Navigator Newsletter August 2016 Food & Dietary Supplies The Experienced Leader in Group Purchasing • Produce Alliance > A monthly newsletter to keep you informed. • Smucker's > Thank you for being a valued member of Navigator Group Purchasing, Inc. We are the experienced leader in healthcare and hospitality purchasing services offering you Full Transparency Reporting, Vendor Flexibility, and Realized Savings. Medical Products & Services Navigator is your resource for spend management. • ConvaTec > We are here to help you maximize savings • United Lab > opportunities and choice with the industry's top vendors and manufacturers. Our goal is to keep you informed on contract updates and promotions from our preferred vendor partners as well as industry news. Business Products & Services Please contact your Navigator • Phoenix Textile > Account Representative for more information. • Sherwin-Williams > Visit Our Website • Shred-it > Find out how a Navigator membership can work for you. Call us today! 1-800-642-3020 Industry News • Foodbuy Reports: - Member Advantage > - Pricewatch > - Produce Market Advisory > - Inflation Q2 • Upcoming Events PA SERVICES FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY ASSURANCE CENTRAL PROCUREMENT SERVICES At Produce Alliance, food safety and Quality assurance is not Through our 4+ billion network our dedicated & just our management initiative, it is our way of life. From the experienced procurement arm manages price, grower farm to your customer’s plate, our dedication to food safety is contract compliance, Quality & logistics daily. paramount to the success of Produce Alliance and its partners. MULTI – LAYERED CUSTOMER SUPPORT TEAM CULINARY • Our in-house IT team comprised of 13 web/app Whether it is providing healthier options, increasing developers, digital data integration specialists and efficiencies, identifying new items for overall cost savings, or unique software solutions providers implementing the most cutting edge produce items, the • A Designated Customer Account Manager to handle Produce Alliance culinary team works closely with your R&D, the day to day Executive Chef and purchasing to find the best fit. Additionally, • We provide start to finish rollout management, our corporate chef, Stephanie Goldfarb, is able to assist you ongoing delivery & Quality monitoring, full circle on menu ideas and current trends. communication, and more! • The PA Team is available 24/7 in an emergency DSSI + PA INTEGRATION situation where your locations are given priority • DSSI links Senior Living communities to their uniQue attention supply chains – PA is the only produce specialty company that SERVICE SUPPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE has full integration with DSSI. • Safety net of PA Approved Suppliers/Consolidators – PA has nationwide capabilities covering the • Added Deliveries/Urgent Replacements radius of all Senior Living locations. • Cloud Based Portal for Submission • The relationship with DSSI + PA will allow for better flow and efficiencies through the supply chain. • Centralized Billing Post Recovery CUSTOM DIGITAL SUITE OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PA PLATFORM is the digital foundation that provides PA PANTRY introduces cutting edge digital and mobile traceability, transparency and technology throughout the technology for your kitchen managers and local operators. We supply chain. This visibility allows us to provide a multitude provide your team with custom QA submissions to streamline of custom data services throughout the chain to streamline action/resolution, real time access to custom specifications, everything from accounting to store compliance. Our storage/handling tools, online ordering, commodity market custom integration continues to evolve to meet our updates and LTO/new product announcements. customers’ ever growing needs. PA PIPELINE features a custom cloud based management resource hub that provides your corporate purchasing team with executive level insight to custom reporting, market alerts, live product recalls and more. Roy Barrera, Business Development Director Office: (615) 514.7804 Cell: (615) 495.5645 [email protected] www.producealliance.com < MAIN With A Name Like Smucker’s, It Has To Be Good… For more than 115 years, Smucker’s has been helping make family meals more memorable. It all started in 1897 when Jerome Monroe Smucker pressed cider from his mill in Orrville, Ohio and, shortly after, sold his first jar of apple butter from the back of a horse-drawn wagon. Jerome personally inspected and approved each jar, in which he put his signature on. Today, you can still see his signature of quality assured on products manufactured today, being etched on every jar. Fast forward to 2016, Smucker is