Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing access to decision critical
information for food services supply chain management are provided in
accordance with the present invention. A food services customer can input
menu item information into at least one customer database for one or more
food services locations. At least one supplier database is provided, each
of the at least one supplier database containing information relating to
food service supplies offered by a respective supplier. Access to the at
least one customer database and the at least one supplier database is
controlled via a common access portal. The customer is provided with
access to the databases via the portal. The customer can generate a
request relating to selected menu items. Information is then provided to
the customer from one of (i) the at least one customer database and (ii)
the at least one supplier database in response to the request.