Single store supermarkets are generally relatively small size, operating goods are usually less than 2000, in the competition is often at a disadvantage. Single store supermarket commodity procurement model has the following three specific forms:
(1) The manager or manager is solely responsible. The power of commodity procurement is entirely concentrated in the hands of the manager or manager, who has chosen the supplier to determine the time of purchase and the quantity of the purchase.
(2) Manager authorized the purchasing department manager is responsible. The supermarket manager will delegate the work of purchasing the goods to the manager of the purchasing department, and the purchasing department manager determines the procurement of goods according to the situation of the supermarket.
(3) by the supermarkets commodity department manager specific procurement. Supermarket merchandise manager is a front-line management staff, they are familiar with the distribution of goods dynamic, more understanding of consumer preferences, according to the shelf display of goods and warehousing situation flexibility in commodity procurement decisions, therefore, this form than the above two forms More effective.
Regardless of the form, single-store supermarkets because of the smaller, less commodity varieties, in terms of the number of commodity purchases is not dominant, in the price negotiations with suppliers often at a disadvantage, it is not conducive to its implementation of low prices Strategy.

Centralized procurement model
Centralized procurement model refers to the establishment of a special supermarket procurement agencies and full-time procurement staff responsible for the supermarket goods procurement work, such as unified planning with the supplier contact, bargaining, the introduction of goods, commodity out and POP promotion, supermarket stores Only responsible for the display of goods and internal warehouse management and sales work, for the procurement of goods, the store only the right to recommend, according to their actual situation to the headquarters of the procurement matters.