Simplify Vendor Management for Liquor Stores

Store key vendor information in Thrive Inventory, not your head

What Is Vendor Management

Your vendors, or suppliers, are the foundation to your liquor store. Your domestic beer suppliers ensure you appeal to a wide audience, while your local liquor rep might help you expand into a new niche with Agave Vodka. Without proper vendor management, sustainable growth and success are hard to manage.

Vendor management simply refers to managing relationships with the reps and businesses you purchase the products for your liquor store from. You likely work with dozens, or possibly hundreds, of vendors. Each has unique vendor contracts, pay rates, and reps that need to be managed with a vendor management system.

For many liquor store owners, vendor relationships are a burden instead of part of their growth strategy. However, it’s essential in order to optimize your inventory and maximize profits.

Why Is Vendor Management Important?

While successful vendor management can mean finding the cheapest price for a case of wine, it’s also about strengthening supplier relationships so you can make more informed decisions.

Vendor Management Benefits

Liquor Store POS Systems and E-Commerce Channels We Partner With

Vendor Management With Thrive Inventory

Thrive’s vendor management software organizes all your vendor information in our secure platform so you don’t have to purchase additional, costly third-party apps. Access the vendor information you need, eliminating that pile of business cards or half-filled out spreadsheet templates.

Store a supplier’s contact information, address, average shipping days, notes for internal use, and more. Once your vendors are in Thrive, easily assign the appropriate products and locations to each vendor, access vendor reporting, and begin automating purchase orders. Additionally, Thrive allows you to assign one product to multiple vendors. That means you can re-stock beer from vendor A one week then vendor B the next if there are cost savings.

Bulk Uploads

Save time by uploading or editing key vendor information using our Google Sheets template. Bulk uploads streamline onboarding through an organized and efficient vendor management process.

Automate Purchase Orders

Simplify re-ordering by assigning a vendor's low stock products to a purchase order manually, by automatically adding products below PAR levels, or through barcode scanning.

Tags

Organize and search through your vendors using tags, such as "local" or "shipping discount."

Vendor Reporting

Gain visibility on what vendors are performing, and which aren't. Look at sales trends so you can think twice before bringing in the bottle of Hawaiian Apple Wine your specialty rep is raving about. Also, negotiate successful contract terms backed by data.

Why Liquor Stores Choose Thrive Inventory

Thrive Inventory has been critical to our success. Without it, I don't know where we'd be with inventory management.
Stone's Beer & Beverage Market
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We have over 10,000 products and many are variants and different groupings of product packs. It handles it all effortlessly.
Tipple's Brews & Wine
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Getting Started With Thrive Inventory

Free 30-Day, Full-Featured Trial

Explore all the liquor store inventory solutions Thrive Inventory has to offer, including multi-location catalog syncing, stock forecasting, and stock counting.

Real-Time Syncing & Reporting​

Connect all your locations for real-time inventory syncing and reporting, increasing visibility for liquor store owners.

Personalized Support

Our team will help set up your account and offer solutions to your unique challenges with a dedicated Account Specialist and Implementation team.

Plans For Every Liquor Store

Starter

For small liquor stores who need the basics.

$49/mo on an annual plan

  • 1 user
  • 1 sales channel
  • 1 year order history
  • 1 year reporting history
  • 1,500 transactions/mo
  • Standard

    For growing liquor stores ready to take control of their inventory.

    $109/mo on an annual plan

  • 2 users
  • 2 sales channels
  • 3 years order history
  • 3 years reporting history
  • 3,000 transactions/mo
  • Professional

    For large liquor stores looking to better run their business.

    $229/mo on an annual plan

  • 5 users
  • 5 sales channels
  • Unlimited order history
  • Unlimited reporting history
  • 10,000 transactions/mo
  • Need more sales channels or users? Compare all plans and features

    Resources For Your Liquor Store

    Liquor Store Inventory Management

    Inventory Product Bundling for Liquor Stores

    Inventory and Sales Reporting for Liquor Stores

    Independent Beer Store Modernizes Through Multiple Sales Channels

    Selling Wholesale to Retailers 101

    Meet A Beer Store Relying On Wholesale During Construction

    The Complete Guide To Increasing Sales With A/B Testing

    How To Select And Work With The Right Suppliers

    Stockouts: What They Are And How To Prevent Them

    Try Thrive Inventory Liquor Store Vendor Management For Free

    Join Thrive Inventory and start saving on average 1 hour per day per location. Get advanced features such as custom reporting, barcode scanning, automatic purchase orders, price tag printing and more.

    All Features Available During Your 30-Day Free Trial
    All the tools you need to grow your business
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    STANDARD
    Starting at $79/mo
    PROFESSIONAL
    Starting at $199/mo
    ELITE
    Starting at $399/mo
    ENTERPRISE
    Starting at $799/mo
    Locations / Integrations
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    Users
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    Transactions Per Month
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    3,001-10,000
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    25,001-75,000
    Products / Items / SKUs
    Unlimited
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    Order History
    3 Years
    Unlimited
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    Reporting History
    3 Years
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    Product Catalog Management
    Catalog / Menu Management
    SKU Creation
    Lot Costs
    Modifier Configuration
    Pricing Calculator
    Expiration Dates
    Price Tag / Label Printing
    Spreadsheet Bulk Upload
    Average Costs
    Inventory Management
    Min / Max Levels
    Low Stock Alerts
    Stocktakes and Approvals
    Basic Internal Transfers
    Basic Purchase Orders
    Modifiers Inventory Tracking
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    Bill of Materials
    Automated Purchase Orders
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    Scan-to-Create Stocktakes
    Scan-to-Create Invoices
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    Custom Dashboards
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    Product Profitability Reports
    Inventory Change Reports
    Dead Inventory Reports
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    Low Inventory Reports
    Unsold Product Reports
    Saved Reports
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    Intelligent Stock Forecasting
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    Customer Managment
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