DeCicco Family Market
Founded in 1972, DeCicco Family Market started out in Bronx. With a lot of hard work, customer satisfaction, superior service and a constant presence of the best food options available on the market, DeCicco Family Market built itself a well-cemented reputation of being the food market of choice for those who have a serious love for food and cooking in general.
The grocer has always sold the highest quality. According to the company, “we simply demand only highest quality and the best selection in the food choices that we are presented. It is with this same mentality that we have modeled our stores since day one. Only the finest produce, the best quality meat, the freshest seafood, the most diverse grocery, and the best prepared deli selection would suffice. However, the premium quality doesn’t stop there: We also feature some of the vastest beer and cheese selections in the Westchester and Rockland county areas, with varieties numbering in the hundreds and with places of origin that span every corner of the world.”
Coming fresh from local farmers as well as some of the most reputable foreign distributors, DeCicco’s carries a wide variety of different fruits, vegetables, spices, and nuts at all times.
In addition to its usual selection, the grocer always features a full line of organic and natural produce for those who seek a different alternative to what the mainstream marketplace has to offer.
The grocer also carries many different rare and hard-to-find fruit and vegetable varieties from all around the world.
Retail in Canada has gotten to the point where it has to be personalized. The sector is one that tries to connect with the individual customer. This means, the supermarkets try to address the needs and interests of individual customers. This is by offering local, international, and metropolitan products.
DeCicco Family Market has a reputation for quality products and customer-friendly prices and its procurement standards are quite high. To get your products noticed by this retailer, you need to get on the RangeMe platform as the buyers of the company use the platform to source new products. You can create a free profile to get started. The platform works by getting you connected to potential buyers who would see the range of products you have on your supply dash.
On the local sourcing of food products, DeCicco Family Market has been on the forefront of selling locally sourced food products and imported food items. Their wine, spice, and produce selection make them a leader in the retail and grocery business niche. This store has been in the business for years and has its established sourcing angles. Its constant support of local products has helped it cement its brand in the community as people can easily resonate with it.
Put Your Product Into Grocery Stores
Becoming a supplier for a national brand, an independent retailer, or any well known grocery store means vetting out each individual retailers process they require of potential suppliers who wish to put their brands in their stores.
Retailers tend to be separated between 2 types of product submissions. You either have to go through an online portal or present your product to the retail buyer.
Using a Product Portal
Some retailers have their own online product portal that is specific to their business and others utilize product portal services that is meant to put individual products before the eyes of multiple retailers who could search for specific products like yours and engage with you directly through the platform. Here are some different kinds of product portals that your retailers might utilize for you to submit a product.
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Taken from Hubba’s about page: “The best way to build a retail world we can be proud of is to support the people shaping it. At Hubba, we proudly stand behind our over 100,000 Brands and Buyers, helping them meet and conduct business. Whether it’s recommending partners or managing wholesale orders, Hubba helps the people behind the business so they can concentrate on what matters.”
How to get your product into DeCicco Family Market
- Understand you client: Before you spend a lot of time and money creating a product, you should know if anyone will want to buy it. Learn more about Market Research
- Learn if it’s protectable: Know if you can defend your product against cheap copies if it gets knocked off. Learn more about Copyright and Patent your product
- Test your product: Make sure that there’s a demand for your product and the customer understands what you are selling when it’s on the shelf and nobody is there to explain it. Learn more about Product Testing
- Perfect your pitch: Before you speak to decision makers, know your numbers, know your retailer and know your logistics in and out. Learn more about Pitching Your Product
- Don’t do it alone: If you haven’t been successful in retail before, a secret of success is that you can’t do it alone. Having great sales staff, customer support and marketing partners can take you from zero to success faster than if you tried on your own. Learn more about Retail Partnerships
Contact DeCicco Family Market Buyer
Do not trust any “list” of buyers.
Typically retail buyers change either companies or positions every few years. This strategy helps retailers know that their buyers are not taking “kick-backs” and are selecting the very best product for the very best position each time.
Buyers are typically held to a very rigorous standard of sell-through volume that they must hit and because of this they are risk averse. Your job as a supplier or vendor is to convince them that the buyers going into the stores not only know about what you’re selling but are actively seeking the product in the store currently.
