Restaurants and Foodservice

Services Offered:

-A written analysis of your current purchasing practices
-A written plan of action to correct and tighten buying practices
-Initial Prime Vendor letter of invitation to bid
-Negotiation of defined, verifiable Cost Plus programs
-Negotiation of locked prices on your heaviest volume items
-Contract development and signing
-Implementation of agreed upon program(s)
-Quarterly electronic audit of program adherence
-Training of your personnel to insure program adherence
-Yearly re-bid setup and process
-A system of rebate development, tracking and application for all applicable manufacturer's
-A method of controlling the distributor, their service and their markups
-The development of a distribution relationship that is mutually beneficial
-A contract that your Distributor of choice can live with and will work hard to maintain

You will not be provided with a buyer or order placement person, you will still need an individual to place and receive orders. They will now, however, know what to look for and how to save you money. In addition, they will be educated on the benefits of working with a distributor towards common profitable shared goals.

Benefits You Will Receive:

- A lower cost of goods
- Guaranteed markups
- Control of Your contract
- A contract we design based on your needs
- Knowledge of changing market prices in advance
- Price protection
- Fixed contract costs on your top velocity items
- Program adherence with quarterly audits
- Brand specific products
- The ability to choose products according to you specifications, not your distributor's
- Rebates and coupon participation and tracking
- The ability to choose the distributor or distributors of your choice
- The ability to work together with your distributor to expand benefits to both parties

Simply stated - you will know what you are paying for each product, and what products will be delivered to your back door at all times.

You will not get:

- Overcharges
- Surprises at time of delivery
- Undefined, ambiguous contracts
- A contract designed to cloud the true price of goods
- Private label substitutions that yield less servings
- Padded orders
- Padded costs
- Unauthorized substitutions
- Unauthorized products


The choice is yours; you may continue to pay too much for the products that comprise the lion's share of your purchases. Also holding hope that your program is what it is purported to be, and that your relationship with your largest vendor is based on fact not fiction. Or you can grab hold of your distribution agreement and have confidence in the fact that you have control of your pricing, products and your distribution relationship. Developing a great working relationship with your distributor can and will save you money, time and aggravation.

Food Service Negotiator is a self-funding program that pays for itself and puts additional profit straight to your bottom line, contact us for a quick no cost evaluation and get started on this outstanding program.