Beyond the Box is Atlantic Food Distributors’ business optimization program. We help restaurants and foodservice operators reduce costs, improve efficiency, and grow profitability through smarter menu strategies, cost-saving tools, and operational support.
Decades of experience and expertise in the foodservice industry give us the knowledge to turn business insights into advantages for your kitchen. Whether it’s navigating industry shifts, reducing costs, or improving every part of the guest experience, Beyond the Box connects these touchpoints to translate the data into business-first solutions.
Our Menu Engineering Framework transforms your menu into a tool for profitability. We analyze your sales, categorize items, and redesign your menu so it drives efficiency and higher returns.
Identify Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs to guide smarter menu decisions and highlight your most profitable items.
Improve menu layout, pricing, and descriptions to create stronger visual impact and influence customer choices.
Connect menu planning with purchasing and inventory management to reduce costs, simplify ordering, and minimize waste.
Review and update menus every 3–6 months to maintain consistent performance and adapt to market changes.
Beyond the Box also gives you access to tools and resources that simplify operations and create new opportunities for growth.
Beyond the Box is supported by a network of trusted partners who share our vision for smarter, more sustainable, and more profitable foodservice operations. Their tools, expertise, and ongoing support help drive success for our customers every day.
Back Office is a restaurant-focused platform that centralizes your food, labor, and financial data—and can also provide dedicated restaurant bookkeepers. Real-time invoice and ingredient pricing feed live recipe and plate costs, while automated bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, and financial reviews give you accurate, audit-ready books. Together, the platform, Bookkeeping+ service, and Recipe Costing tools help you protect margins, tighten controls, and make faster, data-driven decisions across every location.
Atlantic’s Menu Engineering service combines sales data and cost analysis to identify your Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs, then reshapes your menu for both profit and popularity. We help you redesign layouts, refine descriptions, update pricing, and sync changes across channels—supported by Back Office tools and our test kitchen to reduce food and labor costs.
Chef Works provides coordinated uniforms for chefs, kitchen staff, servers, and front-of-house teams with discounts of up to 45% off suggested retail. Their program offers quick turnaround on standard and embroidered pieces, high-quality logo digitizing, easy online ordering, and centralized reporting so you can manage a professional, consistent look across all locations.
Skechers Direct gives employees year-round savings of 30% off select casual and work styles, available in 500+ Skechers retail stores and online with free shipping both ways. Team members can access comfortable, on-brand footwear without special promo codes, helping you support staff comfort and safety while keeping costs predictable.
Shoes For Crews specializes in slip-resistant footwear and safety programs that help reduce workplace accidents and protect your team. With a 60-day wear-and-compare guarantee, free exchanges and returns, a slip-and-fall warranty, and customized programs, they make it easy to outfit staff in proven safety shoes backed by dedicated customer support.
FoodPrep delivers a single-source prep solution with flexible cutlery exchange and sharpening programs, food processors, slicers, grinders, and other key equipment. Local route reps hand-deliver sharpened knives and serviced equipment on a set schedule, helping you boost yield, improve employee safety and productivity, and simplify ordering, delivery, and billing.
Food Service Exchange is an online marketplace where manufacturers and dealers sell new, overstock, closeout, and scratch-and-dent equipment at 5–75% below market price. Operators benefit from free shipping, a minimum 90-day warranty, optional Pro memberships with extra rewards, and instant financing options—ideal for stretching capex budgets without sacrificing reliability.
Cintas keeps your operation clean, stocked, and guest-ready with scheduled facility services plus rental and purchase options for professional uniforms. From deep cleaning and restocking soap, sanitizer, and paper products to delivering laundered, inspected garments and custom-designed looks, Cintas helps you meet higher safety and brand standards with less in-house workload.
ALCO supplies a full line of commercial cleaning chemicals, tools, and equipment tailored to foodservice operations. From heavy-duty degreasers and warewashing products to front-of-house hard-surface and restroom solutions, ALCO supports both safety and compliance. With product training and reliable delivery, it becomes a single, trusted source for your sanitation program.
Office Depot provides discounted pricing on more than 40,000 office products, furniture, technology, janitorial items, and breakroom supplies, plus custom print, copy, and large-format projects. With next-business-day delivery on qualifying orders and access to 1,350+ Office Depot and OfficeMax stores, you can keep your office, host stand, and back office stocked and running smoothly.
