December Purchasing Newsletter 2024

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HC Vietnamese Pho Bowl: Chicken (minors) (47608.13)

HC Vietnamese Pho Bowl: Tofu (minors) (47608.14)

HC Vietnamese Banh Mi Dip (140229.13)

Pho concentrate is a blend of slow simmered ingredients and aromatic spices that capture the authentic taste of scratch made Pho broth in minutes HC Vegetable Pho Broth (Minors Base) (119413.3)

Many produce farms in the Southeast had crops damaged due to Hurricane Helene and Milton. While most operations have power and water restored, the cleanup is ongoing. These events are expected to affect produce availability and pricing for the foreseeable future.

All produce distributors have enacted Act of God pricing on all contacts for November-December 2024. Act of God pricing suspends contracted pricing and commodities transition to market pricing temporarily due to severe market disruptions due to severe market disruptions due to natural disasters

Crops impacted: Cucumbers, Eggplant, Peppers, Squash, Corn and Tomatoes

BuySmart Holiday Hours

Early Closure:

December 23rd, 7am-1pm est

December 31st, 7am-1pm est

Closed:

December 24th & 25th

January 1st

Sysco GFS US Foods

No Deliveries on Christmas Day, or New Year’s Day

Thursday, 12/26 deliveries: normal cut off time on 12/24

Thursday, 1/2 deliveries: normal cut off time on 12/31

Closed Christmas Day

GFS Reps will communicate with each location regarding holiday delivery schedule changes

If you receive 3+ deliveries a week, you may be asked to drop to 2 deliveries during holiday weeks

Closed Christmas Day

Majority of customers will not receive delivery on New Year’s Day All delivery schedule changes will be communicated by your rep

Spotlight on Diversity: Minority Owned Business

Rip Van Wafels was founded in 2010 by Amsterdam native Rip Pruisken and Marco De Leon, both students at Brown University. They launched their business via Kickstarter, driven by the desire to create a healthier, lower-sugar alternative to the Dutch stroopwafel. The founders spent two years refining their product and marketing, even sleeping in a Volvo station wagon while delivering their wafels across the country. Their distribution grew, reaching outlets like Whole Foods and American Airlines. Named after the story of Rip Van Winkle, the company aims to bring about positive change. Today, Rip Van Wafels offers snacks that are low in sugar, high in fiber, non-GMO, and free from artificial flavors and colors.

Rip Van currently offers six flavors of their signature stroopwafel cookie, Dutch Caramel & Vanilla, Snickerdoodle, Cookies & Cream, Honey & Oat, Chocolate Brownie and, Birthday Cake, with mini singles, mini pouches and protein varieties also available.

Available via Vistar and Broadline

With recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) impacting cage-free birds, Deb-El will be experiencing shortages of pasteurized, cage-free shell eggs over the next few weeks. These shortages will only impact the below Deb-El item. No other items, including all Deb-El liquid items, will be impacted by these shortages.

If you are currently in a state with cage-free laws, you will continue to receive cage-free shell eggs. All other states are likely to receive a non-cage-free substitute. Substitute items may be pasteurized and will vary by Distributor based on availability

Maestro Tip:

Create or update shopping list for large number of items using DINs.

1. Create the new shopping list and open. Or click on current list to edit.

2. Click on the Actions drop down in upper right.

3. Select Download Shopping List Template. Save formatted file to desktop.

4. Add the DINs to file and save.

5. Open the shopping list again, clicking on the Actions drop down.

6. Select Upload Shopping List File to upload your saved file.

7. Select if you want to add items or replace

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