Managing Your Maintenance and Repair Budget

Planning your maintenance budget can be a tricky task. Purchasing everyday items like light bulbs, air filters and safety supplies typically are not difficult to manage. It’s the unexpected motor failure, the blown circuit breaker or the leaky valve that can completely undermine a well-managed maintenance budget.

Planning for the Unplanned Purchase

The items you buy one to five times a year make up your unplanned purchases. Most of these purchases – perhaps 60-65% of them – won’t be repurchased the following year.

Treating your unplanned purchases the same way as your key planned items can impact your bottom line and cash flow negatively. The opportunity for savings is in the purchasing process. You need a supplier that you can always count on to provide all of your unplanned maintenance needs.

Grainger and VGM Club – A Partnership in Managing Your Maintenance Needs

Grainger offers a complete line of maintenance supplies to support your planned and unplanned purchases. Consolidating your purchases through Grainger helps you reduce inventory and productivity costs as well as leverage your spending.

They stock locally, so the products you need are readily available. Choose from a wide variety of product categories, including:

• Energy efficient lighting – including LED, compact fluorescent and and T8/T5 lamps

• Air Filters – thousands  to choose from, including custom filters

• Safety – extensive safety product availability from many of the brand names you know and trust

Grainger makes procurement easy and cost-effective, which translates into savings of money and time for your business.

Form Fits Covers

Enhance the look of your event with a form fitting, sculpted table cover from Universal Hotel Supply. Form Fits are a beautiful alternative to traditional tablecloths and skirting. The contemporary design fits over banquet tables with no pinning or clips, and the snug fit eliminates wrinkling and draping issues.

Made from 100% stretch polyester, Form Fits will not shrink, bunch or lose shape. Outdoor events are a breeze as wind resistant Form Fits covers cling to your table. Form Fits are custom made for round, square and rectangular tables. They can also be made to form fit banquet chairs, beverage dispensers, tray stands and trash cans to create a complete look. Form Fits are available in an array of vivid colors and are machine washable.

For purchasing information, call Lauren Ross at 800-811-7077.  VGM Club members will receive a 10-15% discount off wholesale pricing. 

Good Help is Easy to Find with Labor Ready

Need help with your banquets and events? Or, is it time to get the course up and running for the start of the season? No matter your needs, Labor Ready is there to help! Labor Ready is a preferred temporary staffing provider for VGM Club members, and they are ready to provide you with the Temporary Associates and service you need to keep things running smoothly.

As part of our partnership with Labor Ready, we are pleased to offer the following benefits for you, our VGM Club members:

• Temporary Associates are available 24/7 at only a 4 hour minimum to help you maximize efficiency and reduce labor costs.

• Preferred provider pricing at 10% less than the average National Account bill rate.  Labor Ready's bill rates include all workers’ compensation, unemployment and payroll taxes.

•  Half percent rebate with a minimum of $10,000 in annual spending per course. The rebate will be paid annually and is paid only on invoices paid within terms.

• Labor Ready's standard payment terms are Net 7 days, but have been extended to Net 30 days from the date of invoice for your convenience.

Labor Ready's Temporary Associates are available for jobs such as landscaping, maintenance, clean up, events, banquet service, kitchen help, valet attendants, dishwashers, housekeeping, general labor and equipment operators.

Take advantage and partner with Labor Ready today so they can assist you in your business needs. Please visit their website, www.laborready.com to learn more, or contact Sharon Adams at 800-850-9118 or VGMclub@laborready.com to register and place your first order.