a leading marketer and manufacturer of branded consumer food and beverage products and pet food and pet snacks in North America with annual net sales of approximately $8 billion. The Company remains rooted in the Basic Beliefs of Quality, People, Ethics,Growth, and Independence established by its founder and namesake more than a century ago. Although publicly traded, Smuckers is still a family business, with the 5th generation leading the organization. When people think of Smucker’s, they immediately think of Jams and Jellies. Did you know that Smucker’s is the largest Coffee manufacturer in the world? Smucker’s offers over 300 contracted Beverage items, consisting of traditional Roast and Ground and Liquid Concentrates with equipment and service being inclusive. Bring the Country’s #1 brand, Folgers® into your Foodservice operation giving your customers a brand their families have trusted for generations. Our Food contract offers over 350 of J.M.Smucker branded food items including Bulk and Portion Controls Jams, Jellies and Preserves under the brands of Smucker’s and Dickinson’s, with additional Portion Control items under the Crosse and Blackwell brand and our recently launched Smucker’s Naturals®. Our contract is rounded out with Sugar In The Raw®, Stevia In The Raw®, Crisco® and Jif® items. For more information regarding our Brands and Products, please visit www.smuckerfoodservice.com or feel free to contact our J.M. Smucker National Account Manager, Gerri Okinski at [email protected] or 312-231-9552. < MAIN Dear Navigator Member: Navigator is pleased to announce a new contract with ConvaTec for their full line of Advanced Wound Care, Skin Care and Ostomy products. This contract is only available to Skilled Nursing Facilities. To see if your facility qualifies, please contact ConvaTec directly at 1-800-422-8811 or through your local ConvaTec representative. All members must complete a Letter of Commitment to participate in this contract. ConvaTec Features: Full line of ostomy products featuring Natura™ flanges and pouches A wide range of AQUACEL® and DuoDERM® Advanced Wound Care products Aloe Vesta® and Sensi-Care® Skin Care products designed for routine preventive care, and to cleanse, moisturize and protect Please visit www.convatec.com for more information, or contact your local ConvaTec representative. To speak with your Navigator Account Representative, please call 1-800-642-3020. Thank you, Navigator Contracts Department **Reference to any device, product, service, process, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise do not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by MHA. MHA makes no representations as to the quality, effectiveness, suitability or appropriateness of any such device, product, services, process or other information. The user assumes all responsibility for the use of any device, products, service process or other information mentioned herein. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall MHA be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or lost profits, that result from the use (or inability to use) any such device, product, service, process or other information. Navigator Group Purchasing – August 2016 Newsletter Page 1 of 1 < MAIN Why just control odors when you can have an aromatherapy experience at the same time? United’s Aromatherapy Spa and Aromatherapy Spa Gels will bring that experience to you. Used together, the Aromatherapy Spa and the gels will treat an area up to 600 – 700 square feet. You can select from either our signature Fresh Air™ Peppermint or Focus fragrances; both are formulated with 100% pure essential oils. They will increase alertness, improve memory, focus, and more. As a Navigator member, you can experience this with a 30% discount on your orders. To quickly start controlling odors with this system, order United’s Aromatherapy Spa Gel Diffuser System Pack. This package includes the A469 Aromatherapy Spa Diffuser System and 4 of the United 469 Aromatherapy Spa Gel cups. For the Fresh Air™ Peppermint order item 469PPK. For the unique Focus fragrance order item 469FPK. • Contract number: #NAV-UNL001E • Navigator Member Discount 30% To learn more about this offer from United Laboratories, please contact Dana Killmer at (630) 377-0900 or [email protected]. < MAIN The Phoenix Way is Your Way Design Services At Phoenix Textile, we have interior designers on staff who are experts in their field and have the style and experience to handle any project. Privacy Curtains We offer a full selection on styles and fabrics from which to chose and offer nationwide professional installation services. Decorative Bedding We offer a variety of decorative top of bed options including coordinating bed spreads and throws, pillow shams, and scarves