We Are
Driven ...
From Supplier Dock to Restaurant Stock, we are driven to help make running great restaurants easier. Our people are driven to make a difference – every day, all over the world.
Making it easier to run great restaurants
Our Brand Promise
Brand Integrity
97% Food Safety & Quality
external audit scores
As the largest, most experienced supply chain partner to multi-unit restaurants globally, we set the bar at its highest level for food safety, quality and integrity. Our customers count on us to protect the quality and reputation of their brands by delivering products that have been handled with great care, using ethical and socially-responsible business practices.
Our Focus on Continuous Improvement
Our culture of excellence and continuous improvement begins with an investment in our people. We engage and equip our workforce with proprietary tools and intensive training to develop long-term solutions for what matters most to our company and our customers: product quality, reliable service, optimal cost savings, employee engagement and workplace safety.
We earn our reputation for excellence with industry-leading programs that make it easier to run great restaurants:
Customer Benchmarking
Competitive benchmark validations are conducted on an ongoing basis to ensure customers receive the best service at the right cost.
Internal Baseline Audits
Our processes are monitored continually to ensure consistency in performance, service levels, and continuous improvement globally.
Lean Six Sigma
Dedicated teams of Martin Brower team members earn this respected certification by completing rigorous, team-based problem solving training through data, analytics, process improvement and employee engagement.
Food Safety & Quality Leadership
At Martin Brower, we are all responsible for food safety. As the last line of defense for restaurants, our teams take every measure to ensure that only the safest, highest quality foods are stocked in our customers’ inventories.
Earning Six Sigma certification at Martin Brower teaches invaluable skills and strategies for problem solving our belts are able to apply throughout their careers. The key is recognizing that the process, rather than the specific outcome, is the most critical component. It’s an approach that works to resolve the even the toughest of challenges.
Our Values
Martin Brower is driven by our shared values, woven into the fabric of our culture, and guiding everything we do.
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CHANGE
We value flexibility, innovation, and embrace a continuous improvement culture and a willingness to take risks. -
ACT AS ONE
We value thinking and acting globally and helping one another succeed. -
RELATIONSHIPS
We value lasting employee, customer, supplier and community relationships built on mutual respect, integrity, and trust. -
EXECUTION
We value doing what we say we will do. We deliver on our commitments. -
SAFETY & WELLNESS
We value the safety and health of our team members and our communities.
Our Culture
Ethics
As ambassadors of Martin Brower, each team member is guided by a strong sense of social responsibility and ethical behavior in every aspect of their work. Our guidelines and policies regarding adherence to legal and compliance regulations are clearly communicated, and ensure we support our ethical commitments.
Safety
Protecting our people, customers and our communities is paramount. Achieving the highest level of safety in each of the 19 countries in which we operate is more than an objective, it’s an obsession. Even one injury is unacceptable, and our company-wide safety program targets the only goal that matters: ‘‘zero is possible.”
Community
Our Company is dedicated to strengthening the communities where our people and customers work, live and play. Martin Brower provides key opportunities for our team members to make a difference by serving as vibrant ambassadors in their community.
A history of excellence drives our customer experience. Every day. All over the world.
25,000
Restaurants
19
Countries
74
Facilities
In business for more than 60 years, Martin Brower has grown into a multi-billion dollar company, fueled by constant innovation, enduring customer loyalty and smart acquisitions.
Our long-time relationship with McDonald’s began in 1956 with deliveries to founder Ray Kroc's first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. While many big ideas start as a sketch on a paper napkin, we put our own unique twist on the story. Delivering the paper napkin was our big idea which allowed us to grow with McDonald’s and support their trailblazing ascent to globally beloved fast food leader. We continue to grow by making well-aligned acquisitions and attracting new customers with our ongoing reputation for excellence and legacy of success.
