When stock issues jam your operations, high costs and chaos take over.
Dot Foods offers the reliability and support to minimize disruptions and optimize product flow from start to finish. We’re a critical link in your supply chain, managing 130,000+ products, providing real-time data, and efficiently filling orders to optimize your inventory.
Consistent Product Flow
Frequent Deliveries
Keep your supply chain moving week by week with frequent deliveries and 2-5-day lead time for stocked products across the continental U.S.
Flexible Ordering
With no product line minimums, you have more freedom to order the quantity you need. Plus, get multiple temperatures and suppliers in one PO.
Reliable Performance
Our fully owned fleet will never leave you high and dry. 99% on-time deliveries help you achieve better in-stock rates.
Integrated Network
With Dot and our dedicated transportation affiliate, you get warehousing, transportation, and logistics all under one roof to streamline your supply chain.
Centralized Inventory, Nationwide Reach
Reduce complexity and operational costs without sacrificing fast availability. Dot Foods’ hub-and-spoke model is the best of both worlds. We house inventory at our centrally-located headquarters and strategically move product through our coast-to-coast distribution centers based on demand.
Demand Planning
Inventory Visibility
Inventory Data
To help our customers make informed decisions, we provide obsolete metrics, quality lot codes, and much more to our distributor partners.
Dot Foods Shop
In our ecommerce website, suppliers and operators can access average weekly sales, quantity at Dot, and more inventory metrics for each product.
Crisp at Dot
The leading analytics platform, Crisp provides the most in-depth inventory metrics to Dot suppliers, allowing you to drill down by product and Dot distribution center.
Leader in FSQA
You can trust products at Dot Foods. We set the standard for quality management and compliance, working with IFDA and other industry associations to stay ahead on national and state regulations to support our partners.
Audits & Certifications
All Dot Foods locations are GFSI and MSC certified and rigorously audited by a third party to ensure products are safely handled, stored, and transported.
Product Recovery
In the event a supplier issues a food recall, quality withdrawal, or quality hold, we work fast to remove the affected product from the market quickly.
Product Documentation
From our ecommerce website, customers can easily access dietary claims, certifications, ingredients, and more details available from the supplier.
Cold Chain Integrity
Trailers from our dedicated transportation affiliate are equipped with temperature visibility software, helping us respond ASAP to temperature integrity issues.
Partner Communication
We provide proactive communication about relevant recalls and regulations and collaborate to support quality and compliance with our partners.
More Ways to Optimize Inventory
Go beyond your regular orders to make Dot Foods an extension of your inventory for other areas of your business.
Dot on Demand
Distributors can access our wide product selection to offer more products to their customers without new item setup or special orders.
Sample Management
Simplify samples by leveraging our in-house inventory of your products instead of dedicating space to samples at your facilities.
Consignment
Let Dot store and fulfill your orders, while you remain the vendor of record and retain full control of your inventory.
Ecommerce Fulfillment
Once your customer places an order through your website, Dot will take care of fulfillment for your stocked products.
Simplify Your Supply Chain
Take the next step to optimize your inventory management and streamline every step of your supply chain with Dot Foods.