Pepper vs. BlueCart

Choosing an eCommerce or order automation provider is an important step for independent distributors.

Pepper encourages shopping behaviour for your customers so you can increase order size and saves more time for busy sales reps than any other provider in the space.

Here are just a few of the reasons why we believe Pepper is a better alternative to BlueCart.

The largest network of independent food distributors use Pepper to boost basket size and strengthen customer relationships.

Ease of Use

A well-designed app with order guides and powerful search capabilities

Pepper

Modern, intuitive app designed for distributors and operators alike. Over 70% of Pepper orders are completed in under 5 minutes.

BlueCart

BlueCart provides a functional ordering platform, though its interface can feel more traditional and may require a longer learning curve.

Integration

Successful ordering has to work with many systems

Pepper

Pepper has integrated with over 50 ERP systems, with over a dozen successful installations of NECS, Produce Pro, Quickbooks, AS400, and many other operations.

BlueCart

BlueCart takes an “all-in-one back-end” approach, which can work for smaller businesses but offers fewer direct ERP integrations for larger distributors.

Personalization

Digital tools that make your brand recognizable and stand out against the competition.

Pepper

100% branded to your business. Your customers download your app, not ours.

BlueCart

Customers use the BlueCart-branded app - a marketplace-style model that works well for some but doesn’t reinforce your brand.

Promotion & Advertising Capacities

A supplier marketplace can ensure operators always pay the lowest price for items

Pepper

Pepper’s ad modules and AI tools (cross-sell alerts, churn alerts, co-pilot, recommendations) boost drop size and unlock new revenue streams.

BlueCart

BlueCart provides basic catalog browsing and ordering features but has limited promotional and AI-driven capabilities.

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AI Powered Growth Tools

Technology should help you sell more, not just take orders.

Pepper

Pepper gives distributors advanced growth tools like digital promotions, AI-powered cross-sell and upsell alerts, churn prevention, and vendor-funded advertising modules - all designed to increase order size and unlock new revenue streams.

BlueCart

BlueCart delivers reliable ordering functionality with a simpler setup, though it does not offer AI tools and offers fewer options for customization, integrations, and long-term scalability.

Sales Rep Tools

Your go-to-market platform should empower your sales team

Pepper

DSR Connect by Pepper allows reps to edit prices, prospect in any market, and keep up with alerts and opportunities for all of their clients.

BlueCart

BlueCart is primarily built for operators, with fewer features for distributor sales reps beyond order entry.

Product Content

Buyers want products with pictures and descriptions

Pepper

SALT is a dedicated product library with over 18 million attributes, supported by a team that work on product content, brand outreach & AI catalog mapping for dynamic content. This is a free tool embedded in Pepper’s AI functionality.

BlueCart

BlueCart offers standard support and implementation resources, with a leaner service model.

Customer Support

When trouble arises, you’ll want someone you trust.

Pepper

Pepper offers a personalized support team for each customer, exclusively focused on meeting your unique business needs and challenges.

BlueCart

BlueCart has support that’s available during regular business hours for general questions and to request assistance.

Your Growth is Our Priority

Pepper has the tools, features, and integrations you need to be successful

Volume based promotions and pricing

Holistic sampling qualifications and ad process

Peak price protection

Product segment based filtering

Cross-sell / Upsell alerts

Rebate / Promo badging

Customer churn alerts

Item churn alerts

AI powered Chatbot

Yelp integration (Prospect Finding)

Planogram Support

AI-based order automation

Offline mode

Keyboard shortcuts

Price visualizations

GP% calculations

Essential items workflow

Credit / Overdue payment tracking

Meal ticket integration

Barcode scanning

Honeywell / Cipherlab Integration

Batch tag printing

The largest network of independent food distributors use Pepper to boost basket size and strengthen customer relationships.

“To this day - I have had not one complaint about our app. I hear our customers say that it's better than Sysco and some of the other big broad-liners. It's a testament to you guys on how well your product is - I love Pepper.”

Scott Davis, COO Mr. Greens

“Pepper’s promo tool drives more sales, creates an opportunity for more marketing money from vendors, and surfaces new items to our customers. The success of the campaign was an eye-opener to the effectiveness of digital promotions over our traditional methods.”

Mary Laddusaw, Director of Sales for Henry’s Foods

“It is truly refreshing to find a product that is actually designed for our line of business, that does everything we could have wished for, is user friendly, and isn’t just patchwork over an existing ERP that was designed for a different business need and somehow made to work.”

Aaron Bloom, Bermuda General Agency

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Image Recognition

Text-to-Order

Inventory Integration

High Accuracy