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Buyers Edge Platform Delivers Data Transparency, Technology, and New Business
Buyers Edge Platform is a Unified Cloud Platform that provides data, insights and technology into the foodservice industry.
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Buyers Edge Platform is Built on ‘Doing it Differently’
As an upstart Supply Chain Network in Rochester, NY in 1998, "Dining Alliance" sought to disrupt the restaurant industry in favor of operator success, transparent pricing, and trusting vendor relationships.
20+ years later, Buyers Edge Platform is the largest Digital Procurement Network in the industry with billions in buying power across restaurants, healthcare, casinos, hospitality, higher education, institutions, and entertainment
Our exponential growth is rooted in a commitment to rejecting the stodgy old ways that foodservice industry have historically been run. Any time we heard a complaint about ourselves or our competitors, we turned that into an opportunity to improve our offerings
Risk-taking is in our blood. We developed software that took on the industry's scariest technology and data challenges. We founded and acquired companies when others would have held their positions - all in the name of adding foodservice value and steering the industry in a progressive direction.
What is a Digital Procurement Network?
Buyers Edge Platform has created the industry’s first end-to-end digital procurement experience
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1998
- Founded: Dining Alliance (independent restaurants)
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2008
- Acquired: InsideTrack (data and spend management)
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2009
- Founded: Consolidated Concepts (multi-unit restaurants)
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2015
- Founded: FoodBAM (food cost management software) -
2016
- Acquired: Fresh Concepts (managed produce) -
2018
- Acquired: Source1 Purchasing (hotel and lodging) -
2018
- Acquired: Restaurant Partners Procurement (supply chain management)- Acquired: Sundell & Associates (supply chain management) -
2019
- Acquired: Svenska Krogare (Swedish restaurants and golf)- Acquired: Restaurant Purchasing Solutions (supply chain management) -
2019
- Acquired: Orderly (food cost management)- Acquired: Alliance Purchasing (Canadian restaurant group)- Acquired: Welch Advisory Group (supply chain managemnt) -
2020
- Platform Investment: Prime Services (post-acute care)- Acquired: Food Service Rewards (affinity program)
Testimonial
Hear from our satisfied clients on all that the Buyers Edge Platform can offer you
With 20+ years of expertise, and a team of 350+ employees, the Buyers Edge Platform can offer you a lot. But don’t just take our word for it…
One of the biggest benefits that I see working with the Buyers Edge Platform is the shared sense of purpose we have to reach the largest number of accounts in the most efficient and sustainable way possible.
Jennifer Fargy,
Idahoan, Director of strategic accounts in multi unit chains
We made a decision to become a strategic partner with Buyers Edge Platform as the business developed over the years. We are moving in the same direction in terms of business alignment when you look at it from a segment perspective. Theres a lot things that we are doing in tandem that it makes perfect sense for us to become partners.
Gerri Okinski,
JM Smucker company, national account manager
Leverage Buying Group is energized by the potential for greater savings and the increased value that we can offer our members through the platform. The ability to customize services allows us greater flexibility and increases our ability to attract new members.
Jack Frost,
Leverage Buying Group, Vice President of Programs and Member Services
They’re a fun, innovative group, that helps us reach members that we wouldn't normally reach. McCain and the Buyers Edge Platform have an excellent partnership.
Brian Johnson,
McCain, Director of Non-commercial Sales
Our latest initiative with the Buyers Edge Platform has allowed us to further our partnership, and partner with their members and we have been able to increase our sales and develop true relationships out in the field.