New vendors and new products are the life blood of the specialty and natural food industries. Here’s our on-boarding process in a nutshell:
- Contact the relevant Sr. Director to show your product (typically we ask you to send samples and sell sheets prior to scheduling an in-office meeting).
- Complete our online vendor packet including signing our vendor policy and procedure agreement.
- Work with the category manager to complete KeHE’s Go-to-Market Roadmap so we can target best-fit retailers and communicate your promotional plan with them.
Here are key contacts for new suppliers:
Mark Kroencke, Sr. Director of Multicultural & Gourmet, mark.kroencke@kehe.com
Laura McCord, Category Manager, Natural & Organics, laura.mccord@kehe.com
Steve Higgenbotham, Director, Fresh Products, steve.higgenbotham@kehe.com
OAK Resource Center
The OAK Resource Center is our portal through which vendors manage their product assortment and track their item performance, online, throughout the KeHE/TOL system.
| Assortment Management | Performance Management |
- Item Set-Up and Management
- Promotion Set-Up
- Price Change Processing
| - “Point and Click” Standard Reports
- Customizable Reports
- In-bound and out-bound shipping metrics
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Monthly Sales
Trend | 
Top 10
Products | 
Sales by
State Map | 
KeHE/TOL
Fill Rate | 
Supplier
Fill Rate | 
Inventory
Stock Status |