Food Buyers Elite™ Delivers a Comprehensive Procurement Solution for Restaurants and Foodservice Operators

Our mission is to provide quality products along with exceptional customer service, all at a better price. We do not compete on price alone, as we strongly advocate to our members the benefits of adopting a holistic approach to procurement. Therefore, Food Buyers Network™ programs encompass a host of solutions that work synergistically to provide a comprehensive procurement strategy to our members.

Food Buyers Elite: A Complete Procurement Solution

The Food Buyers Network Elite™ membership program was specifically designed for operations of all sizes that are serious about managing their cost of goods and getting best of industry pricing on food, paper, chemicals and supplies. Food Buyers Elite™ members are able to lower their food expense by 10% to 30%. This means that an average operation that spends $300k annually will be able to add $60k directly to the bottom line each year! You can do the math for your own operation, but the bottom line is that Food Buyers Elite™ translates into huge savings for your business.

Save on more than just food! First-rate suppliers and distributors deliver our quality and service requirements, in not only food products but in the hundreds of other products we offer – including smallwares, table top items, and kitchen equipment. The selection is yours, as are the savings. And it all works together to create a successful dining experience for your guests.

Best-in-Nation Supplier Contracts Give You the Pricing & Leverage of the "Big Guys"

Having almost a billion dollars in purchasing leverage isn’t the only reason we have great supplier contracts. Our contracting experts have a wide range of category expertise that enables them to utilize our purchasing volume in a way that provides the best possible supplier contracting results! Based on this combination of contracting expertise and purchasing volume, Food Buyers Network members often realize double digit savings!

Significant savings on food and beverage products, as well as all restaurant and hotel operating supply needs
With our contracted pricing, there is no need to waste time constantly bidding-out products and tracking invoice fluctuations
Our contracted supplier programs are the same for all of our members--no more pricing games or manipulation!
Savings are realized right on your invoice – watch your invoices drop 10 percent or more!
In addition to contracted price savings, earn up to one to three percent of total spend in quarterly rebates
100% of all savings and rebates are paid to the member and Food Buyers Network receives NO revenue from our contracted suppliers. This means that our sole interest when contracting is always to drive the most value to our members and this effort is not weakened by accepting money from the suppliers we are seeking to contract with on behalf of our members. Further, because all rebates and savings go to our members, FBN members can feel confident that when we make product and procurement recommendations that these suggestions are not being biased by our attempt to increase revenue, but rather they are made to improve the value of Food Buyers Network membership.

Product Selection that Satisfies the Most Discriminating Operators

Food Buyers Network offers members a comprehensive catalog of suppliers and products that will meet the needs of any operator – from budget conscious to ultra-luxury. With over 20,000 products contracted directly with the manufacturer, Food Buyers Network offers “good-better-best” quality levels for most products. Food Buyers Network members can source products meeting their operational needs at the best possible price--allowing even the ultra-luxury to be budget conscious!

A leading broad-line distributor national contract that offers thousands of products at contracted margins.
Over 20,000 products contracted directly with the manufacturer, creating significant savings beyond the contracted distribution margin.
All other operating supply needs including paper products, chemicals, linens, engineering, office supplies and more!
Because our members get best-in-nation pricing as a result of our contracts, there is no need to bid-out products. Not only does this save time, but it means operators can select the product they prefer, resulting in improved product consistency and performance.

Web-Based Purchasing Platform Makes It Easy

Product consistency and efficiency are critical components of procurement management. Because of this, Food Buyers Network provides members with access to our Web-based purchasing platform, enabling users to create custom order guides containing their operationally approved products.

Web-based purchasing from multiple suppliers all in one place
Create custom online order guides to manage item specifications, brand/quality and compliance
Administrative controls to help manage your purchasing budget, including declining budgets and purchase order creation

Cutting-Edge Spend Management Technology

The myFBN Spend Management Portal provides Food Buyers Network members with real-time, online visibility into purchasing spend. Members have the ability to establish brand and product specifications, track unit-level compliance against these specifications, receive product recommendations based on Food Buyers Network contracted products, and monitor price fluctuations to better plan purchasing objectives.

Product compliance monitoring to maximize product savings and consistency
Price exception reports to track product price changes
Real-time analysis of current purchasing that offers contracted product alternatives
Query, filtering and drill-down capabilities to provide insight into your purchasing
Series of management summary reports to identify purchasing opportunities
Ability to network and communicate with other Food Buyers Network members to share ideas and network

Full-Service Account Advisory Program

Food Buyers Network provides members with customized assistance and support. Members are assigned a dedicated Account Advisor who will routinely work with member to provide support and purchasing best practices education to ensure maximum price savings and operational efficiencies are achieved.

Personalized set-up from hospitality and foodservice professionals who fully understand your business
Ongoing spend management analysis to drive purchasing best practices
Quarterly operational reviews to ensure maximum savings and efficiencies
Online training sessions on topics such as menu engineering, product specification analysis and more!

Supplier Contract and Price Verification

Just as important as having thousands of the products you buy under contract, is the ability to ensure that products are being consistently priced by Food Buyers Network suppliers. Because of this, Food Buyers Network utilizes cutting-edge technology to monitor each line item of each member invoice to ensure that it is in line with our contracts.

No more need to spend hours combing through invoices to identify pricing errors
The benefit of a third party that works solely on your behalf to verify correct pricing
Furthermore, routine internal controls and processes validate that all pricing is consistent with our best-in-nation supplier contracts

No Up-Front Costs or Long-Term Commitments

The goal of Food Buyers Network is to provide incredible member value with no long-term commitment!

Standard one (1) year Supply Chain Services Agreement
A ninety (90) day “out clause” if not completely satisfied
Full on-boarding support to help get your operation up and running quickly
No up-front fees or implementation costs