What ARCOP, Inc. does

ARCOP, Inc. is a non-profit supply chain cooperative that has served as Arby's national supply chain management organization since its incorporation in Ohio in February 1978 by four franchisees. The cooperative's membership comprises both franchised and company-owned Arby's restaurants, collectively representing more than 3,300 locations across the United States. ARCOP uses the combined purchasing volume of its members to negotiate pricing, contracts, and continuity of supply with over 250 approved suppliers across food, packaging, beverages, distribution, capital assets, smallwares, energy, and service categories, and oversees approximately 23 million cases moving through the Arby's distribution network annually. The cooperative is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees drawn from the largest Arby's franchise operators (including KBP Brands, Flynn Restaurant Group, AES Restaurant Group, Brumit Restaurant Group, Ambrosia QSR, DRM Inc., and Richardson Madden) and is headquartered at the Inspire Brands corporate campus at Three Glenlake Parkway NE, Atlanta, Georgia.

ARCOP operates through five functional departments. Direct Purchasing manages food, beverage, and packaging supplier relationships, including menu product sourcing, contract management, and volume allocation across approved suppliers. Distribution & Logistics maintains relationships with distribution center partners such as Performance Food Group, McLane, SYGMA, and Lineage Logistics, performing logistics analysis, freight bracket analysis, optimization, compliance auditing, and redistribution management. Indirect Sourcing negotiates non-customer-facing supply programs including kitchen equipment, cooking oil, CO2, HVAC, energy, smallwares, office supplies, signage, lighting, MRO, and drive-thru components. Supply Management coordinates promotion and testing activities through restaurant participation collection, forecasting, supply planning, daily distributor inventory tracking, auto-shipment allocations, product ordering caps, and management of the ARCOP Hotline. Administrative Services handles HR, finance, legal, and technology shared services.

ARCOP does not directly purchase or take title to goods; rather, it is a contract orchestrator that uses an RFQ/RFI-based supplier approval process and places no purchase orders itself. As a non-profit cooperative, ARCOP states it does not charge separate service fees; member funding flows through the cooperative structure and savings from negotiated pricing are passed to member restaurants. ARCOP employs 43 people, roughly 32 of whom are supply chain and purchasing professionals, and is currently led by President Anissa Mandell-Chance (appointed July 2023). The organization manages over $1.5 billion in annual system spend based on the most recent figure disclosed on its company history page.

Name

ARCOP, Inc.

Legal name

ARCOP Inc.

Website

https://arcop.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ARCOP, Inc. is a non-profit supply chain cooperative that negotiates and manages supplier contracts for more than 3,300 franchised and company-owned Arby's restaurants across the United States, handling over $1.5 billion in annual system spend.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Foodservice Supply Chain Management

NAICS

Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals) (424720)

SIC

Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods (5190)

akta.pro primary industry

Distribution & Wholesale ERP (Inventory, Order, Warehouse) (HDAEAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Retail ERP (Merchandising, POS Back Office) (HDAEAEAD)

Keywords

• Supply chain cooperative
• Restaurant procurement services
• Foodservice distribution management
• Indirect sourcing procurement
• QSR supply chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cooperative Membership Fees: ARCOP is a non-profit cooperative that manages supply chain operations for Arby's restaurant operators. As a membership-based organization, ARCOP's funding comes from its members (franchisees and company-owned restaurants) through a cooperative structure. The organization leverages combined purchasing volume to negotiate better pricing with suppliers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ARCOP is a non-profit supply chain cooperative that manages procurement, supplier contracting, distribution logistics, and shared administrative services on behalf of Arby's franchised and company-owned restaurants. It negotiates with suppliers using combined purchasing volume of 3,300+ locations, manages over $1.4–1.5 billion in annual spend, and coordinates logistics through distribution partners to ensure supply continuity for the Arby's system across the United States.

