Another Marketboomer success story:
Lea Marston & The Abbey Hotel, United Kingdom
Originally seeking a means to better control and monitor their purchasing through improved reporting, Lea Marston Hotel and The Abbey Hotel approached Marketboomer in August of 2007. Executive Head Chef, Louchlan (Locky) Deeming, was particularly keen to capture the hotels’ Christmas spend data for future planning.
18% Savings Over Christmas!
On the 13th of November 2007, the hotels went live with their food purchasing on the Marketboomer system and they have not looked back since. Both hotels are Best Western 4 star properties and, prior to Marketboomer, were sourcing most products through Beacon Purchasing. They were nervous about making the change, but took the plunge and were amply rewarded. In their first 8 weeks of trading, including the Christmas period, they saved 18% on their food cost by utilising the dynamic trading engine (DTE) available through Marketboomer…and they have the data and reports at their fingertips to prove it!
Savings and Control
“As a chef,” comments Locky, “the Marketboomer system saves me money. As a manager, the system guarantees the right product, the right specification and the right supplier. It provides savings and control.”
Lea Marston and The Abbey Hotel are now looking to roll out their non-food purchasing with a view to having stationery, leisure, cleaning and disposables on the system by the end of April 2008.
When asked for his comments regarding the system thus far, Tom Kirkham, Managing Director, replied “The savings speak for themselves and have encouraged us to roll the remainder of our purchasing on to Marketboomer as rapidly as possible. The controls and reporting the system offers have allowed us to quickly and efficiently assess our purchasing and have provided us with best price purchasing without sacrificing quality or choice.”
