louis kaplan

roseville, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal

The Ultimate Source

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Location: roseville
Industry: Hospitality
Year Founded: 2006
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Description: The Ultimate Source (TUS) has identified a niche’ to be the uniform fulfillment vendor for Sysco Food Service Corporation. Sysco, a Fortune 50 company, has over 80 regional operating companies that service over 400,000 end user customers throughout the country. Sysco’s customer base includes hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and major chains. TUS has worked for 5 years to develop a proprietary program for Sysco that brings them incremental growth in sales, profits, and case growth. We have developed a total integration with both the merchandising systems and sales departments within Sysco. This painstaking process insulates our company from an outside Uniform company trying to vie for our business. Because we service Sysco’s customers and our expertise is the driving force in achieving results, Sysco depends on TUS to direct it to those results. Unlike any other vendor selling Sysco, TUS negotiates the selling price to Sysco’s customers, TUS directs Sysco as to the margin they will receive on each order, and has a direct relationship with Sysco’s customer. This direct relationship with Sysco’s customers also gives TUS tremendous leverage in the future in the case of outside or inside interference. We have our own relationship with the customer which can be directed else where should the need arise, which is unlikely, but needs to be addressed in our growth of the business. The Ultimate Source (TUS) is in a position to capitalize and leverage its resources to take advantage of the opportunities with Sysco operating divisions (OPCO's) throughout the country. We have dedicated the last 24 months to building an administrative infrastructure and developing a successful marketing strategy. Our business model was built to be rolled out to the top 20% of Sysco OPCO's, which generate the majority of Sysco's revenue. Our premise of sharing our margins with Sysco lies in the principle that we give up margin to gain access to this countries largest food service distributor's customer base. The knowledge, experience, and proven track record offered below will substantiate this proposal as a viable plan to successfully move this company into both profitability and solid financial ground.