ZippyYum

Name

ZippyYum

Legal name

ZippyYum

Website

https://home.zippyyum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Acquired

Short description

ZippyYum (now AD Apps, an Avery Dennison business) provides a cloud-based, RFID-enabled inventory, food safety, and operations management platform on native iOS and Android apps, serving 40,000+ locations across 25 countries, primarily multi-unit QSR and food service operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Cloud-based mobile app platform for inventory, food safety, and operations management. Revenue generated through subscription-based access to the platform used across multiple locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ZippyYum (now operating as AD Apps) provides a cloud-based, RFID-enabled supply chain solution delivered through fully native iOS and Android mobile applications. The platform enables inventory management, food safety compliance, and operations management for restaurant owner-operators and multi-location enterprises across the food, grocery, logistics, and retail segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AD Apps Cloud-based, RFID-enabled supply chain solution built on fully native iOS and Android apps, providing inventory management, food safety compliance, and operations management for food, grocery, logistics, and retail segments. Used in over 40,000 locations across 25 countries, including the world's largest QSR brands.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021AD Apps (formerly known as ZippyYum) became part of Avery Dennison in 2021. Avery Dennison Corporation is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company publicly traded on NYSE under ticker AVY. This acquisition integrated ZippyYum's mobile supply chain platform into Avery Dennison's Identification Solutions division, providing access to global distribution infrastructure and corporate resources.

Scale indicators3 records

Broad incumbents

• Square for Restaurants: Block's restaurant POS and management suite, offering integrated inventory, reporting, and multi-location tools. A broader incumbent whose restaurant inventory modules compete with standalone platforms.
• Manhattan Active Supply Chain: Enterprise supply chain, warehouse, and inventory platform from Manhattan Associates. Comparable in retail/grocery supply chain and broader logistics workflows targeted by AD Apps' secondary segments.
• Blue Yonder: Enterprise supply chain and inventory planning platform (formerly JDA). Comparable supply-chain capability aimed at grocery, retail, and logistics — overlapping with AD Apps' grocery and logistics segments.

Direct peers

• Lightspeed Restaurant: POS and restaurant management suite from Lightspeed covering ordering, inventory, and reporting for full-service and QSR. Adjacent competitor expanding into inventory/operations overlap with AD Apps.
• Toast: Cloud-based restaurant management platform offering POS, inventory, payroll, and operations tools. Directly comparable as a multi-location restaurant operations SaaS targeting the same QSR and full-service customer base.
• Crunchtime: Restaurant operations platform focused on inventory, food cost, and labor management for chain restaurants. Comparable as a dedicated operations/inventory SaaS for enterprise QSR and casual dining.
• MarketMan: Inventory and purchasing automation platform for restaurants. Provides comparable supplier integration, invoice capture, and multi-location inventory workflows used by independent and chain operators.
• Galley Solutions: Recipe and inventory management platform built specifically for foodservice operators, including multi-unit restaurants. Comparable as a SaaS-native, foodservice-focused inventory and operations tool.
• Restaurant365: All-in-one restaurant management software covering inventory, food cost, accounting, and operations for multi-unit operators. Competes head-on with AD Apps in multi-location inventory and operations management.

Others

• Zebra Technologies (Zebra MotionWorks / Savanna): Provider of enterprise RFID, barcode, and mobile computing hardware plus software platforms used for inventory and supply chain visibility. Adjacent as a hardware/OS vendor whose RFID infrastructure ecosystem parallels Avery Dennison and complements AD Apps at the device layer.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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