LARISSA AGUIRRE
restaurant savings QA: John Krebs, Axis Purchasing Axis Purchasing is a group purchasing organization,
together. This program is very large. It’s $20B in
saving restaurants money on the products they
size across the United States. It’s very vast. The
already use. Axis taps into savings and rebates that
number of products in the portfolio is very big
restaurateurs may not know about. The savings
and the size is very big.
program doesn't require you to change the broadline distributor you are already using. Check out the
With an authorization to release the data, the
YouTube interview of Axis President John Krebs by
distributor will report the data to us. The data is
Eatery Pulse TV's Larissa Aguirre at
then utilized for three (3) things:
axis.eaterypulse.tv or read the excerpt below:
Manufacturer's rebates: For the programs we have in place, manufacturers will offer cash
Larissa Aguirre: John, tell us, briefly, how the
back for loyalty. The cash is paid back on a
Axis Program works and how you help you
monthly basis to the restaurants.
clients within the restaurant industry save
There is contract pricing that is available,
money?
which will lower the distributor invoice cost, so now you have money coming back through the
John Krebs: We're a group purchasing
“back of the house.”
organization, with a little bit of expertise on the top.
Because we have your data, and we have
Like other group purchasing organizations, other
industry expertise, we can go through the data,
members who purchase the items or products that
and come back to you with suggestions for
go through foodservice or restaurants have banded
alternative products from different
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