Staples Business Advantage consolidates jan-san, office, and custom print purchasing into a single discount program designed for restaurant operations. Enjoy group-buy pricing on thousands of products, helpful online tools like shopping lists and order tracking, and free next-day delivery on eligible orders—covering everything from kitchen matting to POS touchscreens and back-office desks.
Foodservice Training Portal delivers online courses for food safety, onboarding, beverage knowledge, customer service, and active-shooter preparedness through a cloud-based learning platform. With flat-rate site licenses, discounted pricing for alliance members, and proven results across more than 1.2 million learners, you can standardize training and lift safety and service standards across every location.
Kickfin sends tips straight from your POS to employees’ bank accounts the moment their shift ends, 24/7—even on weekends and holidays. By eliminating cash and pay cards, you cut theft and counting time, gain full visibility into every payment, and offer a powerful recruiting and retention perk: daily access to tips without extra steps or fees.
Neon turns any TV with an HDMI port into a remotely managed digital sign for menus, promos, and announcements. With a built-in content designer, team collaboration tools, simple pricing without contracts, and the ability to update screens from your phone or laptop, Neon helps you inform, entertain, and upsell guests in real time.
DIRECTV’s Commercial Entertainment and XTRA packs deliver 100+ to 185+ channels—including ESPN, ESPN2, and all five ESPN networks—at discounted commercial rates. Restaurants, bars, and hospitality venues can offer premium sports and entertainment that keep guests engaged longer, supported by professional installation and HD channel lineups tailored for business environments.
Back Office is a restaurant-focused platform that centralizes your food, labor, and financial data—and can also provide dedicated restaurant bookkeepers. Real-time invoice and ingredient pricing feed live recipe and plate costs, while automated bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, and financial reviews give you accurate, audit-ready books. Together, the platform, Bookkeeping+ service, and Recipe Costing tools help you protect margins, tighten controls, and make faster, data-driven decisions across every location.
Atlantic’s Menu Engineering service combines sales data and cost analysis to identify your Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs, then reshapes your menu for both profit and popularity. We help you redesign layouts, refine descriptions, update pricing, and sync changes across channels—supported by Back Office tools and our test kitchen to reduce food and labor costs.
Chef Works provides coordinated uniforms for chefs, kitchen staff, servers, and front-of-house teams with discounts of up to 45% off suggested retail. Their program offers quick turnaround on standard and embroidered pieces, high-quality logo digitizing, easy online ordering, and centralized reporting so you can manage a professional, consistent look across all locations.
Skechers Direct gives employees year-round savings of 30% off select casual and work styles, available in 500+ Skechers retail stores and online with free shipping both ways. Team members can access comfortable, on-brand footwear without special promo codes, helping you support staff comfort and safety while keeping costs predictable.
Shoes For Crews specializes in slip-resistant footwear and safety programs that help reduce workplace accidents and protect your team. With a 60-day wear-and-compare guarantee, free exchanges and returns, a slip-and-fall warranty, and customized programs, they make it easy to outfit staff in proven safety shoes backed by dedicated customer support.
FoodPrep delivers a single-source prep solution with flexible cutlery exchange and sharpening programs, food processors, slicers, grinders, and other key equipment. Local route reps hand-deliver sharpened knives and serviced equipment on a set schedule, helping you boost yield, improve employee safety and productivity, and simplify ordering, delivery, and billing.
Food Service Exchange is an online marketplace where manufacturers and dealers sell new, overstock, closeout, and scratch-and-dent equipment at 5–75% below market price. Operators benefit from free shipping, a minimum 90-day warranty, optional Pro memberships with extra rewards, and instant financing options—ideal for stretching capex budgets without sacrificing reliability.
Cintas keeps your operation clean, stocked, and guest-ready with scheduled facility services plus rental and purchase options for professional uniforms. From deep cleaning and restocking soap, sanitizer, and paper products to delivering laundered, inspected garments and custom-designed looks, Cintas helps you meet higher safety and brand standards with less in-house workload.
ALCO supplies a full line of commercial cleaning chemicals, tools, and equipment tailored to foodservice operations. From heavy-duty degreasers and warewashing products to front-of-house hard-surface and restroom solutions, ALCO supports both safety and compliance. With product training and reliable delivery, it becomes a single, trusted source for your sanitation program.
