Check the price before you agree to it
Independent prices, forecasts and cost models for agrifood-related businesses with lean teams, backed by expert insight, so you can negotiate and plan with confidence.
Customer
Ice Cream Manufacturer
A lean team still has to get every price right
Here is how Expana helps you check each one.
A supplier or distributor quotes a price, and the only thing standing between you and a bad deal is a free website of unknown reliability.
Check what you are being charged.
Independent benchmark prices give you a reference point for supplier and distributor quotes, and benchmarks are specific to your exact commodity rather than an average price.
Your supplier knows the market better than you do, and there is little time to catch up.
Negotiate with evidence.
Cost models break a finished product into its inputs, so a conversation about an increase can start from the numbers. Benchmarks are specific to your exact commodity rather than an average price. Negotiation packs gather the market background into one download.
You want to buy at the right time, and last year’s price is not enough to go on.
Inform your purchasing.
Price projections help inform your buying decisions. Any decision depends on your own policy and risk profile.
Costs rise, and your customers push back on yours.
Explain cost movements.
Independent benchmark prices and expert insight give you a clear mutual reference point when you discuss cost changes with customers.
Leadership wants to know what the data is worth.
Make the case internally.
Independent benchmarks give leadership a source they can check, cost models show what drives your costs, and the savings calculator gives you a quick way to estimate potential savings.
What it looks like for your role
Leadership wants to see what the spend is worth, on one page rather than a deep dive.
Independent benchmarks give leadership and finance a source they can check, and cost models show what drives the cost of a product. The savings calculator gives a quick way to estimate potential savings. Start with:
A price decision should rest on data you can stand behind.
A lean team cannot follow every market by hand. Expana gives procurement managers independent prices for the exact commodity, price projections and analyst insight in one place, so a supplier’s price change can be checked quickly. Start with:
Spend less time gathering data and more time using it.
Prices, news and analysis sit on one platform, so buyers do not have to piece a view together from free sources, supplier updates and spreadsheets. Alerts flag when a market shifts. Start with:
Coverage built for food and beverage businesses
Prices, forecasts and cost models for the commodities in your basket, together on one platform. Browse the markets that matter to your business.
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Markets covered
Why Expana
Commodity intelligence, built on independent price reporting.
Independent price reporting.
We hold a mirror to the market, giving buyers, sellers and strategists an independent benchmark, so the number you take into a supplier negotiation or a leadership meeting has a source behind it. Expana does not buy or sell commodities, so it has nothing to gain from prices rising or falling. Every number comes with its method and its rationale, and an external auditor reports on alignment with the IOSCO principles for Price Reporting Agencies.
Expert intelligence behind every price.
More than 100 experts are embedded in the markets we serve, bringing first-hand intelligence on what moves the prices of your ingredients. If a price moves, we tell you why, so the conversation inside your business starts from the facts. Forecasts draw on market fundamentals, pricing models and expert interpretation.
Prepare for different market outcomes.
Cost models built with AI, using Expana’s independent price data, show the biggest cost drivers in your products. Expert reports on key market trends add necessary context.
Put independent numbers behind your next decision
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Questions small agrifood related businesses ask
How does Expana help our team buy more strategically?
Expana gives buyers independent market information to inform their decisions. Price projections run out to three years and include a hedging indicator, and analyst insight explains what is driving each market. Any decision depends on your own policy and risk profile.
Can we follow our commodity basket in one place?
Expana covers 1300+ commodities on one platform, with alerts when a market shifts. The Data Direct API feeds the same data into your own systems.
How can Expana data reach our data platform and AI tools?
The Data Direct API delivers Expana data into your platform, and IQ Connect brings Expana data into your own AI tools through MCP. Decisions stay with your team.
How do we know why a price moved?
Market reporters respond rapidly to events, and analysts explain what is driving a price change and what it could mean for your costs. Expana IQ Insights summarise the analyst commentary alongside your price data.