The EPC Foodservice Group Purchasing Program is a multi-coop bid available to any Ohio school, district or municipality. THERE IS NO MEMBERSHIP FEE TO PARTICIPATE! Today, members of OMERESA, Stark County ESC and Ohio School Council participate in the EPC Food , Beverage and Cafe Essentials Bid. Additionally, OMERESA and Stark County partner with the EPC on bakery, dairy, ice cream, and produce bids. This is a very large bid group in the State of Ohio, with sales volume approaching 100 million dollars! Pricing is very competitive AND the local service and support are priceless! Staff at the EPC, OMERESA, OHIO SCHOOL COUNCIL, AND STARK COUNTY ESC work together to support all members who participate!
Current Awarded Vendors :
Food and Beverage: Gordon Food Service, Sysco Foods, Rightway Foods, Keurig/Dr. Pepper
Cafe Essentials: Alcor, Friends Office Supply, Gordon Food Service,, I-Supply, Stigler, Tri-Mark
Produce: Premier Produce and W.R. Hackett Produce
Bakery: Klosterman Bakery, Nickles Bakery
Dairy: Borden, Dairy Farmers of America, Prairie Farms, United, and Smith Dairies
EPC Equipment Dealers: Hubert, C&T Design, Hubert, Douglas Equipment, BBC Distributing, Tri-Mark
EPC Equipment Service Companies: Hobart, Tech 24, Commercial Parts and Service, Premier Mechanical Services, Debra-Kuempel Inc., TCStorc HAVACR, LLC, Koch Refrigeration
The group purchasing staff at the EPC follow all federal procurement regulations for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Procurement documents are preserved and are available to all members for purposes of procurement reviews of the NSLP. We are very familiar with procurement review requirements and provide the documents in any easy to understand fashion, accessible on a separate web page on this site, and with documents in pdf or excel format ready to upload in the Ohio Dept of Education and Workforce Portal. Please reach out to Bonnie Muckenthaler
[email protected] or
call 937-890-3725 Ext: 1006 if you would like more information on how to participate in this bid and we all support these group purchasing bids. Remember, there is no membership fee to participate.