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SB Value
Empowering FECs with Unmatched Food SavingsAbout SB Value
SB Value is a food-buying program designed to help IAAPA members cut food and kitchen supply costs because we have the power of $10 billion in buying leverage across 28,000+ locations. As US Foods' largest client, we negotiate the best prices that businesses could never achieve alone.
IAAPA members save, on average, 17% on their food orders—without contracts, membership fees, or restrictions—because we focus on creating flexibility. You buy exactly what you want, but at lower prices, making it simple to improve your bottom line on every order.
SB Value works because we combine billions of dollars in purchasing power to negotiate with manufacturers and distributors on your behalf, then pass those savings directly to you. No need to stress over price comparisons or lengthy negotiations—our influence does the heavy lifting so your business can thrive.
Our Values
Expand allOne of the most overlooked ways to increase profitability is through optimizing your food buying and inventory. While cuts in staffing are a powerful (and oftentimes obvious) way to increase profits, managing human resources can take much more effort. That’s why SB Value focuses on the profitability of food, from maximizing food orders to reducing waste to making cost calculations and pricing easy.
Everything we do and stand for is about effortlessness. According to Merriam-Webster, effortlessness is defined as “showing or requiring little or no effort.” Because we believe that small and mid-sized caterers and businesses work hard enough, everything we do aims to reduce work, not just “make it easier.” That’s why we want to help you be profitable through doing what you normally do. Just order your food the same way you always do and save. Easy.
In the end, we are committed to being your advocates. We not only care about hard-working culinary professionals, we want to bestow you with great economic powers through our leverage. So that you can make more money, increase your profits and grow your business, without having to work harder or jump through a bunch of hoops to do it.
US Foods works with suppliers to source products that are local, sustainable, or support well-being. They also have a Serve Good program that offers products that are responsibly sourced, reduce waste, or are eco-friendly. For example, they offer products that are organic, non-GMO, Fair Trade Certified, or Rainforest Alliance Certified.
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FAQs
Expand allYou can buy ANYTHING YOU WANT… just at a lower price point.
SB Value works with culinary professionals and concessionaires across many industries including, but not limited to, caterers, theme parks, water parks, dude ranches, trampoline parks, roller skating rinks, dine-in cinemas, and boutique hotels.
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Terms can be established based on your credit history. Credit card and C.O.D. payments are also available. It is completely up to you.
It’s a simple idea but a huge one. If you spent $10 billion on your foodservice spend you would get way better prices than you do now because you’d be one of the largest accounts in the country. With 28,000 members working tougher we have billions in leverage. We use this leverage to do what you would do…we take this leverage to the manufacturers and get the price you would get with this much leverage and pass the savings on to you. It’s that simple.
In order to gain additional purchasing power SB Value has partnered with Premier (a Group Purchasing Organization that primarily provides purchasing services to the healthcare and college/university markets) with a specialized focus of marketing the Premier group purchasing portfolio to commercial foodservice operators.
Premier has $82 Billion in annualized purchasing volume (larger than McDonalds) and their portfolio of food manufacturers and service providers complimented the portfolio of SB Value. Premier offers national Contracting of over 300+ foodservice agreements – CMA’s, supplier interface and support, supplier promotions, culinary support, and tools to help operators succeed. We made a decision to combine our collective strengths for the benefit of SB Value customers.
The savings are so great that you should target 80% of your purchases to come from the program.
We can help you save virtually anything you can think of in your kitchen including proteins, produce, shelf-stable items, cleaning supplies, paper products, uniforms and linens, among many other things. If you are buying it from a food distributor now, we sell it at a better price than you are paying now.
Yes. This won’t change what you buy; you’ll just buy it at a better price.
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Yes. In each category, you will find items that have contracted pricing from the manufacturer. These items maximize the potential of the program. You are free to choose whatever product will work for you.
US Foods provides excellent customer service for your food + kitchen order inquiries, but SB Value is available to handle all other membership inquiries.
Once you join, you will be assigned a local US Foods account executive who will be your main point of contact.==