Houston, United States

Customers named by the vendor

Red Tomato, Transnational Food, Inc., World's Best Cheeses, Nicho Produce Co., VegiWorks, Inc.

Security and compliance

FSMA Section 204 and PTI traceability, PACA compliance

Support

Unlimited 24/7 live support with no per-incident fees and a guaranteed 2-hour response, included with the subscription.

Built for

Wholesale

Focus

Food-specific

Status

Active

Website

freshbyte.com

• eoStar

  eoStar is route accounting and warehouse software for direct-store-delivery distributors, mainly three-tier beverage, wine, spirits, beer and food service distributors.

  Runs on Web and iOS, against Web for FreshByte.

• Spoiler Alert

  Spoiler Alert is software and a buyer network for selling excess consumer packaged goods inventory.

  Listed as best for: Food and CPG manufacturers with excess stock; Off-price retailers and wholesalers buying surplus.

• Haufe X360 Lebensmittelgroßhandel

  Haufe X360 is a cloud ERP for small and mid-sized companies, sold here for food and beverage wholesalers.

  Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for FreshByte.

• Fakturax Getränke

  FAKTURA-X is German business software for beverage wholesalers and similar trade businesses.

  Runs on Windows and macOS, against Web for FreshByte.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• FreshByte vs Distributo
• FreshByte vs eoStar
• FreshByte vs Fakturax Getränke
• FreshByte vs Haufe X360 Lebensmittelgroßhandel
• FreshByte vs L.i.S.A Software
• FreshByte vs Logic ERP FMCG Distribution
• FreshByte vs eoStar vs Spoiler Alert
• FreshByte vs eoStar vs Haufe X360 Lebensmittelgroßhandel vs Spoiler Alert

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Prices
• Contract length
• Team size
• Formal security certifications

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

1. Home pagehttps://freshbyte.com/
2. Platform features and add-on moduleshttps://freshbyte.com/platform.html
3. Company background and supporthttps://freshbyte.com/about.html
4. Customer nameshttps://freshbyte.com/customers.html
5. FAQ: pricing, cloud, target markethttps://freshbyte.com/resources-faq.html
6. Integration partnershttps://freshbyte.com/partner.html
7. Market page for producehttps://freshbyte.com/markets-produce.html
8. Contact and supporthttps://freshbyte.com/contact.html