Owned by shop owners
The people behind Suits run coffee shops, which means we have been the customer on the other end of this exact page. We built the supplier we kept wishing for, and we answer the phone ourselves.
About Suits
The short version: we were the customer first. The long version is below, and it is not that long.
01We pour what we sell.
02We buy straight from the source.
03We drive the truck.
04We answer the phone.
05No catalog. No call center. No minimums.
We were the customer first. Most mornings, we still are.
Suits started on your side of the counter: a couple of coffee shops, a syrup shelf that was never quite full, and more time on hold than we would like to admit. We still open at five, still run a rush on one bar, still take the odd delivery that is late, short or wrong. So we built the supplier we kept wishing for, and we run it the way we run our own bars: straight from the source, on our own truck, with a person who picks up the phone.
The owners, Suits Distribution, Battle Ground, WA
Straight from the source
We buy in bulk direct from the brands wherever we can and skip the middlemen. Fewer hands on your order, and when you ask where something came from, we actually know.
We pour what we sell
Every syrup, sauce, milk and concentrate on this site is one we make drinks with. If it does not hold up on our bar on a Saturday, it is not on the truck.
How an account starts
- Step 1
Apply
Two minutes. A person reads it, not a form, and we usually say yes the same day. We have filled out the long ones too.
- Step 2
See your prices
Your own sheet, fitted to your account, before you order a thing. You know your numbers first, the way we like to.
- Step 3
Order by midnight Tuesday
On the site, in a few taps. Your usual is one tap. From the couch at 11 p.m. is fine; we have done it.
- Step 4
Wednesday, we pull up
Our own truck, our own driver, a person who has carried a case up your steps before. No minimums.