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Partners in Quality

So you want to Outpost to consider selling your product in our stores? Here’s what we need to consider your product!

• A complete list of ingredients
• If you are offering a meat item please be sure to include the necessary 3rd party ABF, organic, and humane certification paperwork
• The Universal Product Code numbers from the product’s bar code
• Product size
• The quantity of product in a case
• Wholesale cost
• Minimum order amount
• Method of shipping
• Shipping charges
• Pallet charges
• Fuel surcharges
• Any other fees that may be associated with your product/s
• Terms – please note that Outpost Natural Foods policy is to provide payment by check net-30 from the date the invoice is received at our stores.
• Contact person’s name; contact or ordering telephone number and email address

Keep in mind that our product policy prohibits us from selling products that contain:

• artificial colors, flavors, preservatives
• artificial sweeteners such as sucralose, Nutrasweet, etc.

Also we will not:

• offer meat, seafood, poultry or eggs that contain added hormones or antibiotics, or that are not humanely raised
• offer products from multi-level marketing firms
• provide payment terms shorter than 30 days or provide payment by credit card

Please keep in mind we will need this information for all products you wish us to consider. Please send product samples to the address below. The information listed above can also be sent to this address or emailed to anne@outpost.coop.

Anne Vedder
Director of Purchasing 
Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative
205 W. Highland Ave. Suite 501
Milwaukee, WI 53203
 
Once we receive your samples a number our staff will evaluate your product and provide feedback to the Director of Purchasing.

If the Director of Purchasing has further questions, or if we have determined we are interested in offering your product at our stores you will then be contacted by the Director of Purchasing.

Please note our process may take up to 4 weeks to complete and we will contact you if we are interested in offering the product at our stores!

Due to the high number of product requests we receive, we are unable to personally respond to every product request.