Master the Art of Negotiating with Suppliers Using these 9 Tips

While bringing in customers is important for your small business controlling your costs is also key to keeping your doors open. This means negotiating with suppliers to keep costs down. Kevin Moll president of Restaurant Consulting Services, has helped restaurateurs negotiate with suppliers and run various other aspects of their businesses for decades. He recently spoke with Small Business Trends and shared some tips applying to restaurants  or  just about any other business. There are several different ways to structure your supplier relationships. Some businesses get everything from cleaning products to other items from a single supplier. Others have one main supplier and a few complementary ones. And some just rely on a bunch of local suppliers for different things.