Stonewall Kitchen
Case Study - Retail
Stonewall Kitchen
Stonewal Kitchen can now easily and securely
share photos, designs and other files with
thousands of partners using Box Enterprise
Quality and exceptional taste have been the hallmarks of Stonewall Kitchen since its beginning in
1991. Sixteen years ago, two friends with a passion for food set up a three-foot square card table
at the local farmers market, displaying proudly the few dozen vinegars and jams they had hand-
labeled just hours before. Named for the graceful stonewalls that surrounded the original farm
where the business was born, the growth of the company has been remarkable. Today, Stonewall
Kitchen’s entire product line of specialty foods continues to be one of the most awarded in the
industry year after year with a distribution of over 6,000 wholesale accounts nationwide, a thriving
catalog and web division, and eight company stores.
Challenge
But with the growth and success of the business, Stonewall Kitchen faced the challenge of sharing
important files with its growing team of partners and vendors. From ensuring that vendors had the
proper product imagery to sharing financial files with banks, Stonewall Kitchen was constantly
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having to make large files available to groups outside the immediate organization. “Our biggest
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challenge was how difficult FTP software was for our partners to use,” said Lisa Patterson, National
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Accounts Manager. “I spent a lot of time hand-holding partners through the process of accessing
our photos and images.”
At the same time, Bill Bocash, IT Manager worried about the security of FTP and was frustrated
with the limited ability to control permissions for the large variety of content that Lisa’s team and
others within the company wanted to share: “FTP is too difficult, unreliable and unmanageable.”
Solution
When Bill’s sister, an independent design consultant, showed them how she used Box.net to share
files with her clients, they were impressed. “Once I saw the demo, I thought – Wow, we have to
have this.”
Box.net’s online workspaces allow teams to quickly share important information, send large files,
and collaborate with both internal and external partners. Founded in 2005, with the mission to
help people access their information easily from any location, Box.net now has over 2 million
users from thousands of businesses that look to Box.net to help replace FTP software, simplify file
management and accelerate team productivity.
Bill looked into a few other vendors but didn’t feel they were any better than Stonewall Kitchen’s
current FTP solution. “There are so many issues surrounding FTP use, whereas everyone knows
how to use a website and a link.”
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Case Study - Retail
Stonewall Kitchen
Box.net’s solution allows for various levels of sharing; the simplest is to send a link through email.
“ The number one benefit
Bill was impressed by the Administrative Console, which allows him to manage folder securities,
of Box.net is the ease of use
accounts and passwords, and varying levels of permissions.
– both for us and for our
partners. Box has certainly
Lisa and Bill decided to roll out the Business edition to a few departments before expanding its use
saved us money, but more
across the entire company. Lisa’s six-person team was one of the first: “I made a couple of screen
importantly it’s saved us
shots to show my team. It took people about 10 minutes to pick it up. Very seamless.” As partners
time and energy. I take one
began to use the new system, Bill found a decrease in the amount of assistance he needed to
or two fewer aspirin each
provide, “With Box.net, I get very few questions from partners.”
month.”
Stonewall Kitchen plans to roll-out Box.net to other teams across the company and to eventually
Bill Bocash
replace its FTP solution entirely. Bill added, “The number one benefit of Box.net is the ease of use –
IT Manager, Stonewall Kitchen
both for us and for our partners. Box has certainly saved us money, but more importantly it’s saved
us time and energy. I take one or two fewer aspirin each month.”
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