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You can order from all of your vendors in one place, right through Garde. It doesn’t matter if your vendor has their own “online ordering” system or not. As long as they accept orders via email, you can set them up in Garde.

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Why Order through Garde?

You might be wondering — why not just email or call vendors directly? Here’s what you get by running orders through Garde:
  • Order history tied to your invoices. Every order you place is connected to the invoices that follow, so you always have a clear paper trail.
  • Price tracking over time. Garde shows you price fluctuations right on your order guide. You’ll spot increases before they become a problem.
  • One workflow for every vendor. Instead of juggling different vendor portals, phone calls, and email threads, you have a single place to manage it all.
  • Mobile ordering. Place orders from your phone when you’re doing a walk-in cooler count at 6 AM. It works.

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Getting Started

Here’s how to get up and running. Each step links to a detailed walkthrough:
  1. Submit your vendor invoices and we’ll process them. This creates the vendor in Garde and generates all the vendor items you’ll need for your order guides.
  2. Set up each vendor for ordering. You’ll need the email address where orders should go — sometimes it’s a sales rep, sometimes a central ordering address like orders@vendor.com. Also figure out if any of your managers want to be copied on orders.
  3. Organize your order guides, using the multi-unit order guide if you have multiple locations.
Now you’re ready to go.
  1. Place an order and it gets emailed straight to your vendor. Works from your computer or your phone.
  2. The purchase order shows up on your Orders screen in “Sent” status so you can track it.
Want sent orders to be automatically cleaned up after the invoice arrives? Email contact@garde.app and we’ll enable that for your company.
Note: Vendors receive orders via email. There’s no special software or portal they need on their end.

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Ready for More?

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Commissary Orders

Garde also supports ordering from your own internal commissary kitchen using this same workflow. To learn more, start here: Commissary Kitchens: Overview.