A New Era of Foodservice Procurement
Our Mission
To Drive Better Economic Outcomes for Our Foodservice Stakeholders
Designed to Drive Value
We’ve created the most powerful network in the foodservice industry.
20+ Years of Food Service Industry Experience
1,000+ Employees
Join our rapidly growing team of food, data, and technology experts.
Our platform brands touch every corner of the foodservice world and provide value to stakeholders throughout the supply chain.
Our data and AI engines never stop cranking, processing billions of dollars of purchasing data.
Buyers Edge has been restaurant-focused from the start, and we’ll never stop pursuing new ways to add value to the industry.
Our Origin Story
We have a lifelong obsession with the power of data.
Our story starts in 1998 with 45 independent restaurants in Rochester, NY. We grouped those restaurants together and helped them reduce their Pepsi costs.
We moved operations to Boston, where we built our first “hub city.” Restaurants throughout greater Boston benefited from our extensive network of distributor and manufacturer partnerships.
Our network spread like crazy — as networks do. By 2012, we had operators in all 50 states buying on our GPO contracts and taking advantage of our data and expertise.
Buyers Edge Platform stood out in the world of group purchasing — offering unprecedented data visibility, purchasing transparency, and marketing opportunities. The biggest — and smartest — suppliers in foodservice took notice and lined up to establish partnerships.
We leaned hard into our technology to establish our advantage in the market. We built and acquired the best software in the industry to help our clients and partners access the data and insights they need to boost their profitability.
Our Values
Value 1
Ask Tough Questions
We dig deep and challenge the status quo so we can chart the best path forward.
Value 2
Be Agile
Speed is critical. We stay nimble in action and mind to accelerate growth.
Value 3
Celebrate Differences
We value diversity and believe that with unique perspectives we can achieve great things as a team.
Value 4
Deliver Solutions
Our pursuit to solve customer challenges drives our innovation.
Value 5
Enjoy Yourself
We believe work should be fulfilling and a healthy balance of work and play is essential.
CEO and Founder, Buyers Edge
Our Brands
Made of the Best
Buyers Edge is made up of more than a dozen brands that serve foodservice stakeholders with data, technology, buying power, and expertise. Learn more about what each of our companies delivers.
Careers
Calling all Food Lovers and Tech Enthusiasts
Our team members work on projects with brands throughout our enterprise — that keeps life interesting and offers up a world of opportunities for collaboration as well as internal transfers.
Since roughly 2013, Buyers Edge Platform has been in an exciting period of exponential growth.
Work/life balance is a real priority for our leadership team and is a part of our organization’s everyday life. >
We value diversity and believe in the power of unique perspectives.
Environmental Responsibility:
Buyers Edge Platform sets science-based targets and pledges carbon neutrality
In 2021, we pledged to set greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative. Buyers Edge Platform has become a carbon neutral company as of 2020 and pledges Net Zero emissions by 2040, as part of our ambitious climate strategy.
We continue to purchase sufficient carbon offsets to maintain carbon neutrality each year through a mix of renewable energy purchases, emission reductions and offsets. We will continue to evaluate our emissions and track progress toward our long-term goal of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2040 across our operations and value chain.
Giving Back
Davie Family Philanthropy
DavieFamilyFoundation.org
Davie Family Foundation
Founded by Buyers Edge Platform founder and CEO, John Davie, the Davie Family Foundation aims to promote the health, wellbeing, and education of youth worldwide, and places a particular emphasis on technology advances for regenerative agriculture as a means to address global food insecurities.
The Davie Family Foundation supports projects related to food security and agriculture, youth empowerment, technology and education and healthcare – both here in the US and abroad – in Ghana and Kenya.
theGOFund.org
Global Opportunity (GO) Fund
The Global Opportunity (GO) Fund is a non-profit organization created in 2007 by Source1 President, Sarah Davie, that promotes the empowerment and enrichment of the lives of women and children in Africa via educational, social support and entrepreneurial projects. We work hand-in-hand with African-based grassroots organizations to simultaneously build their capacity to serve their own communities while launching sustainable development projects that will carry on their work for years and generations to come.
The GOFund has been able to leverage their relationship with the Buyers Edge Platform by tapping into their manufacturer partners who have made significant donations to programs in the GOFund.