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Fundamental research and data is critical for building an understanding about the historical context and forward looking risk-reward and pricing price implications for any ingredient or commodity.  Filtering, understanding and interpreting market fundamentals well is critically important to every major food manufacturing company understanding of forecasts and category price risk management .  

Paul Meyers ran the Corn and Wheat forecasts for USDA for 8 years and Paul has continued his practice of fundamental analysis with Connell for more than 20 years. 

Paul Meyers fundamental expertise and insight can be a key part of building a strategic advantage.  In addition to Paul's personal consultation the briefing rooms give you 24/7 access to his analysis and forecasts.

To learn more about Paul Meyers and the briefing rooms call Bob Lindon at 630.210.7416

Connell’s Data Center offers you a solution for charting and tracking hundreds of ingredient related prices. Now you can work on managing spend and price risk rather than managing data.  Whether you are the CFO, cost accountant or a purchasing manager you will find this an easy to use and indispensable tool for managing lots of important price data. 

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Connell Sourcing Services

Outside sourcing services are a important asset for any purchasing organization or corporation to leverage.  The opportunities vary greatly depending on your company size, staffing level, skill levels and core competancy within your organization.

We provide a wide range of sourcing services from providing personalized training and education of your key commodity buyers and your senior executives to "in the trench" sourcing and managing the entire commodity or category spend as a key player in your organization.

Here is a sampling of the commodity categories and ingredients that we have experience and expertise in sourcing and managing:

Fats & Oils
   Non-Transfat, Non-Saturated, Organic, Non-GMO
   Margarine, Soybean, Corn, Palm, Olive, Peanut, Coconut, Sunflower, Canola, Bulk, Packaged, Flakes, Blends, specialty

Grain Based
   Wheat, Flour, Processed, Raw, Food Grade, Organic, heat treated, Hard Winter, Hard Spring, Soft Red, Soft White, Club, corn
   Corn, Processed, Raw Food Grade, Organic, Masa, Popcorn, Organic, Non-GMO, White, Blue,
   Oats, Processed, Organic, Specialty

Processed Raw Grains
Raw Food Grade
Organic, Non GMO

Rice, Specialty Rice

Soybeans
   Food Grade, Isolates, TVP, Flour, Meal
  
Cocoa and Chocolate
   Coatings, Chips, Drops, Chunks, Powder, Liquor, Butter
  
Sugar and Sweeteners
   Sugar, Organic, Corn, Dextrose, Liquid, Molasses, Dry, Honey, Specialty, Decorative
    
Potatoes, Fresh, Frozen, Processed
Feed Based, Millfeeds, soybean meal, Hominy

Orange Juice

Whether you need assistance for formula pricing, toll pricing, benchmarking, sourcing and key supplier negotiation, consulting, best practices, contract price and risk management strategy, setting objectives or help setting budgets, Connell can help.