Strategic sourcing & procurement
A structured five-stage tender process that typically returns 10 to 15% on the categories we take to market, with the decision always left with you.
- eRFX
- eAuction
- Supplier agreements
Procurement & supply chain partner
Procurement expertise on tap, paid only from what we save you.
We are an outsourced procurement and supply chain team for UK bakery and food manufacturing businesses. We tender your supply, sharpen your supply chain, and only get paid from the savings we deliver.
Specialists in the bakery & food manufacturing sector
The Zero Cost ModelSkin in the game
You stay in net benefit
Our fee is a share of the saving, payable only once you are seeing it.
Typical savings of 10 to 15% on tendered categories, based on our strategic sourcing process. Your figure depends on category, volumes and how recently prices were last tested.
Large-scale supermarket manufacturing
Wholesale & food service supply
UK high street retail
Pay only from delivered savings
The squeeze
Rising input costs, thin margins, and no time to fix it.
Most food and bakery SMEs do not have a dedicated procurement function. So supplier prices go un-tested, supply chains run on habit, and margin quietly leaks away.
No buyer
No procurement resource
Owners and finance teams are stretched. Running a proper tender is a specialist job that rarely gets the time it needs.
Habit
Supply chains on autopilot
Suppliers, order patterns and stock levels set years ago, never reviewed. The waste and cost is invisible until someone looks.
Blind
Spend data nobody can read
Mis-classified, part-classified or unclassified spend makes it impossible to see where the money really goes, or to negotiate from strength.
What we do
A full procurement and supply chain function, without the headcount.
Bring us in for a single tender or hand us the whole supply chain. We flex to what your business needs.
Supply chain & systems
From materials planning to purchase-to-pay, we design and implement the systems that keep production fed and cash under control.
- MRP
- Purchase-to-Pay
- Stock control
Spend & data analysis
We cleanse, classify and visualise your spend so you can see the true picture, then report on wastage, margin and savings as they land.
- Spend analysis
- Wastage
- Margin reporting
Sustainability
Practical, measurable change: cutting single-use packaging, reducing waste, and sourcing carbon-neutral energy, all backed by reporting for your CSR story.
- Waste reduction
- Carbon-neutral energy
- CSR metrics
Direct-to-consumer (B2C)
We help you build reliable home-delivery supply chains to unlock online sales, including chilled and frozen, bespoke packaging and the right delivery partners.
- Packaging design
- Temperature control
- Distribution
Sourcing as a service
Need a new supplier fast? We have established, vetted sources across ingredients, packaging, utilities, waste, cleaning, logistics and equipment.
- Vetted suppliers
- Fast onboarding
Our world
We know bakery and food manufacturing from the inside.
How we work
Our five-stage sourcing process.
A proven, transparent route from first conversation to savings on your bottom line. You hold the final decision at every step.
Pre-project
Agree the objectives and scope, meet the key people, and set a clear communication plan.
Scoping
Understand how the business runs today, then gather spend, contracts, suppliers and technical requirements.
Negotiating
Take it to market with eRFX and eAuction, analyse the results, and present clear recommendations.
Implementing
Award with robust supplier agreements and SLAs, and put systems in place for a smooth transition.
Post-project
Track savings and KPIs, file contracts and renewal dates, and tee up the next round at the right time.
Our commercial model
We only win when you win.
We always keep skin in the game. Our income is linked to the financial benefit we deliver together, so you are never out of pocket for a result you have not yet seen.
- A fixed share of the savings, nothing up front
- Payable only once you are seeing the benefit
- You stay in net benefit, always
£0
up front to get started
Our fee comes out of the savings we create, fuelling your growth and ours.
Sourcing as a service
Categories we source across.
Established, reliable supply lines, ready to tap into across the things a food manufacturer buys.
Commodity ingredients
Specialty ingredients
Packaging & design
Utilities, gas & water
Waste management
Cleaning, janitorial & PPE
Catering & industrial equipment
3rd party logistics
IT equipment & services
Our technology
Powered by Purchasing Portal.
Our tendering runs on Purchasing Portal, our own AI-native e-sourcing platform. It turns your invoices into competitive tenders, runs e-auctions, and watches every invoice afterwards so agreed prices stick. You get the savings; we handle the software.
Explore Purchasing Portal →e-RFX tenderingIncluded
e-AuctionsIncluded
Spend analysisIncluded
Price complianceIncluded
Supplier managementIncluded
About Parallel
Years in food manufacturing, on your side of the table.
We combine real experience across the food and bakery industry, from large-scale manufacturing for the major supermarkets, to wholesale supply into catering and food service, to retailing on the UK high street. We know how these businesses run, and where the money hides.
10-15%
typical saving on tendered spend
£0
up front to begin
5
stage sourcing process
Let's talk
See what we could take off your cost base.
Book a short, no-obligation call. Tell us what you buy, and we will tell you honestly where we think the savings are.