Supply’d ERP vs Odoo: Which ERP Actually Works for Food and Retail?
Odoo is one of the most well-known open-source ERP platforms out there. It offers modules for everything — accounting, HR, CRM, manufacturing, you name it.
But more isn’t always better.
If you’re running a food brand, grocer, bakery, or manufacturer, you don’t need 72 modules and a full-time IT person. You need an ERP that just… works.
That’s where Supply’d comes in.
Odoo: The Swiss Army Knife (That Needs Assembly)
Odoo’s biggest strength is its flexibility. But that flexibility comes at a cost — usually in the form of:
- Complex setup and configuration
- Modules that don’t quite fit food or retail workflows out of the box
- A steep learning curve for your team
- Reliance on a developer or partner to customise even basic functions
- Upfront decisions about which modules you’ll need (and paying for them all separately)
Yes, you can build Odoo into what you want — but that takes time, money, and technical skill. And even then, you’ll often be managing disconnected modules that don’t talk to each other the way you need them to.
Supply’d: Built for Food, Out of the Box
Supply’d was built from the ground up to manage the messy, fast-moving world of food and retail operations. No bolt-ons. No consultants. Just the features you actually need — ready to go.
With Supply’d, you get:
- Recipe and batch management baked in
- Flexible workflows made for production lines
- Smart ordering and supplier management with international currency support
- Live inventory across retail, wholesale, eComm and POS
- Real-time margin tracking that updates with your actual costs
- Label generation, compliance and traceability made easy
- Shopify, Xero, Starshipit and Wedderburn integrations — no custom coding required
Everything connects. Everything makes sense.
What About Price?
Odoo’s pricing is modular — which means you’ll often pay for each app or function separately. And if you want help setting it up, expect to budget for external consultants.
Supply’d is transparent with pricing, and includes the functionality and support you need to manage your entire business — without the nickel-and-diming.
The Bottom Line
If you’re a large enterprise with a dev team and want to build your own ERP from a toolkit — Odoo might be a fit.
But if you’re a fast-moving food or retail business and want a system that just works — Supply’d is your answer.
You don’t need a build-your-own ERP. You need the one that understands your business out of the box.