?, incentives or kick-backs, do they exist?

[shroomgirl]

I got extra lamb liver and kidneys when I worked with a lamb farmer on rent for the farmer's market....(3 kids and no restaurant $s coming in) Ethical, not sure, other farmers paid on time....this one was struggling to keep the farm so I let them pay as they could. Just taking each case as it comes, not asking for benes but not turning them away either. If I offer to pay and a product is givin free is that still a kickback? hmmmm.

[panini]

AGREE!!
A Product spec sheet. Fax them out every thurs., takes nano second from the computer. Back on fri. Order!
Competition used to be a big part of our industry. If you eliminate it by getting tied up to one vendor, there is no way in hello your product won't suffer or your paying the best price.
The funniest thing about these big vendors is their claim that we take care of the little guy as well. They are correct!!!!!!! They take it to them!!!! They actually profile. There are structured pricing platforms based on the amount ordered. The smaller you are the higher the prices! I could go on and on. If they run as tight as they would like you to believe then where does the money for all these kickbacks come from??????????.
Please don't be disallusioned, you'd be better served by just getting the right price in the beginning. Your bottom line would reflect that and you could probably pay to go to a sporting event.
We're not talking about the salesman who takes a client out for a round of golf, pays and writes it off. We're talking kickback, moneys recieved back from these companies for not using the competition.
I promise I won't post anymore on this topic.

[W.DeBord]

Panini, on another thread you said you knew guys that made "60,00" above their salary from incentives/kickbacks....did I miss understand that?

[panini]

from what I've been told by the recipient ,the funds go to the company which would be distributed down if desired. His could have been distributed lower but he opted not to.

[Leo R.]

Here in Britain,the Inland Revenue,our tax people are investigating so-called "incentives that are being offered.
A number of big name chefs are supposed to be receiving "backhanders" from food suppliers.
These take the form of tickets for sports events,flight tickets and other things. As yet,no names have been mentioned,but it`s only a matter of time.
Tony Blair must be after a pay rise. Leo.

[Nicko]

The accounts that make the money are the big ones and a sales rep will do just about anything to keep that account. At one place all of the kitchen managers would receive a very large gourmet basket of foods. Along with this it was required that every company that had an account with us donate a minimum of $1000.00 dollars each year to the non-profit organization we were a part of. Our produce company who was shipping us four pallettes of food during certain shows sent over a check for $5,000. The never lost the account. And, just about anytime we wanted tickets to a Chicago bull or bears game all you had to do was call. We never once asked for tickets because it didn't seem right but they were always there.