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Have a look at what some of Collective Purchasing's members are saying about our service.

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Catering Equipment

We were asked to quote for a range of 7 required crockery items and compare our prices to well-known UK supplier Nisbets.

Client : Care home
Location : National Group
Product : Crockery - Churchill Buckingham

11.34% savings

Key discoveries: Collective Purchasing prices for jugs are over 17% cheaper.

Daily Foodstuffs

We recently conducted a price comparison on a large amount of food covering 51 frequently purchased items in all.

Client : Care home
Location : Nottingham
Product : Food

15% savings

Key discoveries: Top savers were mushy peas (58%), breaded cod (18%) & frozen raspberries (37%).

Medical

After a review of 18 medical items by a care group with 3 homes, we were able to make substantial savings of over 30% without changing supplier.

Client : Care home group
Location : Manchester
Product : Medical

30% savings

Key discoveries: Everyday medical consumables such as body wipes (40% saving), bed pads (45%) and washroom cleaner (15%).

Daily Foodstuffs

Within our existing customers, we conduct pricing reviews to see whether supplier changes or moving to unbranded items can make a difference.

Client : Care home group
Location : Devon
Product : Foodstuffs from Brakes

21% savings

Key discoveries: Whilst already an existing customer on Collective Purchasing terms with Brakes, switching to CRF as a supplier proved very beneficial.

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One Stop Shop

Collective Purchasing give us confidence in our buying, they are constantly price checking on our behalf to save us money, something we dont have the time to do. The team provide an excellent back-up and support service and are prompt and responsive in finding answers for our procurement needs, from everyday products to one-off special purchases. Allan McGregor, Peartree Lodge and Hazeldene.

Its a fantastic service.

With a 16 bed care home and day centre with 100 members, we buy pretty much anything we need from Collective Purchasing. Commodes, beds, furniture, curtains we call them and they source it for us with always exceptional prices. Its a fantastic service, we are really happy and cant sing their praises highly enough. Natalie, Devereux House, Farnborough.

We have been a customer of Collective Purchasing since 2003

and get our cleaning and catering supplies from them for our 75 bed nursing home. We get substantial discounts which we wouldnt be able to get if we went to the suppliers direct. Sandra Weaver, Ascot Nursing Home.


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Recent Success Stories

Saving Client location Supply Area Sourcing option
49% Nottingham Dairy No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
33% Torquay Dairy No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
33% Wolverhampton Grocery No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
31% Huddersfield Dairy No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
30% Bristol Dairy No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
29% Bristol Dairy Supplier change
22% Gloucester Grocery No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
22% Brighton Fruit & Veg Supplier change
21% Northampton Grocery No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
15% Taunton Grocery Supplier change
11% Colchester Grocery No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
7% Colchester Dairy No supplier change - renegotiated pricing
6% Brighton Grocery No supplier change - renegotiated pricing

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