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Support growth, not complexity.

Supply Chain & Procurement

As a food business grows, purchasing, inventory and scheduling tend to grow in pieces, and those pieces start to cost money. We bring sourcing, contracts, forecasting, warehousing and production scheduling under one plan built for your next stage of growth.

Signs you need this

  • 01

    Every buyer, kitchen or site purchases differently.

  • 02

    Stock-outs and excess inventory happen at the same time.

  • 03

    Contracts renew by default instead of by negotiation.

  • 04

    Production schedules and purchasing aren't connected.

What we do

Sourcing & contracting
Sourcing and contracting commodities, perishables, groceries and packaging.
Forecasting & scheduling
Demand forecasting linked to weekly production scheduling and purchasing of key commodities.
Warehousing & inventory
Warehousing, inventory control, and outbound truck and rail logistics.
Distribution
Shipping and distribution of perishables, groceries and packaging to multiple locations.

What you get

  • Spend and contract review
  • Sourcing and contracting plan
  • Forecasting and production-scheduling process
  • Inventory control routine

Relevant experience

Done before, at scale.

Nacho ran supply chain for Lemonade Restaurant Group, saving $3.3 million, and ran it for Everytable through a sevenfold production ramp-up. At Tomatek he oversaw 1.6 million sq ft of warehousing and daily truck and rail shipments.

  • Lemonade Restaurant Group · 2018–2020

    Three commissaries became one

    Vice President of Supply Chain, Manufacturing and R&D

    • Designed a commissary built to support 120–130 restaurants
    • Wrote the industrial recipes and COGS sheets behind the company's first accurate P&L
    • Scored 98.5 on the plant's first third-party audit

    Read the full record: Lemonade Restaurant Group

  • Everytable · 2020–2021

    7.6× daily output in seven weeks

    Vice President of Supply Chain, Manufacturing and R&D

    • Opened a new 35,000 sq ft FDA facility and hired 250+ employees
    • Built quality assurance and sanitation departments from scratch
    • Helped the company turn profitable for the first time in five years, within six months

    Read the full record: Everytable

  • Tomatek · 2013–2015

    A union plant at full seasonal scale

    General Manager

    • 380 full-time employees and 1,600 during fresh-pack season
    • Total incident rate cut from 2.70 to 1.40
    • Negotiated the 2015 union contract with Teamsters DC 2

    Read the full record: Tomatek

Results achieved by Nacho Varela in executive roles.

Common questions

Is this only for large companies?

No. Growing companies often benefit most, because good habits are easier to set early than to fix later.

Do you negotiate with suppliers on our behalf?

We prepare the strategy, the numbers and the terms, and we can take part in negotiations alongside your team.

  • 01

    Food Manufacturing

    Build better. Operate smarter.

    Plant design, equipment layout and start-up for USDA and FDA facilities, plus the quality, sanitation and compliance programs that keep them running.

    • Plant design
    • Equipment layout
    • Start-up
    • QA & sanitation
    • USDA / FDA

    Explore Food Manufacturing

  • 02

    Operations & Profitability

    Find the money hiding in your operation.

    Labor scheduling, portion control, yields, KPIs and P&L discipline. The unglamorous work that turns a producing plant into a profitable one.

    • Labor
    • Food cost
    • Portion control
    • KPIs
    • P&L

    Explore Operations & Profitability

  • 03

    Product Development & Commercialization

    From recipe to production line.

    Industrial formulation, batch sheets, COGS, nutritional analysis and packaging, so a recipe that works in the test kitchen works at production scale.

    • Formulation
    • Scale-up
    • COGS
    • Nutrition & labeling
    • Packaging

    Explore Product Development & Commercialization

Tell us what you're trying to accomplish.

Share a few details about your operation and the outcome you need. We'll suggest the right starting point.