Food Purchasing
Food is the biggest number on your P&L, and the only one nobody negotiates for you. We change that, for dozens of restaurants, ours included.
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Week 1Your top movers priced against our contracts
100% of invoices auditedagainst the contracted price
Be honest with yourself for a second.
Win the top 20, and the rest follows.
You don’t buy a thousand items. You buy twenty items a thousand times. Nail the price on those and you’ve fixed most of your food cost, which is exactly where we start.
In most restaurants, the top 20 items carry roughly 80% of total movement.
What runs all the time
Not a report you get once a quarter. A desk that works your order guide every week of the year.
01 Contract pricing
We hold national-level contracts on the categories that move your P&L: proteins, produce, dairy, dry goods. Your volume rides on ours.
02 Direct to the manufacturer
When cutting out a middle layer wins, we go straight to the packer. Burgers, chicken, bacon: that’s how Rock & Brews upgraded all three.
03 You pay what our restaurants pay
You go on our national account number. Ketchup at $10 is $10 for you. Same negotiated manufacturer cost, same negotiated freight percentage to your back door.
04 The monthly audit
Every month we audit the distribution center to confirm you were charged only the agreed percentage over manufacturer cost. Contracts fall off systems, prices get keyed wrong. We catch it and chase the credit.
05 Rebates in plain view
Some manufacturers pay rebates on product you already buy. Where yours qualify, they’re part of the picture we show you, and their status sits in your portal right next to your savings.
06 Cross-member finds
A better bacon found for one member gets offered to every member. The co-op compounds: the more restaurants inside, the sharper everyone’s guide gets.
Direct to the manufacturerBurgers, chicken, bacon
The monthly auditWe catch it and chase the credit
“It’s like somebody’s doing the homework when you’re not. If you decide to go boating, MVP is working.”
We walk the kitchen, not just the spreadsheet.
When Rock & Brews joined, nobody emailed them a price list. We flew to Orlando, walked their walk-ins with a folder of their own invoices, and found a pre-portioned chicken breast that cut their prep labor and their trim waste in the same move. The spreadsheet never sees that. The kitchen does.
Bring us one order guide.
We’ll price your top movers against our contracts and show you the difference, landed. Nothing to sign until the math wins.
Or call Dave Duff directly: (850) 591-5061