Packaging and operating consumables sourcing

We take the daily supply of a delivery, food or fulfilment business to tender: boxes, bags, food containers, tape, labels, gloves, liners and cleaning supplies. The work runs from how many of each the group really uses per order, fixes a specification standard and tenders the supply on a basis that rewards volume and holds stock cash down.

• A consumables usage model: units used per order by item, site and channel.
• A packaging specification standard that fixes sizes, materials and approved alternatives.
• A tender pack and bid comparison on unit price, minimum order, lead time and price-change terms.
• Reorder levels and a stock-cover rule for each item, set against the cash tied up.
• A cost-per-order dashboard definition for monthly management reporting.

• Your board reads packaging and consumables cost per order every month.
• You see the share of spend that sits under a tendered price.
• Each item shows its days of stock cover against the agreed rule.
• Damage and refunds are tied to the pack, so the board sees which losses packaging causes.
• The number of packaging specifications in use across your sites is counted.

Consumables are bought branch by branch from whoever answers fastest. Specifications vary by site, a box is chosen for appearance and not for what it costs to ship, and nobody tracks use against orders. Spend rises with volume and the group cannot say why.

• Packaging cost per order differs between sites doing the same work.
• A container size was changed and nobody checked the effect on unit cost.
• Stock of one packaging item covers six months while another runs out each fortnight.
• Suppliers invoice at prices that differ from the last quotation.
• Damage and refunds are blamed on couriers when the pack may be at fault.

Operations and finance leaders of restaurant groups, grocers, e-commerce brands, dark-store operators and third-party logistics providers whose consumables spend is growing with order volume and has never been reviewed as one category.

Qasim Abbas set the capital logic behind a blended last-mile fleet of about 1,000 vehicles at BaladiMart, a business where a small cost repeats on every order. Your packaging and consumables are priced the same way, per order shipped.

The usage model feeds the ledger you already run, and the tender pack takes its volumes from your own invoices. See how fees work.

Can you tell us whether our packaging is too expensive?

We calculate cost per order from your own invoices and volumes, then show what each alternative would change. The comparison is on your numbers.

Who places the orders?

You buy from the supplier the tender selects, on terms you sign.

How often should we retender?

The tender pack sets a term and a price-review rule. We recommend revisiting the category when volume has moved enough to change the best offer.

Bring a month of consumables invoices to a private briefing. We return your cost per order and mark the items that move margin most.