Hospitality & Foodservice Procurement

What’s Cooking

Procurement, made from scratch — strategic sourcing for the kitchens, clubs, and tables of hospitality and foodservice.

Before CORE

In the weeds.

Unmanaged procurement runs like a kitchen at full rush — every ticket at once, and nothing where it should be.

The CORE difference

Anyone can hand you a recipe.

We source the ingredients, cook the entrée, and serve the meal.

Your success is quite delicious.

The pantry

A pantry a century in the making.

  • 100+

    years of insider expertise

    synchronized into every CORE engagement

  • $15B+

    in leveraged contracts

    put to work on behalf of our clients

  • 50,000+

    unit-priced products

    sourced, benchmarked and ready to serve

Meet the team behind the numbers

Choose your plate

One program. Three courses.

Our fees are transparent — and we pass 100% of every rebate and allowance straight back to you.

  • The starter

    FLEX

    A versatile offering that expands and adjusts with the needs of your business.

    • CORE Client Advisor
    • Standard Reporting
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Customer-Exclusive Sourcing
  • The main course

    ESSENTIAL

    A tailored portfolio of procurement services that augments your existing capabilities.

    • Everything in FLEX
    • Contract Management
    • Vendor & Product Optimization
    • CORE Exclusive Programs
    • Audit Services
    • Data Analytics & Behavioral Trends
    • 50,000+ unit-priced products
    • Business Reviews & KPIs
  • Chef’s table

    COMPLETE

    A holistic, fully-customized supply chain solution for growing companies with limited resources.

    • Everything in ESSENTIAL
    • Proprietary Product Specification
    • Innovation & Development
    • Order Guide Management
    • Commodity Hedging & Forecasting
    • Customized Reporting
    • Spec Book Development
    • Budgeting Coordination

Talk through which plate fits your operation

The method

From scratch
to served.

Ideation to execution — five steps that turn a supply chain into something worth serving.

01

Listen

We listen first — understanding your business, your guests, and your goals before anything else.

02

Analyze

Benchmarking, operational analysis, and data that surface where the real opportunity lives.

03

Source

Highly-leveraged contracts and customer-exclusive sourcing, tuned precisely to your operation.

04

Execute

Hands-on guidance through rollout. Ideation to execution — never just a plan handed over.

05

Grow

KPIs, business reviews, and a partner that stays. We stay & help, season after season.

Ideation to execution — explore CORE’s full consulting & advisory practice.

Visit CORE Consulting

The tasting

“We wanted an outsourced purchasing resource we could build a relationship with — one that would truly have a seat at our table.”

Michael Brennan — President, Specialty Restaurants Corporation

  • We listen first
  • We tailor to you
  • We stay & help
  • We’re your resource

Read every success story

Phase two

Run a club, course,
or resort?

From the clubhouse to the pool deck to the turf, there’s a CORE built for member experiences.