u/DolphinBikes

I work for a wholesale supplier based in Suwanee (kitchen/restaurant supplies, cleaning products, household goods, etc.) and I'm trying to understand how local restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers typically find new vendors or suppliers.

Is there an online community site, directory, group chat or associations where vendors are welcome to post or introduce products?

How do suppliers typically get on your radar? Reps, trade shows, word of mouth, online search, something else?

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very helpful if you know a place where people might already be looking for certain things. We already outreach to individual locations who aren't currently shopping

I'm trying to figure out where people in this industry actually look for new vendors, since cold outreach hasn't been very effective. Figured people in industry might know channels I don't. Apologies if this isn't the right sub for that — happy to take it elsewhere if so

I work for a wholesale supplier based in Suwanee (kitchen/restaurant supplies, cleaning products, household goods, etc.) and I'm trying to understand how local restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers typically find new vendors or suppliers.

Is there an online community site, directory, group chat or associations where vendors are welcome to post or introduce products?

How do suppliers typically get on your radar? Reps, trade shows, word of mouth, online search, something else?

I work for a wholesale supplier based in Suwanee (kitchen/restaurant supplies, cleaning products, household goods, etc.) and I'm trying to understand how local restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers typically find new vendors or suppliers.

Is there an online community site, directory, group chat or associations where vendors are welcome to post or introduce products?

How do suppliers typically get on your radar? Reps, trade shows, word of mouth, online search, something else?

I work for a wholesale supplier based in Suwanee (kitchen/restaurant supplies, cleaning products, household goods, etc.) and I'm trying to understand how local restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers typically find new vendors or suppliers.

Is there an online community, group chat, directory, or event where suppliers can get visibility with businesses around Gwinnett? Trying to figure out how to build local presence rather than cold-emailing blind. Thanks for your input!

I work for a wholesale supplier based in Suwanee (kitchen/restaurant supplies, cleaning products, household goods, etc.) and I'm trying to understand how local restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers typically find new vendors or suppliers.

Is there an online community, group chat, directory, or event where suppliers can get visibility with businesses around Gwinnett? Trying to figure out how to build local presence rather than cold-emailing blind. Thanks for your input!

I work for a wholesale supplier in Georgia and I'm trying to understand how purchasing actually works for smaller recurring items like work gloves.

For those of you who handle your own purchasing, or work with someone who does — how do new suppliers typically get on your radar? Reps, trade shows, word of mouth, online search, something else?

Is there an online community site, directory, group or association for contractors in Georgia where vendors are welcome to post or introduce products?

I work for a wholesale supplier (kitchen/household goods, cleaning products, etc.) based in Georgia, and I'm trying to understand vendor relationships from the inside.

For independent grocery or convenience stores (not chains) — which of these is most effective for finding new suppliers: reps showing up, word of mouth, trade shows, online outreach — or something else?

Is there a community site or directory where vendors can post about themselves to get visibility with independent stores?

Separately — for anyone who's worked buying/category management at a larger chain (Kroger, Publix, etc.) — I know that's a totally different process (RFPs, broker relationships, etc.). Any insight on how a small-to-mid wholesale supplier could get a foot in the door there would be hugely appreciated.

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A site where the dept buyers go when they're looking for specific products?

I do marketing for a Georgia-based wholesale supplier (restaurant supplies, household goods, etc.) and I'm trying to find community sites or groups where it's appropriate to post about the products to local Indian-American and Latino-American business owners — restaurants, grocery stores, etc.

Anyone know channels that welcome vendor posts?