A food broker is an independent sales agent that works in negotiating sales for food producers and manufacturers. Food brokers work for both producers and buyers of food as they help sell food products to chain wholesalers, retail stores, independent wholesalers and more.

The reason why producers and manufacturers often choose to use a food broker is that it can save them money. Food brokers have numerous connections with local and international producers, wholesalers and retailers.  It is much easier for a retailer or distributor to work with one food broker with many manufacturers, than it is to deal with representatives from every possible manufacturer. A food broker can help food manufacturers to coordinate sales nationwide as well as managing the warehousing and ensuring an efficient running of their sales. Using the services of several different people can be very expensive – with a food broker you only need one person. Even if you run a small business making a new brand of pasta sauce, then a food broker can be employed to help you sell and market your product to local supermarkets and corner stores. A good food broker will also do what they can to get national food stores to stock your product. Food brokers have an extensive range of contacts and have the local knowledge and expertise that can make your products sell. Essentially a food broker saves you time, energy and money.

TCM was founded in 1987 to provide superior sales and marketing services that retailers and wholesalers recommend to manufacturers, employees are proud of, and principal partners seek for long-term representation.

TCM currently has eight territories, each individually owned by the partners in those areas. There is a corporate office, located in Humble, TX, that performs all the administrative duties for the territories, including order taking, EDI, commissions reconciliation, and more.

Yes. We can cover the entire country!  Please give a call to discuss further.  281-446-1750

We do have a person based in Mexico that is part of our Texas division. There are no current plans for Canada.

The oldest territories were started in 1995, with the newest being 2006. That means we don’t have any turnover, and customers and distributors know who we are in each territory.

Yes. There are several manufacturers that we represent in every territory.  We try to be as flexible as possible to provide our manufacturer partners with the coverage they need.