Office Depot provides discounted pricing on more than 40,000 office products, furniture, technology, janitorial items, and breakroom supplies, plus custom print, copy, and large-format projects. With next-business-day delivery on qualifying orders and access to 1,350+ Office Depot and OfficeMax stores, you can keep your office, host stand, and back office stocked and running smoothly.
Staples Business Advantage consolidates jan-san, office, and custom print purchasing into a single discount program designed for restaurant operations. Enjoy group-buy pricing on thousands of products, helpful online tools like shopping lists and order tracking, and free next-day delivery on eligible orders—covering everything from kitchen matting to POS touchscreens and back-office desks.
Foodservice Training Portal delivers online courses for food safety, onboarding, beverage knowledge, customer service, and active-shooter preparedness through a cloud-based learning platform. With flat-rate site licenses, discounted pricing for alliance members, and proven results across more than 1.2 million learners, you can standardize training and lift safety and service standards across every location.
Kickfin sends tips straight from your POS to employees’ bank accounts the moment their shift ends, 24/7—even on weekends and holidays. By eliminating cash and pay cards, you cut theft and counting time, gain full visibility into every payment, and offer a powerful recruiting and retention perk: daily access to tips without extra steps or fees.
Neon turns any TV with an HDMI port into a remotely managed digital sign for menus, promos, and announcements. With a built-in content designer, team collaboration tools, simple pricing without contracts, and the ability to update screens from your phone or laptop, Neon helps you inform, entertain, and upsell guests in real time.
DIRECTV’s Commercial Entertainment and XTRA packs deliver 100+ to 185+ channels—including ESPN, ESPN2, and all five ESPN networks—at discounted commercial rates. Restaurants, bars, and hospitality venues can offer premium sports and entertainment that keep guests engaged longer, supported by professional installation and HD channel lineups tailored for business environments.
Back Office by Buyers Edge Platform – Finance, Bookkeeping & Recipe Costing
Back Office is a restaurant-focused platform that centralizes your food, labor, and financial data—and can also provide dedicated restaurant bookkeepers. Real-time invoice and ingredient pricing feed live recipe and plate costs, while automated bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, and financial reviews give you accurate, audit-ready books. Together, the platform, Bookkeeping+ service, and Recipe Costing tools help you protect margins, tighten controls, and make faster, data-driven decisions across every location.
Atlantic Menu Engineering – Data-Driven Menu Design Support
Atlantic’s Menu Engineering service combines sales data and cost analysis to identify your Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs, then reshapes your menu for both profit and popularity. We help you redesign layouts, refine descriptions, update pricing, and sync changes across channels—supported by Back Office tools and our test kitchen to reduce food and labor costs.
Chef Works – Branded Front & Back-of-House Uniforms
Chef Works provides coordinated uniforms for chefs, kitchen staff, servers, and front-of-house teams with discounts of up to 45% off suggested retail. Their program offers quick turnaround on standard and embroidered pieces, high-quality logo digitizing, easy online ordering, and centralized reporting so you can manage a professional, consistent look across all locations.
Skechers Direct – Corporate Shoe Program for Hospitality Staff
Skechers Direct gives employees year-round savings of 30% off select casual and work styles, available in 500+ Skechers retail stores and online with free shipping both ways. Team members can access comfortable, on-brand footwear without special promo codes, helping you support staff comfort and safety while keeping costs predictable.
Shoes For Crews – Slip-Resistant Safety Footwear
Shoes For Crews specializes in slip-resistant footwear and safety programs that help reduce workplace accidents and protect your team. With a 60-day wear-and-compare guarantee, free exchanges and returns, a slip-and-fall warranty, and customized programs, they make it easy to outfit staff in proven safety shoes backed by dedicated customer support.
FoodPrep – Cutlery, Sharpening & Prep Equipment Programs
FoodPrep delivers a single-source prep solution with flexible cutlery exchange and sharpening programs, food processors, slicers, grinders, and other key equipment. Local route reps hand-deliver sharpened knives and serviced equipment on a set schedule, helping you boost yield, improve employee safety and productivity, and simplify ordering, delivery, and billing.
Food Service Exchange – Discount Marketplace for Foodservice Equipment
Food Service Exchange is an online marketplace where manufacturers and dealers sell new, overstock, closeout, and scratch-and-dent equipment at 5–75% below market price. Operators benefit from free shipping, a minimum 90-day warranty, optional Pro memberships with extra rewards, and instant financing options—ideal for stretching capex budgets without sacrificing reliability.
