The Challenge + Solution

This Member's goal was to mimic the successful sourcing efforts of top locations across their entire portfolio.

The Challenge

This Member had been working with Foodbuy for some time but was looking to achieve higher returns and value from our programs.

Because they manage 165 locations, they felt that providing stronger guidance around purchasing would result in better savings for the healthcare system as a whole.

This Member's Foodbuy Account Manager determined that this goal could be reached through a two-pronged approach:

Finding ways to improve upon current use of data.
Encouraging all locations to emulate the ordering processes of top performers.

The Solution

This Member needed a way to standardize ordering across their locations. The Foodbuy Team recommended the creation of shopping lists for each location based on the top 50 SKUs at each broadline distribution center.

Foodbuy worked directly with distribution centers to not only identify these items to ensure stocking consistency to help locations avoid outages.

They also requested nutritional information from MenuWorks – Compass Group's web-based menu management system. This step was especially important for a healthcare Member, as nutritional standards play a large role in menu development.

Once all the information was formatted into user-friendly shopping lists, Foodbuy reviewed with the Member's corporate leadership. Once the items were approved, the lists were distributed across all locations.