Foodbuy partners with Scanmarket in three-year deal


Foodbuy, a leading group procurement organisation, has partnered with Scanmarket, a global strategic sourcing platform in a three-year deal.

The partnership reflects Foodbuy’s ongoing commitment to delivering additional levels of innovation and transparency around its procurement processes with Scanmarket being used for issuing requests for information, running eAuctions, storing contract information and managing project workflows.

Ian Murphy, Managing Director of Foodbuy, said, “We’re excited about our strategic partnership with Scanmarket. We think they’re a real disruptor in the strategic sourcing market and have been impressed with the levels of innovation we can pass on to our clients. We chose Scanmarket because they’re excellent at simplifying complex processes and they have great customer service.”

“Scanmarket’s ability to integrate with our own in-house eProcurement platform means we have a more transparent, streamlined system which will benefit both our clients and our suppliers, through increased clarity on decision making and the timelines behind our sourcing programmes. The implementation of the system has been seamless and we’ve received some great bespoke support” - he added.

Dan Gianfreda, Director of Sales & Marketing for Scanmarket, said, “We are delighted to partner with Foodbuy. They are a progressive procurement business handling lots of growth. We’re looking forward to supporting them in driving real, measurable results and delivering sustainable value.”