Royal Buying Group’s team of Category Managers negotiates vendor programs in all convenience store resale and expense line categories on behalf of the RBG national chain membership.

Vendor Programs

Hundreds of Vendor programs are offered through RBG consisting of rebates, allowances, placement dollars, special pricing and off-invoice allowances. Each vendor program is different depending on the manufacturer and the marketing dollars available, vendors can offer one or all of the following types of rebates:

Automatic Accrual Rebates

Manufacturers/suppliers offer national program rebates and accruals to large chain retailers. By joining Royal Buying Group’s chain of locations, members can participate in these accrual programs that vary in structure from manufacturer to manufacturer but generally reward retailers for the purchase of sku’s, sku levels and/or growth. Royal Buying Group negotiates the accrual rebate programs, tracks store purchases, bills and collects the earned rebates from manufacturers and then pays members out on a quarterly basis. Offered to members throughout the year, these automated rebates can bring hundreds of dollars to retailer’s bottom-line and begin being tracked once a retailer joins RBG.

Contracted Placement
& Accrual Programs

These programs are national placement and shelving programs negotiated on an annual basis, offering potential earnings of thousands of marketing dollars, typically to maintain product, shelving or displays in locations. Contracted programs are offered through the first quarter of the year. Certain contracts are pro-rated and offered through second quarter of the year, depending on the vendor.

Monthly Promotions/Special Pricing

RBG’s magazine “The Competitive Edge”, offers products and services that provide incremental sales while introducing new vendor programs. These monthly programs offer special pricing, bill backs, rebates and/or off-invoice allowances.

Monthly Feature Program

Select retailers will receive a shipper promotion(s), each month that includes special pricing and marketing support, and point-of-sale material to help drive impulse buys and create incremental sales.

Category Management/Plan-o-grams

RBG provides plan-o-grams based on top selling products for specific categories to help retailers stock the correct sku’s in order to maximize sales. Updated plan-o-grams by category are located on www.royalbuying.com.

Instant Savings on
Equipment and Services

Reduce expenses through RBG’S pre-negotiated instant savings program offerings. Programs are available to retailers for equipment and service programs (insurance, payroll, car wash equipment, credit-card processing, back-office systems, phone cards, loyalty program, gift-cards, etc...) to help reduce expenses.

Merchandising, Execution
and Compliance Support

Planogram merchandising, rack placement, cooler-resets, tobacco fixture installation, tobacco fixture merchandising and point-of-sale materials are provided on a store specific basis.