Case Study: Chef America achieves record-breaking sales volumes and prevents $165,000 in lost sales with John Galt Solutions

Chef America Sees Record-Breaking Sales Volumes With John Galt Solutions

Chef America, a leading maker of retail and food service products including the HOT POCKETS brand, faced the challenge of accurately forecasting demand and managing promotional spikes across its logistics, sales and marketing functions. To address this, Chef America deployed John Galt Solutions’ ForecastX software and Demand Management Engine to collect inputs from sales and marketing, generate forecasting reports, and visualize results for cross‑departmental use.

John Galt Solutions implemented the ForecastX Wizard and Demand Management Engine with a weekly forecasting cadence that applies historical promotional-event data by item and brand. The user-friendly, scalable solution improved forecast accuracy, helped communicate mathematical models via clear charts and graphs, and enabled Chef America to handle promotional spikes—facilitating record-breaking sales volumes and preventing approximately $165,000 in lost sales over a three-week period.

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