Vendors Only Online

Your personal password-protected admittance gives you access to the stores and programs of Gourmet Catalog.

Online Program

With over 80 Gourmet Catalog Store Members have signed on for this exciting program. Through a strategic partnership, Cookin.com provides an excellent e-commerce solution for GC Store Members, by providing an online personalized site for customers to shop. Cooking.com will pick, pack and ship directly to the consumer, paying the participating retailer a percentage of each sale made to their customers.

Spring and Fall Catalogs

Advance your opportunity to have featured items in Spring and Fall full color catalogs, mailed out to consumers across the nation.

Vendor Suggested Store Assortments

Each Vendor Member should provide GC with suggested assortments to assist Store Members with year-round inventories - plus proposed initial orders to help new members just opening in the marketplace.

Vendor Week In Review

Stay informed about new Store Members, program changes and schedules every friday through a weekly e-mail blast to you. Keep Store Members informed by providing GC with any information you want members to have.

Store Member Buyers

in the Market

With over 225 locations nationwide (and growing) more than 300GCBG buyers are reviewing your products daily and attending major and regional markets.

Review Workbook

Take advantage of an excellent working tool. The Review Workbook is prepared by GC from information provided by Vendor Members. Store Members use the book at the Chicago Home & Housewares Show to help facilitate a careful review of Vendor products for the fall catalog.

Annual Member Meetings

Store meetings are held during major markets serve as a strong encouragement for Store Member market attendance, making your market time and money well spent.

"Start the Year" Vendor Showcase

Each January the all-important "Start the Year" meeting is held during a major market, giving Vendor Members the opportunity to show new products to Store Members and to interact with them in a relaxed social setting.

Vendor Forum

Vendor Members have an opportunity to get together during major markets to discuss issues and challenges, as well as ways to better serve Store Members, while maintaing your own personal profitability.

New Store/Vendor Member Programs

At Gourmet Catalog, we constantly are creating new programs that will improve efficiency and add profits to the bottom line of both Store and Vendor Members.

Store and Vendor Member Partnership

Play a postitive role in building a strong Vendor/Store alliance in the industry through programs and interaction with Store Members.