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FoodSource Plus
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Rising food prices impact camps' bottom
line. Counteract food inflation with the
ACA Business Partner Program.
ACA estimates a 5 percent increase across
the board on food and non-food items! Taking
steps now to lessen the effect of food
inflation on your budget is more important
than ever. ACA recommends exploring
ACA Business Partners as a way to save
money on food.
Do not delay in exploring these savings
opportunities because these savings require
some advance planning!
Watch
Food Cost Increase Alert Video
Opportunity #1 – FoodSource
Plus – ACA
Business Partner
FoodSource Plus has negotiated costs savings
with hundreds of distributors nationwide
in an effort to save ACA camps money. There
is no cost to join FoodSource Plus, and
all their services are free to ACA camps.
How it works: FoodSource has arrangements
with food wholesalers and distribution
companies across the country, and their
expertise is in negotiating the lowest
possible costs for groceries, paper goods,
and cleaning supplies offered by these
vendors. Based on the work they've
done with ACA camps, they
estimate savings for your camp to be 10
percent to 35 percent over what you were paying last summer. FoodSource
Plus customers are part of a program that
is not affiliated with any one food service
distributor or manufacturer, so you receive
the best, most comprehensive and affordable
food and supply services available. With
FoodSource Plus, you buy from the lowest
pricing tier the distributors in their
network offer. FoodSource guarantees
your pricing with the distributor in their
network, and there is no outside sales
rep adjusting the pricing margins to make
a profit.
Additional Benefits: In addition
to saving money on the products you are
already buying, FoodSource Plus will also
create menus and order guides based on
your budget and resources, adhering to
dietary and nutrition requirements and
guidelines. ACA's FoodSource
representative, Stephanie Bonenfant, will
create custom menus and orders based on
your unique needs and resources and will
provide you with samples of what other
camps are doing. Stephanie will recommend
menus and healthy, high quality products
that will help stretch your food budget.
To request a free, no-obligation savings
proposal detailing how much FoodSource
Plus can save you, contact Stephanie Bonenfant
at FoodSource Plus at 866-248-4520, sbonenfant@foodsourceplus.com.
Or simply fax your most recent invoices
to her at 508-336-6695.
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Opportunity #2 – Consorta
Group Buying Program –SYSCO
Overview:
The Consorta agreement with SYSCO, available
to all camps, offers pricing based on collective
food purchases of almost $100 million annually.
SYSCO requires that you purchase approximately
80 percent of your typical food items from
SYSCO. Note: Purchase of janitorial and
sanitation supplies, paper products, and
other camp supplies from SYSCO will count
toward this 80% commitment. The minimum
order size per delivery (food and supplies)
is $750.
Consorta has also established a rebate
program that provides an average additional
2 percent back. Checks are sent directly
to the purchasing entity from Consorta
and take about sixty to ninety days after
the first contract purchase. After the
initial sixty to ninety days, the rebates
are paid quarterly.
Contact information:
Contact the ACA National Office for a passkey
(Kim Bruno – 800-428-2267,
ext. 309) to access the convenient ACA
Web Portal (www.aca.purchasingpoint.org )
which will outline the easy SYSCO sign-up
process.
Pricing and savings: Hundreds of invoices
from National Assembly members (ACA is
a member of the National Assembly) have
been compared with SYSCO pricing under
this contract. The
savings for food purchases averages 17
percent not counting incentive rebates.
In addition to the pricing in place with
SYSCO, there are additional "off
invoice" incentives the camp can
obtain. These include payment terms, average
drop size incentives and the use of SYSCO
Brand products. Your new national account
executive ("new" if you've been
using an existing local rep) can review
these incentives with you to determine
which are obtainable based on your camp's
ordering practices.
SYSCO has extensive experience converting
organizations from other suppliers and
their account executives will work with
you to discuss specific needs. They will
help develop order guides, work with you
to place your first order, and do what
is required to assist you with the conversion.
NOTE: If you talk to your current SYSCO
representative they will not have the correct
information regarding this national program.
In fact, they will possibly try to talk
you out of the program. It is necessary
to go through the national office of SYSCO
to qualify for this pricing. You will be
assigned a SYSCO account executive who
is familiar with the Consorta contract.
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ACA understands that making a change in
your food purchasing procedure may be a
big step. We realize that making a change
in your food supplier representative requires
a giant leap of faith and a change of the
usual way you conduct business!
Yet, increasing food costs demand that
every camp director take a serious look
at how they can mitigate these increases.
Both FoodSource Plus and the Consorta SYSCO
programs have been researched and reviewed
by ACA. And, they can help camps through
this price increase crisis.
Products and services mentioned in
Spotlight on Business have not necessarily
been used or reviewed by the American
Camp Association and mention of them
does not constitute an endorsement from
ACA.
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