Yes. CORE works with your existing distributors instead of forcing you to rip and replace them. Rather than locking you into a single supplier, CORE opens up the wider market — bringing leverage, visibility, and better-value sourcing across distributors, so you keep the relationships that work and gain options where they don't.
CORE adds leverage — it doesn't take away choice
- Keep your distributors. CORE works with the relationships you already have rather than replacing them.
- Open the wider market. CORE looks beyond any single distributor to source better-value alternatives, category by category.
- One managed program. Sourcing, contracting, optimization, and reporting in one place — with full visibility into what you actually pay.
Not a forced switch — a layer of leverage
Many operators worry that joining a group purchasing organization means abandoning the distributors they trust. With CORE it's the opposite. CORE runs sourcing, contracting, optimization, and reporting as one managed program, so your team works from a single program instead of a tangle of vendors, quotes, and order guides — while keeping the supplier relationships that already serve you well.
Where a single distributor has been limiting what you can see or buy, CORE opens up the broader market and brings competitive options to the table — category by category, with full transparency into your true costs.
Gecko's Hospitality Group: beyond a single distributor
Gecko's had leaned heavily on one distributor for what it could see and buy, and bought independently location by location — so it never leveraged its true scale. CORE opened up the market beyond that one distributor, then worked category by category: renegotiating contracts, sourcing better-value alternatives, and giving the group full visibility into what it was actually paying.
- A renegotiated lobster contract saving over $350,000 a year
- A mayonnaise alternative at half the price — and better taste
- Fresh grouper at higher quality and lower cost
- Processed chicken that cut both prep time and expense
"CORE has provided us full transparency and saved us tremendous amounts of money." — James Veldhouse, Gecko's Hospitality Group
Start light, or hand over the whole supply chain
CORE360 comes in three tiers — the same program, scaled to how much you want to manage yourself.
FLEX
Start light and add support where you need it most.
ESSENTIAL
A fuller managed program across your core categories.
COMPLETE
Hand the whole supply chain to CORE, end to end.
Bring leverage to the distributors you already use
A short conversation shows where your current supply chain is costing you more than it should — and how CORE can fix it without uprooting the relationships you rely on.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to switch distributors to work with CORE?
No. CORE works with your existing distributor relationships rather than forcing you to rip and replace them. Instead of locking you to one supplier, CORE opens up the broader market so you can keep what works and improve what doesn't.
Will CORE lock me into a single distributor?
No — the opposite. CORE is built to broaden your options. For Gecko's Hospitality Group, which had leaned heavily on a single distributor, CORE opened up the market beyond that one distributor and sourced better-value alternatives category by category.
How does CORE work across my suppliers?
CORE runs sourcing, contracting, optimization, and reporting as one managed program — so your team works from a single program instead of a tangle of vendors, quotes, and order guides, with full visibility into what you actually pay.
Can CORE take over my whole supply chain, or just part of it?
Either. CORE360 comes in three tiers — FLEX, ESSENTIAL, and COMPLETE — so you can start light and scale up, or hand the entire supply chain to CORE.