COLLECTION HUBS – FOR FOOD

This is us

40+ years in Food systems

Research, logistics, market, distribution, sales, community management.

20+ years in Housing associations

Research, project management, operations.

Spinning off a diverse team

American and French nationals living in Sweden and France.


 

Passion for alternative food systems

Dynamic market
  • 10% of population in EU actively seek alternative supplies.
  • Estimated market in the EU: 100BN EUR per year.
Alternative food supplies?
  • Not sold in supermarkets.
  • Suppliers: local, semi-local, small-scale, specialty, ethnic.
Hurdles to growth
  • It’s not in the supermarket!
  • Logistics less cost-efficient.
  • Lower convenience.

Collection hubs: the backbone of e-commerce
  • Used to be the post office
  • Consumers buy from a supplier
  • Supplier ships to a collection hub
  • Consumer collects from collection hub
Special needs for food:
  • temperature control
  • food safety
  • proximity to the consumer

RESTAURANTS – COLLECTION HUBS FOR FOOD

Suppliers get

COST-EFFICIENT LOGISTICS

®Bianca Brandon-Cox
My customers value my work, ethics and products. It’s important for me that they have a good experience.
A farmer

Restaurants get to

ATTRACT CUSTOMERS

I want my restaurant to be a place for community building. I also want it to be used outside meal hours.
A restaurant

Consumers get

CONVENIENCE

I will go out of my way to buy local and sustainable food. But it would really help if it were more convenient.

I also like to support local businesses – they can be so good at their job. We really need each other.

A consumer

THE COLLECT.FARM SERVICE

#1 – Matchmaking service

Suppliers and restaurants can FIND each other

#2 – Cooperation framework

Suppliers and restaurants decide HOW to work together

#3 – IT backbone

Service is scalable

collect.farm uses existing real-estate resources to support and include smaller suppliers of food.

Unique & environmentally smart

LEAN LOGISTICS AS A SERVICE

THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERE

with you

♥ Matchmaking service

Suppliers, restaurants, citizen groups… can we find you a match?

♥ Want to support us?

We need support – let’s meet and talk about it. In kind (your network, a great IT person, a future adviser, a partnership) or in cash.

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