"Over the last two years, Category One has delivered their technology flawlessly with virtually [image-nocss] no down time and great website performance. More importantly, we continue to see cost reductions in the items we run through the Category One Sourcing process," said Bob Thorud, vice president at Kwik Trip. "Category One provides us with supplier contacts, ideas and strategies that drive results year in and year out. We were comfortable extending our relationship through 2010."
"Kwik Trip delivers a great experience to the convenience store customer. It is critical that their suppliers deliver high quality goods and services to protect that image. We are very excited to have supported Kwik Trip's efforts," said Michael Ereli, vice president with Category One. "Kwik Trip is clearly a leader in applying online sourcing strategies, and they continue to reap the benefits of a clear sourcing process with measurable results."
Kwik Trip maintains quality control over a wide variety of products by producing and packaging these items in their own facilities. In addition to its corporate Support Center, which handles the administrative needs of their stores and co-workers, it has its own bakery, commissary, dairy, distribution warehouse and vehicle maintenance divisions. In this way, it can effectively control costs and waste while supplying stores, and customers, with products and services of the highest quality, 365 days a year.
Based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Category One was formed in 2003 to focus on delivering e-sourcing expertise to several verticals, including grocery, convenience, logistics and food. It maintains thousands of vendor contacts in the verticals they support. The Category One technology is provided on a SaaS (Software as a Service) basis, on either a fully supported or self service basis.
La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip operates convenience stores in Wisconsin and Illinois.
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