How We Buy
We’re a co-op, not a middleman: pooled volume, manufacturer-level contracts, and monthly audits to prove the price landed. You’re not just a client. You’re our partner, and we’re only ever on one side of the table: yours.
Or call Dave: (850) 591-5061
From our volume to your invoice
Buying power only matters if it shows up on your invoice. Here’s how ours gets there, in four steps.
- ManufacturersMVP negotiates directly with them, on your behalf.
- MVP contractEvery member’s volume, bought as one group.
- DistributorDelivers at an agreed percentage over cost.
- Your back doorSame national contract, same negotiated terms.
Then we check the work, every month. We audit your purchases against the contract to confirm the distributor charged the agreed percentage over cost.
01 We pool the volume
Every member’s purchases are bought together with ours, as one group. A single restaurant negotiates alone. Inside MVP, it negotiates with the whole co-op behind it.
02 We negotiate to manufacturer-level pricing
Our purchasing team negotiates directly with manufacturers on your behalf, working contracts back to what they charge, then sets an agreed percentage over that cost to get product to your back door. When going direct to the manufacturer wins, we do that too.
03 You go on our national account
Members buy on MVP’s national account number: the same national contract our own restaurants use, with the same negotiated terms.
04 We audit every month to prove it landed
Every month we audit the distribution center to confirm you were charged the agreed percentage over manufacturer cost. We check their work, and misses get chased to a credit.
How we partner with our clients
Multi-state franchise groups and single-location independents sit side by side in the same co-op.
It starts with your numbers. Before anything is signed, we price what you actually buy and show you the difference side by side. We’re confident our program will save you money, and keep saving you money.
People, not a ticket queue. You get named people who answer the phone and know your stores, and, coming soon, a portal that shows what they’re working on for you.
Advice from people who still run restaurants. Once you’re set up, you can call on operators for a second opinion, from organizing your order guide to how a product holds up in a real kitchen. It comes with the relationship.
You never write us a check. The distributor pays MVP, so the only way we grow is by keeping your program worth staying in. Everybody wins.
“There’s always strength in numbers. You can do a lot worse than teaming up with people dealing with the same challenges we are.”
Start with one conversation.
Every member relationship here started the same way: a conversation, then a look at 30 to 60 days of your purchases.
Or call Dave Duff directly: (850) 591-5061