Product overview

ARCOP, Inc. is a supply chain cooperative that serves as Arby's national supply chain management organization. The company offers an integrated portfolio of five core service modules: Direct Purchasing (managing food, beverage, and packaging supplier relationships), Distribution & Logistics (logistics analysis and freight optimization), Indirect Sourcing (negotiating non-food supply programs), Supply Management (promotion planning and inventory tracking), and Administrative Services (HR, finance, and shared services). These modules work together to manage over $1.4-1.5 billion in annual spend across 3,300+ restaurant locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Purchasing Manages business relationships for all Arby's food, beverage, and packaging suppliers, including menu product sourcing, contract management, and volume allocation across approved suppliers for Arby's franchisee and company-owned restaurants.
• Distribution & Logistics Owns relationships with distribution center partners, performing logistics analysis, freight bracket analysis and optimization, compliance auditing, and redistribution management for the Arby's restaurant network across the United States.
• Indirect Sourcing Manages negotiation of programs with suppliers providing products and services not directly consumed by customers, including kitchen equipment, cooking oil, CO2, HVAC, energy, smallwares, office supplies, signage, lighting, MRO, and drive-thru components for Arby's restaurants.
• Supply Management Ensures the right product is in the right place in the right quantities to support promotion and testing activities, including restaurant participation collection, forecasting, supply plan development, daily distributor inventory tracking, auto-shipment allocations, product ordering caps, and management of the ARCOP Hotline for franchisee inquiries.
• Administrative Services Shared services including human resources, general administration, communications, and accounting and finance functions supporting all facets of the Arby's supply chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars for the system in first year alone (early operations)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TopSource LLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 September 2012ARCOP partnered with TopSource LLC in 2012 to drive member value and reduce procurement costs. TopSource provides procurement services that complement ARCOP's supply chain management capabilities for the Arby's system.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Sysco Corporation: Sysco is the largest U.S. foodservice distributor and parent of SYGMA. It is the broad incumbent in the wholesale food distribution space that ARCOP negotiates against and partners with, and serves many of the same QSR end customers.
• Gordon Food Service: Gordon Food Service is a large broad-line foodservice distributor serving restaurants, schools, and other operators. Comparable as a wholesale distribution channel serving QSR-adjacent customers, and a potential supplier/partner for ARCOP's member restaurants.
• Performance Food Group: Performance Food Group is a major ARCOP distribution partner (Richmond and Virginia locations; 2023, 2025 Red Hat Award winners) and one of the largest U.S. foodservice distributors. Comparable because it provides the wholesale distribution infrastructure that ARCOP's logistics function depends on.
• US Foods Holding Corp: US Foods is one of the largest U.S. foodservice distributors and a peer to McLane and Performance Food Group. Comparable because it participates in the same QSR supply ecosystem ARCOP orchestrates, and competes for the same supplier agreements and distribution contracts.
• McLane Company: McLane is one of the largest foodservice distributors in the U.S. and a key ARCOP distribution partner (Lakeland, Denver locations; 2021, 2022, 2025 Red Hat Award winners). Comparable because it executes the physical distribution ARCOP orchestrates, and serves similar QSR and convenience customers.

Direct peers

• Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions (RSCS): RSCS is the supply chain cooperative serving Yum! Brands' KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger. It is the closest functional analog to ARCOP: a non-profit cooperative that consolidates purchasing, negotiates with suppliers, and manages logistics on behalf of franchisees and company stores in a single QSR system.
• SYGMA Network Services: SYGMA is a Sysco subsidiary specializing in customized foodservice distribution to major QSR chains including Arby's, Wendy's, and others. It operates as ARCOP's distribution partner but performs an analogous supply-chain-coordination role for multiple QSR brands, making it a direct comparable.
• HAVI Group: HAVI provides supply chain, packaging, logistics, and analytics services to major QSR brands including McDonald's, Starbucks, and Chick-fil-A (per ARCOP VP Steven Rodgers' prior employer). It is a direct functional peer as a managed supply chain solutions provider for QSR systems.
• TopSource LLC: TopSource partnered with ARCOP in 2012 to drive member value and reduce procurement costs. It is a procurement services provider specifically serving foodservice and QSR franchisee groups, making it a direct operational peer.

Others

• International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA): IFDA is the trade association for foodservice distributors, in which ARCOP executives (Matt Cosson, Anissa Mandell) are active members. Comparable as an ecosystem participant shaping the regulatory, operational, and best-practice environment in which ARCOP's distribution partners operate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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