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Many hospitality entrepreneurs have had to take a big hit in the past 2 years and due to the current inflation. Now that many businesses are open again, and all hands are needed on the work floor, this is therefore the right time to see how you can work more efficiently and where you can save costs. Procent, the free purchasing platform for the hospitality industry, shares with us the 7 components on which they can easily and quickly help every hospitality business save.
Why save with Procent?
Together you can achieve more than alone, especially when it comes to purchasing. With this in mind, the company was founded in 2011 during the financial crisis. By bundling the purchasing volume of more than 12,000 hospitality entrepreneurs in the Netherlands and Belgium, they purchase razor-sharp in various areas. It is not without reason that the slogan is: Better Together. In addition, all suppliers are selected based on price, quality, conditions and sustainability. And you as an entrepreneur can benefit from this!
Save on these 7 components within your company
There is an advantage for everyone, from hotels, caterers, chains to individual restaurants. When you join the purchasing organization, you can choose what you want to save on. At Procent, this is possible on 7 different product groups, but it is entirely up to you whether you join for the full package or only on a few components. We will summarize it for you, because we obviously do not want to withhold this from you.
- 1. Do you have a new business, do you want an extra payment terminal or are your current pin terminals due for replacement? Procent ensures the most favorable rates for the purchase or rental of your payment terminals, pin transactions and credit card acceptance. Procent also has an additional condition for the catering industry, two times free fall and water damage. Handy, right?
- 2. Today, energy purchasing is becoming increasingly specialized and prices are now 4 to 5 times higher than in recent years. Procent has a team of energy specialists who keep a close eye on the energy market and purchase this at a favorable time and in large volumes for their members year after year. This purchasing strategy now saves them thousands to tens of thousands of euros per year. If you are curious about how much you can save in terms of energy costs, they will make a savings analysis for your company without obligation.
- 3. As a catering company, you produce waste, so a good partner for affordable and sustainable waste processing is essential. Did you know that you can save an average of 20% on your waste processing annually via Procent and that they can make a non-binding savings analysis? Environmental contribution is always included and everyone in the Netherlands pays exactly the same via Procent. How transparent!
- 4. Insurance is part of it, but as a hospitality entrepreneur you often don’t have time for it. Are you looking for a new insurer and do you want to know what you can save compared to your current insurer? Procent has put together an insurance policy especially for the hospitality industry with favorable coverage conditions. Join and save an average of 20%!
- 5. You can also save a lot on coffee. For catering entrepreneurs, it is often an endless search: coffee with a good price-quality ratio. Based on this question, Procent started its own coffee brand called Capra Nera: quality coffee roasted in the Italian way. In addition to the delicious taste, you also save up to 40%, compared to other brands. So with every cup of coffee, more margin for you!
- 6. Receive a bonus through bypass agreements. Procent has made bypass agreements with producers of more than 25 A-brands for more than 12,000 catering companies. Based on your purchases, you can receive an annual bonus, which is separate from your own agreements with your wholesaler or supplier. You do not have to do anything yourself and receive a report and payment overview from Procent. Nice, right?
- 7. In the current times where staff is scarce and wage costs are rising, it is important to work as efficiently as possible. Ordering via QR can be the perfect solution! Think of saving on staff costs, upselling by means of data, a digital menu that you can easily change and no long waiting times for your guests. Procent has a partnership with a renowned QR party, where you pay the lowest rates for processing your QR payments!
Which part do you want to start with?
Which part do you want to start with? Every day, a dedicated team of more than 55 professionals works with great love and dedication to help hospitality entrepreneurs save on their purchases. For more than 10 years, thousands of hospitality companies have benefited from the lowest rates and most favorable conditions. And that completely free of charge! As a one-stop-shop, Procent takes the work off your hands and comes to you personally, so that you as a hospitality entrepreneur can focus on matters that are more important to you.
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The purchasing platform Procent, with around 11,000 entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, introduces a private label coffee: Capra Nera. The composition of the blends was partly determined by a test panel of hospitality entrepreneurs.
Capra Nera coffee was quietly developed back in 2019. ‘Afterward, there was a period of optimization, and we started working with the first hospitality businesses that began serving our own brand coffee. There are already 600 establishments now. We worked hard on building the brand, but then COVID-19 hit, which is why the official launch is only happening now,’ says one of the owners, Martijn Nolet.
‘In the past ten years, many coffee shops and bistros have sprung up. This means more competition for hospitality entrepreneurs, which makes the quality of coffee even more important. Capra Nera is Italian roasted quality coffee at an attractive price,’ according to Procent.
The coffee is both Fairtrade and UTZ certified and is produced by Selecta.
Price of coffee beans per kilogram
‘Capra Nera coffee is delivered fresh, directly from the roastery Since fewer intermediaries are involved in this process, the label can offer hospitality businesses coffee beans starting at €7.25 per kilogram. This is a significant difference compared to the average prices, which range between €12 and €20. Moreover, our price is the same for every entrepreneur,’ say the founders of Capra Nera. Coffee machines (Franke, VBM, La Marzocco, and Schaerer via purchase or lease), tableware, tea, and associated condiments are also available options.
Hospitality businesses already serving Capra Nera coffee include Zandfoort aan de Eem in Amersfoort, Fattoria Naturale in Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zitoun in The Hague, Pizzani in Eindhoven, Café Wester in Amsterdam, and the Ramada hotel in The Hague/Scheveningen.
Capra Nera
Capra means goat, and Nera means black in Italian. The goat refers to the story behind the discovery of coffee, three centuries ago. A group of monks and subsequently other clergy discovered that a young shepherd and his goats energetically and happily danced after eating a certain berry.