SMC Grocery Bidding

SMC accepts bids for our grocery business every three years.

The main grocery vendor is chosen based on three factors: Price, Service, and Quality

SMC staff, board of directors, and cooks chose Keck's Food Service. Benefits of purchasing groceries through SMC and our grocery vendor are the following:

• Special Pricing: our pricing is based on a certain percentage over our vendors delivered cost. We aren't subject to salesmen commissions!
• No Minimum Orders: You can get one split of an item if that's all you need.
• No Surcharge for Splits: All other vendors charge an additional fee for splitting a case, SMC members pay only the price of a split divided by the number in the case.
• Items that Split: Keck's Food Service splits many, many more items than its competitors, this allows chapters to order small quantities instead of having to order a full case of a product seldom used.
• Product Knowledge: Our representative or one of the SMC staff will have answers to your questions regarding food products.
• Product Tastings/Cuttings and Food Shows: Weekly product tastings are held at the SMC office on ordering day.
• Order Guides: SMC cooks are provided with a weekly ordering guide which is priced and convenient for inventory control. Order guides are individualized by chapter.
• SMC Participation: Inhibits collusion between employees, brokers, salesmen and purveyors.
• Returns/Problems: Issues with products are handled by the professional staff at SMC saving time and energy.
• Price Audits: SMC conducts semesterly audits to ensure pricing consistency.