Work directly with founder Joe Thomas
Business cost reduction
Your business already earned the money. We help you keep it.
Savings in shipping, payroll taxes, and technology, plus tariff refunds. Joe brings in the right specialist and stays on it.
Opportunity explorer
Where we find it.
Five areas worth a closer look, from operating costs and tariff refunds to business funding. Specialists do the work. Joe coordinates it.
UPS and FedEx
Shipping costs
Our parcel specialist reviews your UPS and FedEx contracts for savings opportunities.
Qualifies$850,000+ a year with UPS and FedEx
What gets reviewed
- Rates, surcharges, and contract terms
- Your volume, zones and package mix since the contract was signed
Nothing up front. The fee comes out of the savings.
Payroll tax savings
Payroll tax savings
A Section 125 plan that lowers employer payroll taxes and gives your team virtual care.
QualifiesEmployers with 40 or more W-2 employees
What gets reviewed
- Eligibility, participation, plan design, and tax treatment
- How it fits alongside your existing health coverage
Fees are paid from the savings the program creates.
Phone, internet, IT
Technology spend
Phone, internet and IT contracts rarely get a second look. Our technology partner benchmarks what you pay and renegotiates it.
CostCompared at no cost to you
What gets reviewed
- Phone, internet, IT support, cloud and software
- Suppliers and pricing, compared side by side
Our technology sourcing partner is paid by suppliers, not by you.
U.S. importers of record
Tariff refunds
If you import, you may have paid duties you can get back. A specialist reviews eligibility and handles the filing.
QualifiesPaid IEEPA duties on 2025 or 2026 imports
What gets reviewed
- Your entries, separating refundable tariffs from everything else
- Filing route, required authorizations, and deadlines
Eligibility, amounts and timing depend on your entries and are not guaranteed.
Growth capital
Business funding
Need capital to grow? We connect you with funding options that fit how your business actually runs.
StartAsk during your free review
Shipping calculator
Same carrier. Same service. Lower bill.
Your UPS or FedEx contract was negotiated once. Your volume, zones and package mix have changed since.
- Minimum$850,000 a year with UPS and FedEx
- IllustrationNet savings of up to 20%, after the specialist's fee
- ReviewedRates, surcharges, and contract terms
- CostNothing up front. The fee comes out of the savings.
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Results · Shipping, with our parcel partner
Four companies. About $11.5M a year back.
Combined partner-reported and estimated annual savings, before specialist fees.
Real engagements from the specialists TFI works with. Every number comes from the specialist's own case study. Client names stay private unless the client agreed to be named.
$2.1Ma year
Yearly savings, before the specialist's fee
34% less on parcel shipping
View engagement details
- Their timeLess than 4 hours over 9 weeks
- DisruptionNone. Same carrier.
$4.55Ma year
Yearly savings, before the specialist's fee
On about $25M a year in parcel spend
View engagement details
- ChangedDirect carrier pricing built around their volume, zones and service needs
- DisruptionService levels for patient-critical shipments protected
$1.4Ma year, estimated
Estimated yearly savings, before the specialist's fee
17.1% less, estimated
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- ProblemA 6-month RFP went nowhere
- DisruptionNone. Stayed with UPS.
$3.45Ma year
Yearly savings, before the specialist's fee
Hard savings on $15.7M a year in parcel and freight spend
View engagement details
- Their timeLess than 4 hours over 6 weeks
- DisruptionSame service levels
Source: partner case studies. Vinoshipper is named with permission; other clients are confidential. Bars are scaled to each company's own yearly spend. Your numbers depend on your contracts, volume and setup. These are examples, not a quote.
See all resultsHow the work happens
One accountable person. The right specialist for the work.
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Stage 1
Talk it through
Initial conversation · Opportunity selection
- YouShare basic business details and the services you want to explore. No sensitive documents needed.
- JoeGets on a call, reviews your situation and decides what's worth pursuing.
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Stage 2
Meet the specialist
Specialist introduction · Analysis
- JoeIntroduces you to the right specialist.
- SpecialistEvaluates eligibility and proposes terms.
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Stage 3
Decide and get it done
Your decision · Continued coordination
- YouReview the proposed terms and decide.
- SpecialistDoes the work.
- JoeStays on it until it's done.
Joe Thomas stays involved from first call to finish
About TFI
My job is to find where the money is leaking, bring in the right specialist, and stay on it until it's done.
About 10 years in sales. Most of it spent across the table from owners who were too busy running the business to look at what it was costing them.
I've been consulting full time since January 2024, including a year as an M&A intermediary. That's where you learn how a buyer picks a company apart. Contracts that auto-renewed. Shipping rates nobody revisited. Payroll taxes paid because nobody asked if they had to be.
Reducing recurring operating costs can improve earnings and may strengthen business value.
I'm a Six Sigma Green Belt, so I look at your costs like a process. Find the waste. Measure it. Fix it.
I live in Lenexa with my wife and our two kids. When I'm not working I'm watching the Chiefs, fishing, or out on a trail somewhere.
Next step
How much of last year's money is still out there?
Most of these companies weren't doing anything wrong. Nobody had gone back and checked. That's the job.