Office Coffee Service

Situation:
Traditional provider of coffee and beverage products to the corporate environment with 250 sku’s wanted to grow the business and improve margins. Client’s mix was 90% coffee and beverage sales; 10% remaining were miscellaneous including janitorial/sanitary paper products and break room categories.

Opportunity:
Develop and implement a focused, integrated sales and marketing program that would increase margins and expand the number of line items purchased per customer.

Action and Results:
Paradigm’s United Supply Division introduced its Emerging Markets Service (EMS) that included a sales training and catalog marketing component. Paradigm worked hand-in-hand with the customer both in the field as well as with its management team. Within the first 18 months, Paradigm’s EMS service tripled the mix of their sales in the Jan/San category to then represent 18% overall and compounded sales growth, proportionately. Additionally, average line items per customer, doubled.

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