Our Process
What You Can Expect From KLS
Location decisions in the Food & Beverage industry carry lasting operational consequences. They influence acquisition and operating cost structure, regulatory alignment, workforce availability, infrastructure resilience, and long-term strategic flexibility.
Our process is designed to align those variables with disciplined judgment, structured evaluation, steady leadership, and thoughtful communication from initial definition through final execution.
We deliver our services utilizing more than 25 years of national Food & Beverage site selection experience.
Trusted Across the Industry
Kupperman Location Solutions serves nationally recognized Food and Beverage-related entities, including Keurig Dr. Pepper, JBS Foods, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Traditional Medicinals, Winco Foods, and Chobani.
Many engagements result in repeat assignments and referrals, reflecting sustained performance and trusted relationships within the industry.
Our Approach to Site Selection
Site selection is not about searching for attractive properties. It is about defining what operating success looks like, identifying viable options, and narrowing to a short list via a disciplined process of elimination.
We have found that our Food & Beverage clients have a wide variety of acquisition and operating requirements that change not only by user, but also over the operating life of the company.
Our role is to bring clarity and prioritization to those variables early, identify risks before they materialize, and eliminate weak alternatives before leadership is engaged in site visits.
A Deliberate Approach
Each engagement is managed with personal direct senior involvement from definition through execution.
Our three-phase process is structured, easily understood, and designed to integrate with and move at a pace that works for your team.
Define with Precision
We begin by creating a comprehensive, written list of the client’s strategic and operational criteria for the requirement.
This includes site or existing facility requirements, labor needs, utility infrastructure, logistics priorities, capital investment, surrounding use concerns, and support from local government.
The Request for Proposal is then distributed within a thoughtfully-defined search region, providing a well-defined target for Economic Development organizations to respond to, as well as a benchmark for comparison.
Evaluate Through Structured Elimination
Responses are reviewed and narrowed through structured desktop analysis and direct on-site inspection.
Alternatives are narrowed using consistent operational, financial, and regulatory criteria specific to Food and Beverage environments.
Leadership site visits are focused on viable solutions, pre-screened by KLS, that meet defined strategic requirements.
Execute with Discipline
Once a preferred solution(s) are identified, KLS leads Real Estate acquisition negotiations, negotiates and formalizes incentive awards, and coordinates the completion of pre-closing milestones with legal and technical resources.
The transition from decision to execution is deliberately managed to meet schedule targets, maintain confidentiality, and coordinate the overall team to deliver value to the client.
Our Standard
Exceeding expectations is not an aspiration. It is the baseline.
We measure our work by the durability of client relationships and the confidence clients place in recommending our advisory to others within the Food & Beverage industry. We commit early on to prioritizing thoughtful communication, even when doing so is less than enjoyable. Every engagement is approached with that goal.