Save Money on Purchasing with New England's Specialty Foods Buying Group, FREE!
The following is an explanation of how all specialty food producers of New England can reduce many of their costs, for FREE, with no obligation.
Once you’ve read the information below, if you choose to participate, all you need to do is email back the best email address you’d like the link to each month’s cost reduction promotions sent to. Once you do, you’ll receive the link automatically each month .The details follow:
The concept, combined buying power is not a new one. Finding a way to apply the principal, so that small and medium specialty food producers can benefit from it is. That topic is what this communication is all about, and the word “FREE” in the subject line of this message is not a mistake. This new, unique system is 100% FREE for all of New England’s specialty foods producers.
In the past, as well as at present, purchasing the products and services needed for specialty food production in relatively SMALL quantities has resulted in HIGH unit costs. The combined volume of all these purchases is far from small however. The amount spent by all of the more than a thousand small and medium artisan food producers listed in the New England Specialty Foods Directory is in the millions of dollars, a substantial amount for any supplier of the resources needed in the production of specialty foods.
Many times others have said that it would be nice if there were a way all of the artisan food producers could work together, for the greater good of all. The concept presented here finally taps into that potential. The name of this unique new, FREE system is Specialty Foods Ingredients, and its’ on-line home is www.specialtyfoodsingredients.com/ . This new project will have the buying power of a Co-op, without all the formalities. This virtual group can be thought of as an “Industry Cluster”.
All specialty food production businesses start with “ingredients”. That is where this initiative starts, but it also includes all the other products and services needed in the specialty foods products business. The goal of Specialty Foods Ingredients is to find the best suppliers and values for all the products and services needed by artisan food producers, and to make them available to all producers at reduced, volume pricing. This will make it possible for new win – win business relationships to begin all over New England.
As you know, the nature of specialty food products is to have higher retail selling prices, than similar products produced by large national companies. This makes it difficult for smaller producers to raise prices for reasonable profits. The various costs such as brokers, distributors, retail markups, not to mention gas and demo time, also make achieving profitability difficult. If you cannot charge more, the only way to increase your profits is to reduce your costs. It has been said that one dollar’s cost reduction has the same effect as ten dollars in increased revenues.
The Specialty Foods Ingredients website will function as the entrance to a virtual DISCOUNT shopping mall, for all goods and services used by specialty foods producers. It’s an opportunity for you to know about the best values on everything your business needs, with new promotions every month.
The following is a list of Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers:
Question #1: How is ‘FREE’ possible?
Answer: The vendors of all the products and services listed in the Specialty Foods Ingredients Buyer’s Guide pay a fee, for the opportunity to advertise their exclusive promotions each month. This Buyer’s Guide funds the production costs each month.
Question #2: Why has ‘Specialty Food's Best Resources’ been created?
Answer: The sole purpose of Specialty Food's Best REsources is to enable the small and medium specialty food producers of New England and beyond a better opportunity to make a profit. What helps one producer benefits all producers.
Question #3: What is necessary to participate?
Answer: All you need to do to participate, and receive a link to the exclusive Specialty Foods Buyer’s Guide each month, is send us the email address you’d like each month’s link sent to. The email address for this is: info@specialtyfoodsbestresources. The subject line of the email should be: “Requesting Monthly SFI Buyers Guide Link”.
Question #4: When will the first SFBRBuyer’s Guide be published and ready for use?
Answer: The Specialty Food's Best Resources Classified Ads will begin production in early spring of 2012.
Question #5: Who can participate?
Answer: Anyone who has a small or medium specialty foods business in New England.
Question #6: What if my business is only in the planning stages?
Answer: You qualify too.
Question #7: Will the Specialty Foods Buyer’s Guide be expanding beyond the six New England states?
Answer: Yes! As soon as the New England Region is in full operation, this service will expand to the rest of the United States, one region at a time, until ALL small and medium specialty food producers from coast to coast can take advantage of the savings.
Question #8: Who is producing Specialty Foods Ingredients?
Answer: SFI is a production of Harvey Clark of Boylston, Massachusetts. He is the creator of Angus Sauces, www.angussauces.com , author of “How to Make a Profit Creating and Selling Your Own Specialty Food Products in the USA”, available at: Amazon.com, Books, Specialty Foods, and creator of the sister site: www.newenglandsspecialtyfoods.com . Harvey Clark has more than twenty years as a buyer in the food industry.
Question #9: What about co-packers, will they be included? They buy more products than most producers?
Answer: Co-packers are being included in this too. When they save money on products and services, the savings can be passed on to producers using their services.
Question #10: Is any information from your database shared or sold?
Answer: Absolutely not.
Question #11: What about suppliers in the Buyer’s Guide who may turn out not be suitable?
Answer: Feedback and comments are not only welcomed but encouraged. If any supplier gets three complaints, they will no longer be allowed to advertise in the SFI Buyer’s Guide.
Question #12: What about recommendations?
In summary, if you think the Specialty Food's Best Resources Classified Ads sounds interesting why not give it a try. It’s FREE! If you choose to participate, all you need to do is email back the email address you would like the monthly link to the month’s cost reduction promotions sent to, and you will receive the link automatically each month.
Harvey Clark
Founder
Specialty Food's Best Resources
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