The Weave Phone Sales Program

We open indie doors.
You pay for results.

Pay-for-performance phone outreach that places natural brands in the 800+ highest-performing independent grocery stores — and secures the first reorder. No retainers. No upfront fees. No ongoing commissions.

No sales team or brokers focused on independents? Weave is the complete solution. Already have them — and attending trade shows? We're fully complementary: every call builds your brand in the buyer's mind, lifting the success of all three.
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800+
Target indie stores
~75%
Reorder rate, top brands
2–3x
vs. brokers' indie volume
$0
Retainers & upfront fees
2–3x

Clients who run brokers alongside Weave routinely report that Weave phone sales outperforms their brokers' independent natural grocery sales by two to three times. If you have open DCs and no broker coverage on independents, we are the complete solution.

Fixed-Budget Trial

Test it before you scale it. Start with a small, fixed-budget trial — a limited set of distribution centers, regions, and stores — and watch how the program performs. Expand when you like what you see. No retainers, nothing to cancel.

What we do

Four ways we grow your indie business.

If you have distribution centers open at UNFI, KeHE, or tier-two distributors like Rainforest, you are likely missing many of the independent accounts you could be selling. We close that gap — store by store, on behalf of your brand.

01

First-time placements

Getting your product on shelf for the first time at a store.

02

First-time reorders

Following up on every placement until the first reorder is secured — locking in the relationship.

03

Surgical void fill

Filling SKU gaps at stores already carrying you — one missing SKU at a time.

04

Case stacks & promos

Selling in displays and keeping your accounts up to date on active promotions to lift store-level velocity.

Weave is not a broker. We don't take ongoing commission, and we don't manage your existing accounts (unless you ask us to — we'll work out an arrangement). Our job: opening new indie doors, filling voids, selling in case stacks, keeping your stores current on promotions — and making sure placements stick.
Campaign Performance Highlights

What's happening right now.

One established brand, one emerging brand, one brand-new launch — all live in summer 2026.

CocoJuneLive · Summer 2026
154 stores
placed in five weeks · campaign window June 29 – August 4, 2026
SKU placements831
SKUs per store average5.4
Stores placed per week, sustained~30
PACHA BreadLive · Summer 2026
115 stores
placed in five weeks · June 29 – August 4, 2026 · 2x+ PACHA's broker-driven growth over the same time frame
SKU placements318
SKUs per store average2.7
Stores pre-committed on a newly launched SKU+99
Equator Coffees RTDsNew Campaign · Summer 2026
53 stores
placed — brand-new campaign, just launched; the reorder cycle is only beginning
SKU placements188
SKUs per store average3.5

UNFI & KeHE distributor reporting + live placement trackers · updated August 2026.

The real value

We secure the first-time reorder.

Placing product is step one. The real value is the first-time reorder — Weave follows up on every placement until it's secured, because in our experience, once a store reorders, the product stays on shelf and your brand is established in that store. Demonstrated below by how many times reordered SKUs kept reordering:

Drink BawiJul 2025 – Jul 2026 · 52 stores · 165 SKU placements
77%of stores reordered
4.7xavg reorders per reordered SKU
61%of SKU placements — first-time reorder secured by our team
Grandy OrganicsAug – Oct 2025 campaign · 55 stores · 189 SKU placements
76%of stores reordered
5.1xavg reorders per reordered SKU
64%of SKU placements — first-time reorder secured by our team
Biotic FermentsNew campaign · May – Aug 2026 · 97 stores · 353 SKU placements
60%of stores reordered — in the first 3 months
2.4xavg reorders per reordered SKU
44%of SKU placements — first-time reorder secured by our team

Biotic's campaign is live and still growing — its newest placements haven't reached shelves yet, so the reorder rate reflects the campaign's first three months and is still climbing. Reorder performance verified against UNFI & KeHE distributor reporting; Grandy Organics reorder average reflects continued reordering beyond the March 2026 tracking window.

Year-One Case Study · Now a Category Leader

PACHA Bread & English Muffins — scale & ROI.

From $15K to $192,703 in independent grocery sales — in one year.

Before Weave$15,000
With Weave$192,703
330new independent accounts
~3SKUs placed per account
80%of stores reordered
80%net ROI
1.8xyear-one payback multiple
4xest. year-two payback multiple

Where PACHA is now

Those placements compounded as PACHA rose to the top of the natural channel:

#1

Gluten-free English muffin in the natural channel — per SPINS

#1

Fastest-growing bread in the natural channel, over a year running — per SPINS

Phone sales placements and bird-dogged reorders compound into durable, syndicated-data-visible growth — and the program restarts and scales on demand.

The indie opportunity

The #2 most profitable channel. Chronically underpenetrated.

For most natural brands, independent retailers are the second-highest-performing channel — behind only Whole Foods. The reason isn't lack of demand. It's lack of reach.

Whole Foods
100
Natural Independents
82
Regional Natural Chains
68
Sprouts
58
Conventional Chains
42
Costco
35
Mass / Club (Other)
22

Relative profitability per store by channel. Source: iLevel Brokerage — profitability-per-store analysis across 70 natural brands, one year of sales data.

How it works

Onboarding to reorder in six steps.

1

Onboarding

~5-min form. We handle targeting, narrative, pitch.

2

Targeting

Prioritized list from 800+ INFRA / NCG / ION.

3

Outreach

Direct calls + follow-up email from your domain.

4

Placement

We place the order with your distributor.

5

Reorder

We follow up on every placement until the first reorder is secured.

6

Handoff

Relationship handed back to your team.

All communication comes from your brand. Every call is made on behalf of your brand, with follow-up emails from a dedicated address at your domain (e.g. rep@yourbrand.com). Buyers hear from your brand — not from Weave.
Pricing

You only pay when a store says yes.

$35 /SKU

First-time placement

Paid when we secure and confirm initial placement of your product.

$35 /SKU

First-time reorder

Paid when we secure and confirm a first-time reorder.

What you never pay

  • No retainers
  • No upfront fees
  • No ongoing commissions
  • No long-term commitment

Surgical void fills priced as first-time placements. Case stacks & promo support quoted case-by-case. Terminate anytime — calls that don't convert cost nothing.

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Wondering what the ROI looks like for your brand? On our first call we'll build a personalized ROI projection together — from your actual distributor costs, store velocities, and the DCs and volume tiers you want to focus on.

Who this program is best for

Every stage. With or without brokers.

Emerging brands

Growing independents to drive DC velocity.

Growing brands

Building sales to support chain growth.

Established brands

Filling voids or launching new SKUs.

A proven, performance-based path to independent growth.

Without retainers, upfront fees, or ongoing commissions. Detailed case studies and underlying performance data available upon request. Onboarding takes ~5 minutes; calling begins within ~3 weeks.

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