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Welcome to buylocal by AR! 🎉 We're here to transform procurement in the HORECA and supermarket space. Our mission? To offer food and non-alcoholic drinks at distributor prices, ensuring that businesses in the HORECA sector get the best deals on raw materials. Say goodbye to overpriced supplies and hello to cost-effective solutions. Partner with us today! #HORECA #Procurement #DistributorPrices #buylocalbyAR"

🚀 Transforming Supply Chain Efficiency: Bidfood's Journey with Slimstock 🚀 New Zealand’s leading food service partner, Bidfood, with over 2,200 employees across 17 regional locations, has embarked on a significant transformational journey to enhance the efficiency of its supply chain. Facing challenges with manual forecasting, Bidfood recognized the need for a solution to reduce overstock and improve service levels. After careful consideration, they chose to implement the Slimstock Slim4 solution, a decision backed by its successful deployment in other global business units, including the Netherlands, the UK, and the MEA region. This strategic move not only positions Bidfood to optimize their supply chain operations but also to continue delivering exceptional service to their customers across New Zealand. Brian Adshead, GM National Procurement at Bidfood NZ, highlights: “The unparalleled visibility offered by Slim4 and its specific capabilities in exception management were key factors in our choice.” Brian concludes: “The adoption of Slim4 represents a significant step forward for Bidfood in our ongoing quest for service excellence. This platform gives us greater control and agility in our supply chain, delivering on our vision to provide everything our customers need to create culinary magic.” 🍲✨ Congratulations to the Bidfood team on this exciting step forward! 🎉 Eager to know more? #DMSLetsChat #DMSSlimstock #Supplychain #Transformation

Starting a food delivery business can be a lucrative venture with the rise of online food orders! To succeed, focus on creating an efficient logistics network and partnering with reliable restaurants. 🍕 Learn how to navigate the challenges and opportunities of this market here: https://buff.ly/4dwjc1x

The harsh truth that we don't realize: The F&B industry is inefficient. But we're here to change that - the Watermelon Ecosystem's goal is to make the F&B industry a BETTER place to be in! We are fighting to eliminate all the fragmentation, streamlining your whole supply chain within one platform. DM us with ""Get Started"" to find out more about our ecosystem and its offerrings! #WatermelonEcosystem #Procurement #RestaurantOperationsSoftware #FinancialSolutions #MarketingServices #UAE Omar AlShamsi myco.io

Exciting News for Supply Chain Enthusiasts! Domino’s has just opened a brand-new €16 million supply chain center in Naas, County Kildare, and it's a game-changer for their logistics and distribution in Ireland! This 2,550-square-meter facility, located in Tougher’s Business Park, is set to enhance Domino’s operational efficiency and support its growing demand in the region. 🌟 Why This Matters : - 500 new jobs are being created, just in time for the busy Christmas season. - The center is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to streamline supply chain processes, helping franchise partners focus on delivering top-notch service and delicious products.    This investment shows how integral efficient supply chain management is to supporting business growth and meeting customer demand. Huge congratulations to Domino's on this milestone! It's inspiring to see such innovative strides being made in supply chain logistics in Ireland. #SupplyChain #Logistics #Innovation #Dominos #Ireland #Distribution #SupplyChainManagement #BusinessGrowth #Procurement

Gerrit Buitenhuis, Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) at hospitality wholesaler Sligro Food Group, emphasises that his focus lies on achieving just three objectives: ✔ selecting the finest suppliers ✔ maintaining internal organisational efficiency, and ✔ ensuring proper transportation to customers Gerrit discusses with Valcon’s Eelco Simon how he intends to maintain a practical approach to achieving these three objectives. Take a read here: https://lnkd.in/dhScB9FG #csuitetalks #supplychain #logisticssolutions

Supermarkets’ buying arrangements are a hot topic on both sides of the Tasman! The ACCC’s inquiry into grocery markets is under way and promises to look closely at the arrangements between supermarkets and grocery suppliers. Meanwhile, in New Zealand the Commerce Commission is scrutinising the proposed merger of Foodstuffs’ separate North and South Island cooperatives, which trade under the common national brands of New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square. Nick Twort and I were delighted to assist Foodstuffs’ clearance application, with a report filed with the Commission last week on the available economic frameworks for assessing buyer power. We show that the economics of bargaining is the appropriate framework for assessing almost all grocery supplier markets and that a merged Foodstuffs would have no incentive to reduce its purchases from suppliers or to curtail its passing on of cost savings into lower prices for customers. https://lnkd.in/g72W3fDH

It will be fascinating to see how this one plays out… In 2021 Newlat Food S.p.A. Acquired Symington's Limited (a business we advised on the sell-side incidentally) Now three years later it makes a huge play with the acquisition of Princes Limited, firmly establishing itself as one of the biggest players in U.K. ambient food and Europe more generally. Congrats to all those involved in the deal. While the integration with Newlat and Symington’s should be fairly straightforward - Symingtons will likely be folded into Princes food division - the bigger question will be how it turns around performance at a business that is losing volume across categories and has some major operational and organisational issues that need addressing. Acquiring a business twice its size, Newlat simply doesn’t have the bench strength to parachute in managers to run the business and it’s too complex to run from Italy, so how it manages this transformation will be fascinating to see…

I can't believe that the commerce commission is concerned about Food Stuffs North Island and South Island actually going legitimate. They have already suggested that they effectively work together to avoid price competition ( which surely should be what should be investigated!) Surely the concern should be that there is actually only 2 supermarket chains splitting up the NZ market between them and ensuring the prices stay high. https://lnkd.in/gEsAkMfu