Cintas – Uniforms & Facility Services for Safer Operations
Cintas keeps your operation clean, stocked, and guest-ready with scheduled facility services plus rental and purchase options for professional uniforms. From deep cleaning and restocking soap, sanitizer, and paper products to delivering laundered, inspected garments and custom-designed looks, Cintas helps you meet higher safety and brand standards with less in-house workload.
ALCO – Cleaning & Sanitation Solutions
ALCO supplies a full line of commercial cleaning chemicals, tools, and equipment tailored to foodservice operations. From heavy-duty degreasers and warewashing products to front-of-house hard-surface and restroom solutions, ALCO supports both safety and compliance. With product training and reliable delivery, it becomes a single, trusted source for your sanitation program.
Office Depot – Business Office, Tech & Print Solutions
Office Depot provides discounted pricing on more than 40,000 office products, furniture, technology, janitorial items, and breakroom supplies, plus custom print, copy, and large-format projects. With next-business-day delivery on qualifying orders and access to 1,350+ Office Depot and OfficeMax stores, you can keep your office, host stand, and back office stocked and running smoothly.
Staples Business Advantage – One-Stop Business Supply Program
Staples Business Advantage consolidates jan-san, office, and custom print purchasing into a single discount program designed for restaurant operations. Enjoy group-buy pricing on thousands of products, helpful online tools like shopping lists and order tracking, and free next-day delivery on eligible orders—covering everything from kitchen matting to POS touchscreens and back-office desks.
Foodservice Training Portal – Cloud-Based Training for Food Safety & Service
Foodservice Training Portal delivers online courses for food safety, onboarding, beverage knowledge, customer service, and active-shooter preparedness through a cloud-based learning platform. With flat-rate site licenses, discounted pricing for alliance members, and proven results across more than 1.2 million learners, you can standardize training and lift safety and service standards across every location.
Kickfin – Instant, Cashless Tip-Outs Direct to Bank Accounts
Kickfin sends tips straight from your POS to employees’ bank accounts the moment their shift ends, 24/7—even on weekends and holidays. By eliminating cash and pay cards, you cut theft and counting time, gain full visibility into every payment, and offer a powerful recruiting and retention perk: daily access to tips without extra steps or fees.
Neon – Digital Menu Boards & In-Store Signage on Any Screen
Neon turns any TV with an HDMI port into a remotely managed digital sign for menus, promos, and announcements. With a built-in content designer, team collaboration tools, simple pricing without contracts, and the ability to update screens from your phone or laptop, Neon helps you inform, entertain, and upsell guests in real time.
DIRECTV – Commercial Entertainment Packages for Hospitality
DIRECTV’s Commercial Entertainment and XTRA packs deliver 100+ to 185+ channels—including ESPN, ESPN2, and all five ESPN networks—at discounted commercial rates. Restaurants, bars, and hospitality venues can offer premium sports and entertainment that keep guests engaged longer, supported by professional installation and HD channel lineups tailored for business environments.
Back Office by Buyers Edge Platform – Finance, Bookkeeping & Recipe Costing
Back Office is a restaurant-focused platform that centralizes your food, labor, and financial data—and can also provide dedicated restaurant bookkeepers. Real-time invoice and ingredient pricing feed live recipe and plate costs, while automated bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, and financial reviews give you accurate, audit-ready books. Together, the platform, Bookkeeping+ service, and Recipe Costing tools help you protect margins, tighten controls, and make faster, data-driven decisions across every location.
Atlantic Menu Engineering – Data-Driven Menu Design Support
Atlantic’s Menu Engineering service combines sales data and cost analysis to identify your Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs, then reshapes your menu for both profit and popularity. We help you redesign layouts, refine descriptions, update pricing, and sync changes across channels—supported by Back Office tools and our test kitchen to reduce food and labor costs.
Chef Works – Branded Front & Back-of-House Uniforms
Chef Works provides coordinated uniforms for chefs, kitchen staff, servers, and front-of-house teams with discounts of up to 45% off suggested retail. Their program offers quick turnaround on standard and embroidered pieces, high-quality logo digitizing, easy online ordering, and centralized reporting so you can manage a professional, consistent look across all locations.
