“Retail deductions” are amounts a retailer withholds from your invoice—usually for shortages, compliance issues, pricing discrepancies, freight/OTIF misses, or after-the-fact (post-audit) claims.

You don’t have to choose between a food broker and a deduction recovery team. The compounding effect comes from both: brokers prevent...

If you’ve ever thought, “We already fixed our deduction issues,” you’re not alone. Many suppliers see deductions as a one-time problem: something to clean up, get under control, and move on.

Imagine this: a food supplier delivers 20 truckloads of salsa to a retailer. Everything looks good—until the next remittance statement. Suddenly, thousands of dollars are missing. The codes? “Shortage,” “labeling error,” and “freight non-compliance.”

Every supplier has been there: a deduction shows up, and everyone points fingers—sales blames ops, ops blames finance. Meanwhile, the money’s gone.

Imagine you're with a friend who just started supplying to a big retailer. They lean in, looking frustrated, and say, "I just got hit...