Customer Win: Global Food Distribution Leader Saves $2M by Replacing Adobe with Nitro

The Nitro impact

• $2 million in contract savings by replacing Adobe Acrobat
• Transparent pricing model for predictable budget management
• Like-for-like functionality with enhanced manageability
• Full implementation and staff training completed in just 10 days
• 76,000 employees supported across 730,000 customer locations

A company-wide push for clarity

As one of the largest food distribution companies in the world, serving restaurants, healthcare facilities, and education providers, this enterprise manages a complex and highly distributed workforce. With 76,000 employees operating across 730,000 customer locations, technology procurement and management are critical to everyday operations.

Rising costs from existing vendors and opaque contract terms created ongoing budget unpredictability and made it difficult for leadership to ensure the company was getting full value from its investments. Working with strategic partner noVAR, the company evaluated alternatives that could reduce spend while delivering the clarity and efficiency needed to support a business of this scale.

Replacing Adobe with Nitro

After reviewing their document management needs, the company chose Nitro to replace Adobe Acrobat. The move was designed to deliver immediate cost reductions while maintaining the essential functionality employees relied on every day. Nitro provided a like-for-like solution with added manageability, backed by a transparent pricing model that removed the complexity and hidden costs associated with previous vendor contracts.

Just as important, Nitro was able to implement the solution across the enterprise in only 10 days. This included a coordinated deployment plan and comprehensive training for employees, ensuring that adoption was fast, consistent, and did not disrupt day-to-day operations.

Realizing measurable results

The impact was both swift and substantial. The company achieved $2 million in contract savings that could be redirected into other strategic initiatives. Beyond the financial benefits, Nitro’s platform improved budget control and gave IT and procurement teams a clearer view of license usage across the organization. Employees gained intuitive tools that made everyday tasks like editing, signing, and sharing documents faster and simpler.

By addressing both cost and usability, Nitro helped the enterprise create long-term efficiencies that extended beyond the initial rollout. The speed of the implementation also built confidence across leadership teams, demonstrating that even at enterprise scale, change could be managed quickly and effectively.

Enterprise-scale efficiency that lasts

This customer’s experience shows how large organizations can break away from costly legacy contracts without compromising functionality or security. With Nitro, enterprises gain predictable pricing, faster deployment, and tools designed to simplify document management for both employees and administrators. For a company with tens of thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of customer locations, the ability to save millions while improving transparency is more than a short-term win, it's a foundation for sustainable success.

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