Partners

Founded in 1989, VendorSafe® Technologies is a leader in providing secure networks across widely distributed enterprises. Today, our primary focus is to provide secure networks and credit card data security services.  To achieve this, VendorSafe® offers a full suite of technical Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) solutions, ranging from managed firewalls to network scans. As a fully scalable solution, VendorSafe® helps merchants, Level1 – Level 4, meet or exceed the technical aspects of PCI.  In short, VendorSafe® helps merchants achieve and maintain PCI compliance today while preparing their networks for the evolution of tomorrow’s technology.

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Control what may be your largest expense, employee time and attendance. As an FMS partner of over 10 years, NE Time Systems is pleased to have completed dozens of successful system implementations for mutual customers. Our mission is focused on providing new technologies in a way that redefines the value of our customers’ resources in order to increase their capacity to serve their clients and their team.

SIB Development & Consulting is a firm specializing in fixed, monthly cost reduction.  By employing experts with extensive experience in each of the fields we review (Telecom, Waste and Grease Removal, Alarm, Armored Car, Maintenance, Insurance, Pest Control etc.), we are uniquely equipped to find savings in virtually any fixed cost category.  The SIB process starts with a review of historical vendor invoices looking for one-time refunds from billing errors, overcharges, and incorrect rate structures.  Going forward, we benchmark pricing from thousands of vendor audits as well as leveraging our access to unpublished rates to renegotiate and lower your contracts.

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Independent Grocer's Alliance



Executive Data Systems

BGBC Partners
BGBC Partners is a local certified public accounting and business consulting firm with offices located in downtown Indianapolis and Greenwood, Indiana. Through alliance with BGBC Partners, FMS is able to provide its clients with local tax, accounting, business and financial expertise in a highly collaborative environment.

210 Analytics
210 Analytics helps FMS’ clients make operational, financial and tactical decisions with greater confidence through marketing research and data-centric marketing strategies. Shopper insights, workplace surveys or food retailing speeches, 210 Analytics presents results in easy-to-understand and impactful ways. Contact:
Anne-Marie Roerink, Principal
Ph: 210.651.2719

NCB
As one of the nation's leading financing partners to wholesalers and independent grocers, no one is more aware of the competitive pressures you face. Super Centers, national chains, fickle customers, the constant need to remodel and expand, the competition for choice locations when they come up — all require more capital than ever before. Fortunately, you have a powerful financial ally in your corner. At NCB, we understand the synergies between wholesalers and independent grocers. We'll save you the time of explaining your financials. We can act more quickly and we have the nationwide financial muscle to meet even your largest needs.

Whatever your financial need, always call NCB first! Work with the bank that works for you. We would be happy to share our distinguished record and suggest tailored financial solutions for independent grocers everywhere.

HR Screening
HR Screening Services was founded in 1993 by Mike Fitzgerald and Keith Larmann. Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Larmann have over 30 years of experience in the Human Resources field in industries as diverse as retail, manufacturing, health care, education and consulting.

Today, HR Screening Services works closely with large and small companies from every industry across the United States, including FMS, processing tens of thousands of background checks and retrieving hundreds of thousands in tax credits and incentives.

By working together, FMS and HR Screening secure hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal and state tax credits and incentives every year for FMS clients through FMS Tax Screening Services.

The Food Partners
Headquartered in Washington DC, The Food Partners is the nation's preeminent investment banking firm to the food industry. TFP provides merger, acquisition and divestiture services, private placements of debt and equity capital, financial restructuring, strategic advisory and loan portfolio services. Clients represent all segments of the food chain and include input, processing, manufacturing, distribution and retail companies as well as the most prominent capital sources to the food industry. TFP's principals serve clients from the Washington DC office and across the nation.

Howard Martin & Associates
Recognizing the need for a consumer focused accounts payable auditing firm, Howard Martin & Associates was established in 1993 to provide clients with customized auditing capabilities. Together, FMS and Howard Martin handle all aspects of accounts payable audits for your independent retail grocery operation including vendor correspondence, production of comprehensive audit reports and recommendations based on audit findings. FMS clients benefit from Howard Martin's unique combination of computerized and manual techniques.