diff --git a/tailbone/templates/batch/vendorcatalog/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/batch/vendorcatalog/index.mako
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70412b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tailbone/templates/batch/vendorcatalog/index.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+## -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+<%inherit file="/batch/index.mako" />
+
+<%def name="context_menu_items()">
+  ${parent.context_menu_items()}
+  % if request.has_perm('vendors.list'):
+      <li>${h.link_to("View Vendors", url('vendors'))}</li>
+  % endif
+</%def>
+
+${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/views/batch/vendorcatalog.py b/tailbone/views/batch/vendorcatalog.py
index f4692e5d..945b3758 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/batch/vendorcatalog.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/batch/vendorcatalog.py
@@ -186,14 +186,6 @@ class VendorCatalogsView(FileBatchMasterView):
         if not self.creating:
             f.set_readonly('effective')
 
-    def render_vendor(self, batch, field):
-        vendor = batch.vendor
-        if not vendor:
-            return ""
-        text = "({}) {}".format(vendor.id, vendor.name)
-        url = self.request.route_url('vendors.view', uuid=vendor.uuid)
-        return tags.link_to(text, url)
-
     def get_batch_kwargs(self, batch):
         kwargs = super(VendorCatalogsView, self).get_batch_kwargs(batch)
         kwargs['parser_key'] = batch.parser_key
diff --git a/tailbone/views/master.py b/tailbone/views/master.py
index d48618e8..8c0ee61d 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/master.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/master.py
@@ -928,7 +928,10 @@ class MasterView(View):
         vendor = getattr(obj, field)
         if not vendor:
             return ""
-        text = "({}) {}".format(vendor.id, vendor.name)
+        if vendor.id:
+            text = "({}) {}".format(vendor.id, vendor.name)
+        else:
+            text = six.text_type(vendor)
         url = self.request.route_url('vendors.view', uuid=vendor.uuid)
         return tags.link_to(text, url)