Mission of the Foundation
The IFDA Foundation for Education & Research develops research and education that will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the foodservice supply chain and ensure the continued strength of foodservice distributors and their trading partners.
Results of Your Investment
The IFDA Foundation for Education & Research achieves its mission by providing foodservice distributors and their trading partners with research and education that is both strategic and tactical. Strategic studies are designed to help individual companies position themselves for the future and to support the long-term sustainability of the foodservice industry. Tactical studies provide information to help distributors and their trading partners better understand their own operations and make improvements in specific business practices.
Value for Distributors
- Tactical Studies to provide benchmark data, examples of best practices for business processes, and examples of solutions to current challenges facing foodservice distributors, all designed to provide ideas to improve efficiencies and profitability.
- Strategic Studies to provide distributors with cutting edge information on industry trends and directions that can be used to sustain and grow their businesses as well as improve the overall foodservice supply chain.
Value for Suppliers
- Through tactical level studies, manufacturers and suppliers will better understand their customers and be able to build superior business relationships, leading to sales growth and improved profitability.
- Through strategic level studies, manufacturers and suppliers will gain insights through the latest information on trends and developments in the foodservice sector that will help them position their businesses and product offerings for the future.
For full details about the work of the IFDA Foundation for Education & Research, levels of contribution, and more, please use the side bar menu located on this page.
Current Donors
The generosity of contributors makes the work of the IFDA Foundation for Education & Research possible.
Leadership Circle
International Foodservice Distributors Association
Chairman's Circle
Kellogg's Food Away From Home
President's Circle
SYSCO Corporation
Unilever Foodsolutions
Executive's Circle
Campbell Soup Company
Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution
Patron
Kast Distributors
Ventura Foods, LLC
Friend
Nichols Foodservice, Inc.
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