CoShop - A Community-led Food System
CoShop: Better Food Together.
![Diagram showing the normal supply chain crossed out and new flows of food from Growers to Food Hubs and on to Customers](/_astro/coshop_diagram.CK-_kCtN.png)
BENEFITS
Affordable
Purchasing in bulk from growers leads to up 50% off retail pricing.
Low Emissions
Buying directly from growers reduces GHG emissions created from food waste, transport, refrigeration and packaging.
Resilient
Reconnecting communities to local growers builds resilient supply chains that are less affected by disruptions.
Nutritional
Better access to fresh fruit and vegetables leads to better community-wide health outcomes.
Efficient
Removing intermediaries between producers and consumers allows for much better matching of supply and demand, leading to higher productivity and lower waste.
Accessible
Food Hubs can increase accessibility to fresh food, particularly for remote and rural towns far from any supermarket.
How it works
Customer Joins
Customers sign up to CoShop and join a local food hub.
Order Online
Customers create orders and pay online.
Order Aggregation
CoShop aggregates individual orders into a bulk order sent to growers.
Bulk Order Fulfilment
Growers pack the bulk order and delivery is arranged by the local food hub or the grower themselves.
Food Hub
Food Hub operators recieve the bulk order and repackage into individual orders.
Pickup
Customers pickup their order from the Food Hub.
![Stacks of crates filled with fresh produce.](/_astro/IMG_1138.DxwYijVh.jpeg)