Hospitality & food
How to find clients for wholesale food & produce supply
Independent restaurants and cafés switch suppliers for quality, reliability and price — new openings are the easiest door.
For food wholesalers, produce suppliers and specialty distributors. Six steps, from the first search to the last follow-up.
- 1
Search Google Maps for these businesses
Run each search in the city you sell to. These are the trades that buy this most.
RestaurantsCafesBakeriesPizzeriasCaterersHotelsDelis - 2
Keep the ones that are ready to buy
- Highly Rated
- At least 4.7 stars from 25 or more Google reviews.
Leave out: Chain restaurants with central supply contracts.
- 3
Open on the right channel
A call or walk-in outside service hours; WhatsApp follow-up with a price list.
- 4
Lead with one thing you noticed
- Next-morning delivery, every day of the week.
- Better produce at the same or lower price.
- One supplier for most of the order.
- 5
Send an opener like this one
Opening messageHighlighted parts are filled in for each businessHi contact name, We supply fresh produce and kitchen staples to independent restaurants in city — delivered early, six days a week. I'd love to send business name our price list and a few samples. Would that be useful? Best, sender name
- 6
Follow up twice, then stop
- Day 3: the price list for their top ten items.
- Day 7: an offer to deliver a free trial order.
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The whole playbook, done for you.
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