If my contractor has a favorite supplier or know where to get good prices I am happy to go with that.

Originally posted by Joel Owens:If you get 1 sq ft for carpet,pad,tack and strip,and labor install and it is Nylon you are getting one heck of a deal.Joel,Don't forget, you're less than an hour away from where the bulk of the carpet is made in this country (Dalton, GA).I buy from a supplier up there and pay between $3.50 and $3.99 per yard for 26-30 ounce nylon carpet.

Two factories, some offices, suppliers.

If so, what should I know when ordering directly from the suppliers?

The best place to find local labor is at the local suppliers.

The supplier pays me a commission % for the dollar amount of goods I sell to restaurants. 

How will you handle employees, suppliers, and contractors? 

Some contractors will only warrant the installation if they are also the supplier of the windows.

Sounds like there are several unhappy customers of Neal Aviation (Garrett Neal is the owner of the company on record) for being sold bad parts and they're burning suppliers with hot checks for parts for privately owned aircraft (in their more recent business reviews).

 The world's largest suppliers of gypsum are Oman, Spain, and Thailand.