countfor.me has added a public data and anonymisation page for The Peer Project. It explains how Australian hospitality supplier invoice lines can contribute to regional benchmarks without exposing another operator's venue, invoice, or individual price.
The update is intentionally specific. It does not claim that every product will have a benchmark immediately, and it does not turn supplier price comparisons into a simple average. The page sets out the privacy boundaries that have to be satisfied before a comparison appears.
What changed
- The Peer Project now has a public anonymisation page for Australian operators.
- The page explains that the requesting organisation is excluded from the peer cohort shown back to that organisation.
- Results require at least 5 peer venues, 20 invoice lines, and 3 peer organisations, with concentration checks before a benchmark is shown.
- Peer venue names, individual peer prices, and supplier invoices are not disclosed in the benchmark view.
- The contribution terms now support the public page's explanation of verified invoice lines, comparable products, and withdrawal at organisation level.
- Recent product work carries those ideas into peer benchmark response contracts, readiness states, and unavailable reasons.
Why it matters
Supplier price benchmarks are only useful when operators can trust both sides of the comparison: the numbers need to be comparable, and the contributing venues need to stay private.
That is why The Peer Project now describes the benchmark as a gated signal rather than a guaranteed result. A line needs enough product, pack, tax, regional, and cohort evidence before it can support a useful comparison. If the cohort is too thin, too concentrated, or not comparable, the product can keep the benchmark unavailable instead of showing a misleading number.
For Australian venues, the practical takeaway is that participation helps build the local comparison set, but the benchmark only becomes visible when enough peer data exists to protect venue identities and support a fair supplier conversation.