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San Mateo, CA: Instill Corp., a provider of spend intelligence services and solutions for the foodservice industry, has announced that Schwan’s Food Service Inc. has selected its market leading Instill Trade Spend Data Management solution to improve processes around deviated billbacks from distributors and operator rebate claims.

“Instill will play a key role in our company-wide initiative around trade spend management,” says Lil Schroeder, vice president of operations for Schwan’s Food Service Inc. “We were looking for a partner with proven success specifically in the complex foodservice market. The standardized information provided by Instill will allow us to improve management visibility into our data and processes tied to deviated billback and operator rebate claims.”

Instill Trade Spend Data Management automates and standardizes distributor-reported trade program claims and sales performance data, dramatically reducing claim payment cycles, eliminating inaccurate or untimely payments and aligning incentives and commissions with performance.

“Our trade spend expenditures continue to grow and represent a significant investment,” notes Brian Rademacher, CFO, Schwan’s. “We see strong value in being able to gain greater visibility into those expenditures and increase efficiencies by reducing data processing costs, eliminating inaccurate payments and reducing the cost of resolving disputed deductions.”

For more information about Instill’s proven suite of solutions visit www.instill.com.