How well does your grocery business handle cost control? Reducing your store’s expenses can have a dramatic effect on profitability, with or without a sales increase. But as any business owner knows, reigning in costs can be challenging and elusive. At UNFI Professional Services, we have a wide variety of tools to help your store more successfully control costs and become more profitable. Here are some areas where we can help:
Equipment Services
We apply 50+ years of combined industry knowledge to save you money, it’s that simple. Our leverage buying program includes lighting, building components, smallwares, display fixtures & cases, seating, refrigeration equipment, cooking equipment, exterior and interior signage and décor, custom millwork, shelving, and more. We’re available to help you save money on critical purchases regardless of business size and offer ongoing customer support.
Electronic Payments
Customers want a variety of ways to pay at checkout, and you want to process those payments as efficiently and in the most cost-effective manner as possible. We offer competitively priced processing solutions for credit, debit, SNAP, EBT, eWIC, proprietary and mall gift cards, along with check authorization. Our solutions feature lower costs through effective debit routing management and preferred pricing with select networks. We offer low interchange fees that simply aren’t available on other networks. You also can save money by leveraging UNFI’s buying power with industry leaders such as First Data, NCR, Verifone, Equinox, ValueLink, Telecheck, ACI, Blackhawk, Certegy and more.
Coupon Services
UNFI’s coupon processing is simple and efficient. Improve your cash flow and impact your bottom line by utilizing our entirely free, low-maintenance service. Compare your current coupon redemption process with ours to see how much UNFI Professional Services will help you save!
STEP — Strategic Tool to Enhance Pricing
They say perception is reality, and that’s especially true in terms of pricing. How your customers perceive your store’s prices has a huge impact on your store’s profitability. Do your prices seem high compared with other stores? You’re going to lose business and market share over the long term. Too low? You’re leaving money on the table. An effective just-right pricing strategy can help any store become more profitable and successful. But which pricing decisions are the right ones? STEP is a powerful, store-specific, strategic pricing tool that can help you make smart pricing decisions. It makes it easy to evaluate multiple pricing strategies and select the one that has the greatest impact and ROI. Together with our partnership with industry leader Nielsen, we can help your grocery business conquer the product pricing dilemma.
Conclusion
Controlling costs doesn’t have to be an unattainable goal. We’re here to help your store become more efficient with a number of different industry-leading tools. E-mail us at PSsales@UNFI.com to get started today making your grocery business more efficient and profitable.