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[ChefKris]

I am wondering if it's possible to have Costco and Wal-mart as part of the Approved Supplier Program.

 

I would love any help you can offer!

[G M]

They own some production facilities, so as a hypothetical is has basic plausibility.

 

If you're talking about retail goods purchased from them used in your facility, the manufacturer is probably more appropriate.  Clarifying that third party supply chain intermediaries do not handle the material in a permeable form is probably going to be important.

[ChefKris]

They own some production facilities, so as a hypothetical is has basic plausibility.

 

If you're talking about retail goods purchased from them used in your facility, the manufacturer is probably more appropriate.  Clarifying that third party supply chain intermediaries do not handle the material in a permeable form is probably going to be important.

 

That makes sense. The products in particular that I'm using come from Kraft and Post. The only reason we use Costco & Wal-Mart is because of the cost. But, I haven't been able to find away to make it work.

 

I have a feeling we might just have to suck up the cost?

[jfrey123]

Are you getting shipments from Costco/Walmart, or are you looking to justify making purchases at the retail locations near your facility?  Hard stop for me with retail locations: uncontrolled environment, unregulated transport of the goods, you're not getting audits or LoG's, deviating from the normal traceability chain, so on and so forth.

 

I've never heard of buying in bulk from Costco/Walmart but if that's what you're describing, that'd be an interesting case.  Closest comparison I can draw personally is using Sysco as a supplier for Kraft products.  We approve Sysco and they respond to our documentation requests, and given they're only a distributor, they back us by providing the GFSI certs for the manufacturers they provide from.  Combining that with their Supplier Approval Program gives us a fairly solid background for approving them.

[ChefKris]

Are you getting shipments from Costco/Walmart, or are you looking to justify making purchases at the retail locations near your facility?  Hard stop for me with retail locations: uncontrolled environment, unregulated transport of the goods, you're not getting audits or LoG's, deviating from the normal traceability chain, so on and so forth.

 

I've never heard of buying in bulk from Costco/Walmart but if that's what you're describing, that'd be an interesting case.  Closest comparison I can draw personally is using Sysco as a supplier for Kraft products.  We approve Sysco and they respond to our documentation requests, and given they're only a distributor, they back us by providing the GFSI certs for the manufacturers they provide from.  Combining that with their Supplier Approval Program gives us a fairly solid background for approving them.

 

 

I work in a small production facility but, I deal with BakeMark and Dawn for 90% of my product. But, we buy in bulk from Costco and Wal-mart, no deliveries from them.