Case Study: Meats By Linz achieves real-time reporting and uncovers new revenue streams with Vena Solutions

Real-Time Reporting With Vena Helps Meats By Linz Uncover New Revenue Streams

Meats By Linz is a family‑owned food distributor specializing in dry‑aged beef that sells to restaurants, steakhouses and a growing direct‑to‑consumer channel. When CFO Bart Vittori arrived, the company had little formal budgeting, forecasting or monthly reporting—relying on manual Excel files and “back‑of‑the‑napkin” statements—so leadership couldn’t access real‑time KPIs or respond quickly to changing demand.

By implementing Vena’s Excel‑native planning platform with Canopy ERP integration, Meats By Linz created a single source of truth for finance, sales and operations, with dashboards and automated reports that take minutes instead of weeks. The result: faster, data‑driven decisions, streamlined workforce and inventory planning, and a rapid pivot to e‑commerce during COVID that captured three years of expected online growth in just three months.

Meats By Linz

Bart Vittori

Chief Financial Officer