Strategic Food & Beverage Procurement Solutions

F&B in procurement refers to purchasing and managing food and beverage categories such as broadline distribution, produce, meat, seafood, dairy, dry goods, beverages, wine and spirits, packaging, and related supplies. In hospitality, restaurants, and food manufacturing, F&B procurement also includes supplier negotiations, contract compliance, quality standards, cost controls, demand planning, and risk management.

These solutions are designed for hotel groups, resort properties, restaurant chains, multi-unit franchises, food-service operators, hospitality management companies, and food and beverage manufacturers. Colab91 typically supports CFOs, CPOs, purchasing leaders, supply chain directors, and Private Equity operating partners who need better spend visibility, category expertise, and scalable procurement execution.

Colab91 supports food and beverage categories including broadliners such as Sysco, US Foods, and PFG; specialty produce; meat and seafood; wine and spirits; packaging; raw materials; chemicals; MRO; facilities; logistics; and related indirect spend. The team can also support hospitality-adjacent categories such as guest amenities, linens, housekeeping supplies, POS, PMS, and capital project procurement.

Colab91 uses AI-augmented spend analytics, supplier analysis, contract review, benchmarking, and category-level expertise to identify practical savings opportunities. The diagnostic evaluates supplier consolidation, off-contract spend, contract leakage, demand-side optimization, payment terms, and category pricing. Outputs include a prioritized roadmap with owners, savings targets, timelines, and category-by-category execution plans.

Yes. Colab91’s hospitality and food-service procurement practice supports full-service, fast-casual, quick-service, multi-unit franchise, and restaurant retail environments. Teams can assist with supplier discovery, RFI/RFP/RFQ events, pricing analysis, broadliner negotiations, specialty category sourcing, contract management, supplier performance tracking, and ongoing procurement operations across distributed locations.

A structured savings opportunity assessment is typically completed within 4–6 weeks, depending on data availability and spend complexity. The process focuses on cleansing and classifying spend, analyzing supplier and contract data, identifying leakage and consolidation opportunities, and producing a quantified roadmap. For PE portfolios, broader multi-company diagnostics may run on a 6–8 week cadence.

Yes. Colab91 builds dedicated India-based procurement and analytics teams for US mid-market and Private Equity-backed companies. Engagements can scale from individual analysts or category managers to larger offshore capability centers. Models include dedicated teams, managed operations, and build-operate-transfer structures, allowing clients to balance strategic control, speed, cost efficiency, and long-term ownership.

Supplier risk is managed by monitoring financial health, compliance exposure, concentration risk, geographic risk, ESG factors, sanctions screening, and operational performance. Colab91 connects risk scoring to spend data so clients can see risk-weighted exposure by supplier and category. Offshore supplier-management teams can then support mitigation actions, alternate supplier discovery, and ongoing performance tracking.