Vendors

Vendors are your suppliers. Adding them lets you record who you buy each item from, send purchase orders, and track pricing and pack sizes per supplier.

Where to find it

Inventory → Vendors.

Adding a vendor

1. Click New.
2. Enter the vendor's details:
   • Name
   • Contact name
   • Email and/or phone — used when you send purchase orders.
   • Any account or notes fields you want to keep.
3. Choose the scope:
   • Enterprise — available to every location.
   • Venue — a local supplier available to a single location only.
4. Click Save.

Enterprise vs. venue vendors

• Use Enterprise vendors for suppliers you use across multiple locations (broadline distributors, national accounts).
• Use Venue vendors for local suppliers that serve just one restaurant (a neighborhood farm or bakery).

What vendors connect to

• On each item, you add one or more vendor purchase mappings — the pack size, price, and item number for that supplier. See Inventory Items.
• Each location can set a preferred vendor per item, which drives suggested orders and costing.
• Purchase orders are created per vendor. See Purchase Orders & Receiving.

Tip: You can have several vendors for the same item, each with a different pack size and price. Marking one as preferred for a location tells Inventory which to use for reorder suggestions.

Related articles

• Inventory Items
• Purchase Orders & Receiving
• Back to the Inventory Help Center