diff --git a/tailbone/views/purchasing/ordering.py b/tailbone/views/purchasing/ordering.py
index 15ce6f5b..77e631f5 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/purchasing/ordering.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/purchasing/ordering.py
@@ -201,8 +201,10 @@ class OrderingBatchView(PurchasingBatchView):
 
         # organize vendor catalog costs by dept / subdept
         departments = {}
-        costs = self.get_order_form_costs(batch.vendor)
-        costs = self.sort_order_form_costs(costs)
+        costs = self.handler.get_order_form_costs(self.Session(), batch.vendor)
+        costs = self.handler.sort_order_form_costs(costs)
+        costs = list(costs)   # we must have a stable list for the rest of this
+        self.handler.decorate_order_form_costs(batch, costs)
         for cost in costs:
 
             department = cost.product.department
@@ -233,11 +235,8 @@ class OrderingBatchView(PurchasingBatchView):
             subdept_costs.append(cost)
             cost._batchrow = order_items.get(cost.product_uuid)
 
-            # do anything else needed to satisfy template display requirements etc.
-            self.decorate_order_form_cost(cost)
-
         # fetch recent purchase history, sort/pad for template convenience
-        history = self.get_order_form_history(batch, costs, 6)
+        history = self.handler.get_order_form_history(batch, costs, 6)
         for i in range(6 - len(history)):
             history.append(None)
         history = list(reversed(history))
@@ -260,41 +259,6 @@ class OrderingBatchView(PurchasingBatchView):
             'ignore_cases': not self.handler.allow_cases(),
         })
 
-    def get_order_form_history(self, batch, costs, count):
-
-        # fetch last 6 purchases for this vendor, organize line items by product
-        history = []
-        purchases = self.Session.query(model.Purchase)\
-                                .filter(model.Purchase.vendor == batch.vendor)\
-                                .filter(model.Purchase.status >= self.enum.PURCHASE_STATUS_ORDERED)\
-                                .order_by(model.Purchase.date_ordered.desc(), model.Purchase.created.desc())\
-                                .options(orm.joinedload(model.Purchase.items))
-        for purchase in purchases[:count]:
-            items = {}
-            for item in purchase.items:
-                items[item.product_uuid] = item
-            history.append({'purchase': purchase, 'items': items})
-        
-        return history
-
-    def get_order_form_costs(self, vendor):
-        return self.Session.query(model.ProductCost)\
-                           .join(model.Product)\
-                           .outerjoin(model.Brand)\
-                           .filter(model.ProductCost.vendor == vendor)\
-                           .options(orm.joinedload(model.ProductCost.product)\
-                                    .joinedload(model.Product.department))\
-                           .options(orm.joinedload(model.ProductCost.product)\
-                                    .joinedload(model.Product.subdepartment))
-
-    def sort_order_form_costs(self, costs):
-        return costs.order_by(model.Brand.name,
-                              model.Product.description,
-                              model.Product.size)
-
-    def decorate_order_form_cost(self, cost):
-        pass
-
     def worksheet_update(self):
         """
         Handles AJAX requests to update the order quantities for some row