How to Choose the Best Food and Beverage Supplier

by: Grovara

How should you choose the best food and beverage suppliers for your business? A great supplier can be a partner in your business, so there are several things you should consider. Grovara can help.

Philadelphia-based Grovara, founded in 2010, utilizes data and proprietary technology to help American-made natural and organic product manufacturers and international wholesale buyers connect directly and seamlessly through a B2B e-commerce marketplace platform. We are reshaping the importing and exporting experience, making it easier for buyers and brands to do business.

Selecting the Right Supplier

While there’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to choosing the right supplier, here are three things to keep in mind:

  • Less Is More: Whenever possible, consolidate your purchasing to as few suppliers as possible.
  • Price Isn’t Everything: When you use pricing as your most important determining factor for selecting suppliers, you’ll often get what you pay for.
  • Consider Food Safety: Do a little research to determine whether the suppliers that interest you take food safety and cleanliness as seriously as you do.

How Grovara Can Help

Register as a buyer today and browse the Grovara Marketplace to explore hundreds of category-leading American-made natural and organic brands with category and product-level insights powered by SPINS, the U.S. leading consumer data and analytics provider for the natural and organic product industry.

Connect directly with the brands that interest you to start conversations, request samples, and place orders. Take advantage of our proprietary Pallet Builder that enables easy checkout of a custom (multi-SKU, multi-layer) pallet while helping to eliminate ordering errors and time-consuming back-and-forth communications. Our end-to-end logistics and fulfillment platform offers step-by-step instructions at every stage of your order.

At Grovara, we continuously study international trends, brand viability, and global opportunities. We partner with SPINS, the leading U.S. provider of consumer insights and analytics for the natural and organic products industries. We help international buyers identify growth trends and quickly assess the potential of your brand and products for their markets.

Our goal is to get you started quickly. We provide a full suite of tools that will help you manage your global B2B commerce. Important notifications, robust order management, and deep insights and analytics are available right from your dashboard.

We have also partnered with numerous logistics partners to fulfill imports for international buyers if desired. Our step-by-step fulfillment process brings visibility and transparency to the import/export supply chain.

Next Steps

Ready to import but concerned about how to choose the best Better-For-You food and beverage supplier for your market? Learn more about Grovara and our easy-to-use platform that streamlines the entire import/export process by visiting our website. Schedule a demo using our online form, or call us at (215) 207-0967.