Universal Purchasing Association, Inc.

What Universal Purchasing Association, Inc. does

HBG Purchasing Solutions, operating under the legal entity Universal Purchasing Association, Inc., is a US-based procurement and supply chain advisory firm that serves chain restaurant operators. The company provides purchasing expertise, supplier sourcing, supply chain optimization, and cost-savings advisory to multi-location restaurant businesses, leveraging what it markets as over 300 years of combined team experience to "turn purchases into profit." It does so on a professional-services basis — there is no proprietary software platform, no AI tooling, and no disclosed digital product; the offering is delivered through a six-person executive team backed by consultative client engagement.

The firm monetizes through service fees on procurement consulting engagements, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, subscription model, or fee structure. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: prospective restaurant operators submit inquiries via a website contact form and are contacted by the sales team, with new client flow supplemented by a "Refer a Friend" program that pays existing clients for introductions. Customer evidence is limited to two restaurant-owner testimonials describing savings that more than covered the cost of the service within the first weeks of engagement, and the company maintains a Google Reviews page and Squarespace-hosted marketing site to support lead generation.

The business is privately held with no disclosed funding, no public filings, and no investor information in the available record. Operations span a single US point of contact (phone area codes centered on South Carolina), while the firm positions itself as serving clients nationwide. The customer segment is exclusively chain restaurant operators, and segmentation is purely vertical rather than by company size or geography.

Name

Universal Purchasing Association, Inc.

Legal name

HBG Purchasing Solutions

Website

https://hbgsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HBG Purchasing Solutions (Universal Purchasing Association, Inc.) is a US-based procurement and supply chain consulting firm serving chain restaurant operators nationwide. It delivers purchasing expertise, supplier sourcing, and cost-savings advisory through a six-person executive team and a referral-driven sales motion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Procurement Services

NAICS

General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers (424410)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Retailer-Vendor Collaboration, Joint Business Planning (JBP) & Trade Terms Services (CRAOAOAJ)

Keywords

• Procurement services
• Supply chain management
• Restaurant purchasing
• Cost reduction consulting
• Vendor sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Greer

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

Revenue model

1. Procurement Advisory Services: The company provides procurement expertise, supply chain options, and savings solutions to chain restaurant operators. Revenue appears to be generated through service fees for procurement consulting, likely based on savings achieved or contractual service arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HBG Purchasing Solutions provides procurement and supply chain advisory services to chain restaurant operators, including purchasing expertise, supply chain option analysis, new product sourcing, and cost-savings recommendations. The firm leverages combined team experience and a national supplier network to act as an outsourced purchasing partner for multi-unit restaurant brands.

Product overview

HBG Purchasing Solutions offers a single, unified procurement service for chain restaurant operators. The core offering provides procurement expertise, supply chain options, new products, and savings ideas as an integrated package. The company combines industry expertise with a commitment to delivering value for clients through a tailored approach to hospitality purchasing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HBG Purchasing Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• Savings achieved within first few weeks of partnership that cover annual service costs

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• US Foods: US Foods is a major foodservice distributor with broad procurement solutions for restaurant operators, competing with HBG for restaurant supply-chain influence as part of a much larger distribution business.
• Sysco: Sysco is the largest U.S. foodservice distributor and offers procurement-adjacent services and supplier programs to chain restaurant customers, overlapping HBG's buyer-supplier facilitation role at much greater scale.
• Gordon Food Service: Gordon Food Service is a broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants and foodservice operators across North America, with procurement programs that overlap HBG's restaurant cost-savings value proposition.
• Performance Food Group: Performance Food Group is a large foodservice and convenience distributor that supplies and supports chain restaurants with procurement programs, representing a scaled incumbent analogue to HBG's buyer-side services.
• Restaurant Depot: Restaurant Depot is a nationwide cash-and-carry wholesale club for restaurant operators, providing bulk procurement pricing that competes with HBG's stated goal of helping restaurants secure competitive supplier pricing.

Direct peers

• Foodbuy: Foodbuy's foodservice procurement organization (a Compass Group company) is the largest direct competitor, providing procurement and supply-chain services to restaurants, hospitality, and foodservice operators—the same core service HBG offers.
• Buyers Choice: Buyers Choice is a restaurant procurement group that negotiates pricing and supplier terms on behalf of independent and chain operators, mirroring HBG's buyer-side procurement-services model.

Emerging players

• Choco: Choco is a digital food-ordering and procurement platform connecting restaurants with suppliers, overlapping HBG's restaurant-vendor facilitation activity through a software-first delivery model.
• MarketMan: MarketMan is a restaurant-specific procurement and inventory-management software platform that competes with HBG by automating purchasing and supplier management—directly threatening the manual advisory model.
• Cut+Dry: Cut+Dry (including the BlueCart platform) is an online restaurant procurement platform that digitizes ordering and supplier sourcing, targeting the same chain-restaurant procurement function HBG services manually.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HbgSolutions
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hbg-purchasing-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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