New partnership maximizes buying power with vendors to enhance food and beverage offerings at KemperSports properties nationwide
NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 6, 2015 – KemperSports announced today a new partnership with GolfNow, Premier and US Foods, which is expected to improve food and beverage operations and procurement efficiency for their more than 200 restaurant and banquet outlets. The new partnership will provide KemperSports’ properties with unique access to innovative national purchasing capabilities to drive improved quality, efficiency and operations at each of the company’s facilities. In addition to managing more than 120 resort, private and daily fee golf courses, KemperSports manages more than 200 restaurant outlets – each of which can benefit from the improved capabilities that this agreement will deliver.
“We are constantly looking for ways to deliver a superior product and experience to our guests while upgrading our business efficiencies,” said KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner. “This program gives our team the tools needed to deliver peak performance.”
“Launching this relationship with an industry leader like KemperSports underscores the benefits of this program, which we are confident will contribute to the growth of their management portfolio that already includes many of the best courses in the country, ” said Jeff Foster, SVP of Golf Channel’s New Media Group. “As a partner, we continue to seek opportunities to help KemperSports manage their business more efficiently and support their efforts to provide guests a first-class experience.”
About KemperSports
Northbrook, Ill.-based KemperSports builds, owns and manages golf courses, resorts, athletic clubs and lodging venues across the U.S., Caribbean and Central America. The company’s award-winning portfolio includes nationally-ranked courses and tournament venues such as Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, named the No. 1 Golf Resort in North America by Golf Digest and GOLF magazine; The Glen Club; Bolingbrook Golf Club; Harbor Shores, site of the 2012 and 2014 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid; and Chambers Bay, host of the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open. For more information about KemperSports, please visit http://www.kempersports.com.
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About GolfNow
GolfNow, the leading online tee time booking and golf course technology and services platform, provides tee time access and technology offerings to more than 8,000 golf courses around the world. GolfNow Ride, a new services offering, utilizes relationships with golf course procurement vendors through the global reach of Comcast Spectacor and provides GolfNow course partners a purchasing program that will help them save on a wide-range of business expenses, including supplies, food and beverages. GolfNow has developed this partnership as part of Comcast NBCUniversal and is providing these savings for golf course partners as part of its suite of GolfNow Cares services.
Contact:
B.R. Koehnemann
KemperSports
847.480.4844
brkoehnemann@kempersports.com
