Monday, February 21, 2022

February Highlights from AEA Purchasing

Check out what's happening with AEA Purchasing and our fabulous vendor partners this month:

+22-23 Food Program Agreements
Cooperative Purchasing Agreements for the fiscal year 2023 will be shared with all current AEA Purchasing Food participants (via email) on Friday, February 25. If your district is interested in completing this agreement electronically, please email administrative assistant Barb Adams at barb@aeapurchasing.org. We continue to encourage new involvement and ask that any Child Nutrition Program participant interested in joining our co-op please reach out to our office directly.  To be effective beginning July 1, 2022, the agreement must be signed no later than June 30, 2022.  

AEA Purchasing prime vendors for the fiscal year 2023 are Martin Bros. Distributing Company, Inc. (Cedar Falls, Iowa) for both east and west zones for food supply and west zone for ware wash supply and service, EMS Detergent Services (North Liberty, IA) for east zone ware wash supply and service, and Rapids Wholesale (Marion, IA) for small wares supply.

+Rapids Wholesale Spring Promo
Rapids is offering a promo that is sure to warm your spirits during these cold days of winter! AEA Purchasing is excited to announce the newest promotion that Rapids Wholesale (your small wares awarded prime vendor) is offering members: no minimum cart fee to receive free shipping from February thru June 2022.

+IASL Award Book Buy
Order forms are now available for the 22-23 IASL award book sets! Discounts on the awarded sets are available through AEA Purchasing and Perfection Learning. Click here to access the order form. Place your order before March 31 and receive a FREE book poster! For additional details, contact Laurie OR your local AEA media contact.

+Vendor Promotions
Want to know more about our vendor partners and what they have available? Check out this month's Vendor Promotions folder! Special offers, flyers, and brochures are added daily.

+Social Media
Follow us on social media to see what we are up to! You can find us on Twitter and Facebook!