Foodserv Manufactg & Distribtn

Catalog description

This course examines the dynamics of the ever changing distribution network between a manufacturer and the food service operator. Manufacturers face the challenges of maintaining or increasing their market share against the competition and selecting the best distribution channels to get their products to the foodservice operator. Distributors' challenges include the increased costs of operations and pressure between balancing manufacturer brands or their own private label brands and how that affects what foodservice operators and customers will buy. Students will learn what roles logistics and ordering technologies, marketing incentives, and direct or brokers sales forces play in the success of a manufacturer product as it travels through the distribution channel.