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Before we joined Dining Alliance, every month I was wrangling with the chef to determine why our food costs were so high. We had a 30% target and every month our costs were coming in over 35%.

Joe Quattrocchi
Vox Populi, Boston MA

The Leading Restaurant and Foodservice Buying Group

Dining Alliance is the leading restaurant and foodservice buying group (GPO) in the industry with over 2000 locations and over $500,000,000 in buying power.  Dining Alliance pools the buying power of foodservice operators to drive down food cost.

The foodservice industry is rapidly changing. For the past 11 years Dining Alliance has been a driving force for positive change, working aggressively to put more profits to the bottom line of our member restaurants.

Strength in Numbers

Anyone in the foodservice industry knows that there is strength in numbers. As your operation and the number of units have grown, it's almost certain that your rebates, deviations and cost plus contracts have gotten better. You can now take that to another level. Imagine if your velocity reports were now three times bigger. Together, we can show suppliers massively larger volume.
 

Auditing

Dining Alliance not only negotiates low cost plus prices, but also constantly audits the distributors to make sure that the pricing formula is adhered to. Dining Alliance has a very sophisticated auditing software that audits every item, every week. Members receive quarterly reimbursement for any overcharges that are discovered. Many of the largest chains in the country cannot audit distributors as well as Dining Alliance can.

Regional Power

Dining Alliance is bringing together the best and the brightest independent restaurants and regional chains to form one of the largest foodservice buying organizations in the country.The foodservice business is still very regionalized. On a local level, Dining Alliance members working together can have more regional purchasing power than any national chain!