TIBERSOFT BLOG

In our last article, we introduced OPTRADE Active and the concept of Value of Placement (VOP). As a reminder, VOP is a way of determining the average amount of case volume that you expect to sell into a new location over the course of a year in a specific market, geography, Group Purchasing Organization, Foodservice Management Company, or distributor, once...

Lessons in transforming your sales organization from executive leader Tim Rech  On May 18th, Foodservice professionals from all over the country tuned in to Navigators online to draw on Tim Rech’s nearly 4 decades of foodservice experience. Throughout his career, Tim has touched nearly every part of the business – from restaurant operator, to non-commercial operator, to sales and marketing...

The foodservice industry’s most powerful Operator database and software platform – Tibersoft’s OPTRADE – has built an enviable reputation for its ability to energize foodservice ‘go to market’ processes and campaigns. Key to this success has been its diverse and feature-rich modules, including the Direct Sales Module, Operator Review Module, Distributor Review Module and Audit, Authentication and Growth Modules. To...

It may have come as a surprise to his many friends and contacts in the foodservice industry when veteran Tim Rech was engaged by Tibersoft in January. To Tim, it was a natural and exciting leap. “I had retired after almost four decades in foodservice and had no intention of taking a new job. “But what I found intriguing was...

With things changing day by day, we are all adjusting to our new normal of remote working, social distancing and restricted travel. However, this doesn’t mean that our sales strategy is on hold, instead we want to help guide you through this challenging time with some simple “plays” you can start implementing in your business today.

With things changing day by day, we are all adjusting to our new normal of remote working, social distancing and restricted travel. However, this doesn’t mean that our sales strategy is on hold, instead we want to help guide you through this challenging time with some simple “plays” you can start implementing in your business today.

Don’t wait – the things you imagined for foodservice data and analytics are here now. That was the resounding theme of this year’s annual conference with topics ranging in foodservice best practices from AI, to how to conduct best in class business reviews. Let's take a moment to recap what went down at this year's Navigators conference.

The foodservice GPO space is constantly evolving. Matt Stredney and his team at Conagra knew this was something they had to get in front of to ensure their bottom line wasn’t affected. With the complexities that come with data coming in from a number of different data sources, the opportunity for foodservice trade double dipping continues to be a real threat to CPG manufacturers.

With the prevalence of foodservice double dipping, the need to understand your data at a glance is crucial. See how foodservice giant, Smithfield Foods, simplified and organized their GPO and Contract Management Customer data with an eye to identify, eliminate, and prevent duplicate spending.

As we see it, foodservice trade double dipping can be avoided, and instead used as a way to improve transparency and negotiations with your GPO. Even without a system to find double dipping, there are manual ‘sniff checks’ that can be done. From there, find out three low tech ways you can begin to solve this issue.