How to Submit a Product to DeCicco Family Market
There are several ways to get a product placed in DeCicco Family Market. However, most entrepreneurs only dream about getting their product distributed to major retailers, few actually do it. We have experienced a significant rise in interest since the show Shark Tank started airing on NBC. Mr. Checkout has had the pleasure of working with a few Shark Tank success stories such as KISStixx and 180 Party Cups which are now currently being distributed around the country to stores like Walmart, Target, Kroger, 7-Eleven and more.
If you envision your product would be a good fit for DeCicco Family Market, we have a few steps to help you get your product on their shelves.
Here are the 6 steps you need to take to have your product placed in DeCicco Family Market.
1. Start with the right questions.) Before you try distributing your product to DeCicco Family Market, you need to ask yourself a few basic questions. Do you need to build demand for your product, or is there already a demand for it? Do you know that DeCicco Family Market would be interested in selling your product? If you can strike a deal with DeCicco Family Market, can you handle the production volume? Do you want to sell directly to DeCicco Family Market, or do you want to license your product to a manufacturer that will handle distribution?
2. Be prepared to profit.) Does your product offer enough of a profit margin for DeCicco Family Market? Can you sell your product at a reasonable enough profit to cover the packaging, shipping, commissions, marketing and wholesale distribution? Check DeCicco Family Market guidelines for other fees that you will have to build into the cost of your product in order for you to be able to turn enough of a profit to make the effort worth your while. If you work with a discount retailer, they will try to strip your profits down to zero in order to keep their prices as low as possible.
The typical breakdown of margins are: If a products costs $1 to produce, that product will retail for $4. That product that retails for $4 will wholesale for $2 to distributors and stores that purchase direct. Big box retailers like DeCicco Family Market may offer to pay $1.25 to the manufacturer if the product costs $1 to produce. That is the typical profit margin.
3. Determine if DeCicco Family Market is the right store for your product.) The relationship between you and DeCicco Family Market starts with you browsing their store for competing products. If DeCicco Family Market already has a similar product, it is going to be very difficult to get your product picked up. Spend some time at your local DeCicco Family Market to see what kind of products they are selling, speak to the manager and see if he thinks your product will sell well in their store. Picture in which zone your product would best fit on the shelf and keep in mind that the most precious asset that these big box stores value are their shelf space. Keep this information in mind when you are preparing your presentation to DeCicco Family Market.
If your company is minority or women owned, check DeCicco Family Market and see if they offer specific opportunities for those designations.
4. Pitch your product to DeCicco Family Market) Decide whether it will be you or a representative to present your product to DeCicco Family Market. Your presentation depends heavily on your strengths as a businessperson as they will most likely ask financial questions and logistics questions.
It’s common for companies to hire a broker to pitch their product to DeCicco Family Market, as it will be more likely that your product will make it to the next stage if the individual pitching your product has industry knowledge or a personal relationship with DeCicco Family Market. The percentage of commission verses, however generally a broker will take around 5% to represent your product to DeCicco Family Market.
We at Mr. Checkout have experience dealing with brokers and know that there are several retail brokers that have poor business practices that can potentially damage your brand. If you are seeking a legitimate DeCicco Family Market broker, please give us a call for a recommendation. It could save you a huge headache and a lot of money.
5. Complete the required DeCicco Family Market paperwork.) Often DeCicco Family Market will have you go through an application process. However, before submitting the paperwork required by DeCicco Family Market, you should contact a buyer at DeCicco Family Market and let them know your intentions. Having a contact inside of the company will potentially move your application more smoothly through the process.
6. Anticipate the need for increased volume.) Having DeCicco Family Market agree to stock your product will most likely mean a significant increase in volume. You should be prepared to ramp up your production and informing your manufacturer of this opportunity.
Having production, logistics and distribution to sync is not only difficult, it requires a significant amount of time invested in customer relations. Also, DeCicco Family Market may have stipulations in the contract that may penalize you for delays in shipping and production. Have an attorney explain all contracts to you if you don’t understand the terms.
If you’re looking to sell your product to DeCicco Family Market, be sure to thoroughly assess the marketplace, carefully prepare for production growth, and take full advantage of resources available to help you grow your business.
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