Foodchain wholesale to consumer delivery

在危机之前，我们的食品供应平台将餐厅直接与独立的英国食品供应商联系起来。实施封锁后，酒店业一夜之间关闭，数百万个工作岗位面临风险，数千家餐饮服务企业面临持续成本，没有机会获得收入。与此同时，被隔离的人们正在努力争取食物。超市未能迅速适应日益增长的送货上门需求，3周内的人们仍然无法提前数周预订送货时段，在商店购物时很难保持社交距离。随着封锁至少再延长3周，社交距离将持续数月，这个问题不会消失。最好的办法是提供方便、负担得起的送货上门服务，使人们能够保持隔离状态，消除对获取食物的焦虑，并设立理事会，为负担不起的人提供粮食供应资金。我们的平台在封锁后一周内转向消费者配送，以应对covid - 19危机。英国各地的人们都可以直接从独立供应商那里订购他们的全食店，并送货上门。这为独立的英国企业提供了一条急需的生命线，否则它们将难以生存。自推出以来，我们的供应商已经能够重新雇用他们的员工，并为挑选和包装员工以及送货司机创造了更多的就业机会。90%的销售额直接进入了食品供应商的口袋。我们可以为他们提供工具，使他们能够接受订单、管理付款、协调交货和接触全国的客户。现在，消费者比以往任何时候都更希望支持当地的中小企业，而Foodchain使这变得容易。我们将在两个关键领域进行投资：*与地方当局合作，为社区中的弱势群体提供送货上门服务。地方议会将利用这项服务的利润，为本行政区的低收入家庭提供食品供应。*全国推广：建立国家和地区基础设施，使供应商能够在危机期间和危机之后向全国各地的家庭提供服务，在餐馆恢复的同时提供可靠的第二收入来源，并创造更多的就业机会，因为消费者市场明显更大。特别关注家庭消费者的可及性，并为受到COVID-19严重影响的我们的b2b餐厅和供应商网络提供更多的财务选择。这个项目将为酒店业节省工作岗位和企业，为公众提供一种创新的方式，让他们直接从供应商那里获得英国食品。

Before the crisis our food supply platform connected restaurants directly to independent British food suppliers. Overnight the hospitality industry shut down when lockdown was imposed, putting millions of jobs at risk and thousands of foodservice businesses facing ongoing costs with no opportunity for income.At the same time, people in isolation were struggling to get food delivered. Supermarkets have failed to adapt quickly enough in meeting the increased demand required for home delivery, and 3 weeks in people still cannot book delivery slots for weeks in advance, and it is very difficult to maintain social distancing whilst shopping in store.With lockdown being extended for 3 more weeks minimum and social distancing to last for several more months, this problem is not going away. The best approach is to enable accessible, affordable home delivery so people can stay in isolation and remove anxieties around accessing food as well as provide councils to fund food supplies for those who cannot afford it.Our platform responded to the COVID19 crisis by switching to consumer delivery within one week of lockdown. People across the UK have been able to order their whole food shop, directly from independent suppliers for home delivery. This has provided a much needed lifeline to independent British businesses that would have otherwise struggled to survive.Since launching, our suppliers have been able to hire back their staff as well creating more jobs for picking and packing staff and delivery drivers. 90% of the sales go straight into the food suppliers' pocket. We can provide them with the tools to be able to take orders, manage payment, coordinate deliveries and access customers nationwide.Now more than ever, consumers want to support local SMBs and Foodchain makes this easy.We will invest in two key areas:* Working with local authorities to give the vulnerable in their communities access to home delivery. Councils will use the profits from this service, to fund food supply for low income households in their borough.* Nationwide scale-up: building out national and regional infrastructure to enable suppliers to deliver to homes nationally during, and after the crisis, providing a reliable secondary revenue stream whilst restaurants recover, and creating more jobs as the consumer market is significantly largerWith the Extension for Impact funding, we now want to supercharge the above efforts, with a particular focus on accessibility for household consumers and enabling greater financial options for our b2b network of restaurants and suppliers who have been severely impacted by COVID-19.This project will save jobs and businesses in the hospitality industry, with an innovative way for the general public to get British food delivered directly from suppliers.