PROCUREMENT

Learn about the variety of ways URM, the number one food distributor in the Inland Northwest, meets the needs of customers and member-owners.

FRESH MEAT PROGRAMS

The URM Fresh Meat Department is able to meet your everyday and special occasion needs as we feature a full line assortment of Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Seafood items.  Our Beef line up consists of both Choice and Select items.  Additionally, we have available Snake River Farms upper end Choice/Prime, Dakota Natural Organic, Painted Hills Natural Choice, as well as Wild Sky Natural Grass Fed Choice Beef.   We offer Seaboard Prairie Fresh for our fresh pork program and Niman Ranch All Natural, as our Never Ever option. 

We offer full line fresh chicken programs, Premium, Natural, Free Range, and ABF, through our cross dock and In & Out programs with Foster Farms, Draper Valley, and Gold n Plump.  Fresh Seafood is available on a cross dock program through Pacific Seafood.

We have highly trained retail merchandising help to assist at retail and to keep our stores compliant with changes and updated regulations.

BAKERY/DELI PROGRAMS

Deli Program

The URM Deli Department features many programs and products to service all types of operations. We offer a complete in-store deli program with more than 2,500 stocked items, and offerings such as:

  • Deli Meats

  • Domestic Cheeses

  • Prepared Salads

  • Pizza Program

  • Soup Program

  • Hot and Cold Food Items

  • Champs Chicken Program

  • Packaging Items

  • Two cross-dock programs featuring more than 2,000 specialty cheeses and other specialty deli items

    • DPI

    • GM Foods

We always offer merchandising help for your deli from our URM Deli Specialist, who provides special assistance with new store openings, remodels, training and resets.

Bakery Program

URM carries over 800 SKUs of bakery items ranging from full-scratch ingredients, to raw dough bake-off items, to fully finished products ready for sale right out of the box. We have cross-dock programs with both DPI and Spokane Bakery Supply that also offer hundreds of miscellaneous bakery ingredients and cake decorating supplies.

GROCERY/GM INFO

URM Stores offer over 18,000 stocked items in the Spokane distribution center. All of your name brands that you would expect, including Kraft, General Mills, Heinz, Purina, Smucker’s, and more.

We also offer a competitive exclusive brands program. We carry 17 different brands representing 2,500 unique items to help all of our members compete wall to wall in their stores. Each of these brands comes with the support of a broker to help promote and merchandise these brands. With our partnership with Topco we are able to keep all of these brands fresh and innovative with a consistent source of new items and opportunities. URM also wholly owns one brand, Merchant’s Craft, that is focused on the carbonated beverage segment.

SEASONAL GM SHOW

Twice a year we have two General Merchandise/Candy/Import Shows offering thousands of more items available to you.

CROSS-DOCK PROGRAMS

URM’s Supply, Packaging and Chemical Program

URM offers two cross-dock supply, packaging and chemical programs that have more than 2,000 items available. Both companies have retail support, which includes grocery, food service and convenience stores.

We receive orders at URM multiple times every day to serve the needs of our customers. Our program offers customer service, selection and quality products at a competitive price.