Flashfood Launches New Platform: Flashfood for Independents
23 Julio 2024 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Empowering independently-owned grocers to boost
profits, increase fresh food access in their communities and reduce
food waste
Flashfood, the marketplace for affordable groceries, today
announced the launch of Flashfood for Independents, a new offering
designed specifically for independently owned grocers. This
initiative will support local retailers by providing them with a
flexible, efficient and easy-to-onboard solution to attract new
customers, boost profits and provide access to affordable fresh
food in their communities while reducing food waste.
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Flashfood for Independents turns waste
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"There are more than 27,000 independently owned grocery stores
in North America that play a vital role in nourishing and
sustaining their communities. But the already harsh and competitive
retail climate right now is particularly difficult for independent
grocers, who face unique challenges as small businesses," said
Nicholas Bertram, CEO of Flashfood. "Our goal with this launch is
to offer a supporting lifeline to these businesses, many of whom
solve food access challenges issues in hyper-urban or rural areas.
Our hope is to empower these grocers with a solution that brings
more shoppers in-store and puts money back in their bottom
line.”
Flashfood for Independents builds on the value-add of the
Flashfood platform already available at more than 2,200 enterprise
stores across North America, with participating grocers seeing an
average 27% shrink reduction, one or more additional store trips
per month and $20 in incremental sales per month. The new platform
offers the same value but with flexible and customizable elements
that fit the needs of independent grocers who may have unique store
footprints, smaller teams or ever-changing inventory. The platform
seamlessly integrates with the operations of independent grocers,
enhancing their ability to respond quickly to market demands and
operational needs.
The new platform is already live in more than 10 independent
stores across North America, including Country Squire Foods in
Chicago Heights, IL, Supermercado Mexico in Wyoming, MI, and
Petique Boutique in Scarborough, ON. The platform will be launching
in a number of Earth Fare stores later this summer, with plans to
add more than 100 independent grocers by the end of the year.
Flashfood for Independents offers the following features and
services:
- Fast, easy onboarding with no requirement for inventory data
ingestion, enabling manual posting to the Flashfood Partner app on
grocers’ standard devices.
- Flexible shopper pick-up models tailored to each grocer’s store
layout and footprint, with one-size-fits-all signage kits delivered
in-store.
- An automated reporting suite that provides actionable insights
that are most helpful to each grocer.
- Bespoke Partner Support hub with dedicated customer service
team members assigned to Flashfood's Independent Retailers.
"Independent grocers are truly at the heart of the communities
they serve. A cornerstone of Main Street, these local businesses
account for over $1 million in jobs across the county while also
providing essential support for food banks, community groups, and
more," said Greg Ferrara, President and CEO of the National Grocers
Association. "Supporting your local independent grocer helps keep
tax dollars in the community while providing a hub for gathering,
economic development, and most importantly, nutritious food to feed
families."
For more information about how this platform supports
independent grocers, please visit flashfood.com/grocers.
About Flashfood
Flashfood is on a mission to feed families, not landfills. The
marketplace app connects shoppers with fresh produce, meat and
other groceries at up to 50% off. By partnering with retailers
across North America, Flashfood offers shoppers nutritious staples
at affordable prices, and reduces the amount of food going to
landfills. Flashfood is a remote-first company currently partnered
with more than 2,200 stores across 20 store banners, 20 states in
the US and 10 provinces in Canada. For more information, please
visit www.flashfood.com.
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