Skechers Direct – Corporate Shoe Program for Hospitality Staff
Skechers Direct gives employees year-round savings of 30% off select casual and work styles, available in 500+ Skechers retail stores and online with free shipping both ways. Team members can access comfortable, on-brand footwear without special promo codes, helping you support staff comfort and safety while keeping costs predictable.
Shoes For Crews – Slip-Resistant Safety Footwear
Shoes For Crews specializes in slip-resistant footwear and safety programs that help reduce workplace accidents and protect your team. With a 60-day wear-and-compare guarantee, free exchanges and returns, a slip-and-fall warranty, and customized programs, they make it easy to outfit staff in proven safety shoes backed by dedicated customer support.
FoodPrep – Cutlery, Sharpening & Prep Equipment Programs
FoodPrep delivers a single-source prep solution with flexible cutlery exchange and sharpening programs, food processors, slicers, grinders, and other key equipment. Local route reps hand-deliver sharpened knives and serviced equipment on a set schedule, helping you boost yield, improve employee safety and productivity, and simplify ordering, delivery, and billing.
Food Service Exchange – Discount Marketplace for Foodservice Equipment
Food Service Exchange is an online marketplace where manufacturers and dealers sell new, overstock, closeout, and scratch-and-dent equipment at 5–75% below market price. Operators benefit from free shipping, a minimum 90-day warranty, optional Pro memberships with extra rewards, and instant financing options—ideal for stretching capex budgets without sacrificing reliability.
Cintas – Uniforms & Facility Services for Safer Operations
Cintas keeps your operation clean, stocked, and guest-ready with scheduled facility services plus rental and purchase options for professional uniforms. From deep cleaning and restocking soap, sanitizer, and paper products to delivering laundered, inspected garments and custom-designed looks, Cintas helps you meet higher safety and brand standards with less in-house workload.
ALCO – Cleaning & Sanitation Solutions
ALCO supplies a full line of commercial cleaning chemicals, tools, and equipment tailored to foodservice operations. From heavy-duty degreasers and warewashing products to front-of-house hard-surface and restroom solutions, ALCO supports both safety and compliance. With product training and reliable delivery, it becomes a single, trusted source for your sanitation program.
Office Depot – Business Office, Tech & Print Solutions
Office Depot provides discounted pricing on more than 40,000 office products, furniture, technology, janitorial items, and breakroom supplies, plus custom print, copy, and large-format projects. With next-business-day delivery on qualifying orders and access to 1,350+ Office Depot and OfficeMax stores, you can keep your office, host stand, and back office stocked and running smoothly.
Staples Business Advantage – One-Stop Business Supply Program
Staples Business Advantage consolidates jan-san, office, and custom print purchasing into a single discount program designed for restaurant operations. Enjoy group-buy pricing on thousands of products, helpful online tools like shopping lists and order tracking, and free next-day delivery on eligible orders—covering everything from kitchen matting to POS touchscreens and back-office desks.
Foodservice Training Portal – Cloud-Based Training for Food Safety & Service
Foodservice Training Portal delivers online courses for food safety, onboarding, beverage knowledge, customer service, and active-shooter preparedness through a cloud-based learning platform. With flat-rate site licenses, discounted pricing for alliance members, and proven results across more than 1.2 million learners, you can standardize training and lift safety and service standards across every location.
Kickfin – Instant, Cashless Tip-Outs Direct to Bank Accounts
Kickfin sends tips straight from your POS to employees’ bank accounts the moment their shift ends, 24/7—even on weekends and holidays. By eliminating cash and pay cards, you cut theft and counting time, gain full visibility into every payment, and offer a powerful recruiting and retention perk: daily access to tips without extra steps or fees.
Neon – Digital Menu Boards & In-Store Signage on Any Screen
Neon turns any TV with an HDMI port into a remotely managed digital sign for menus, promos, and announcements. With a built-in content designer, team collaboration tools, simple pricing without contracts, and the ability to update screens from your phone or laptop, Neon helps you inform, entertain, and upsell guests in real time.
DIRECTV – Commercial Entertainment Packages for Hospitality
DIRECTV’s Commercial Entertainment and XTRA packs deliver 100+ to 185+ channels—including ESPN, ESPN2, and all five ESPN networks—at discounted commercial rates. Restaurants, bars, and hospitality venues can offer premium sports and entertainment that keep guests engaged longer, supported by professional installation and HD channel lineups tailored for business environments.
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