Connections Distribution Services
We will create the successful and appropriate operating
model in t
he combined businesses of
the local food market, and
distribution network as it builds an innovative supply chain. For sourcing local
foods, Connections will build on existing supply chain options as needed in the
local area. A variety of low cost, reliable methods, with proper refrigeration
and freezer units, will be used. For example, vegetables in season are delivered
by a farmer on his way to the farmers’ market, but could be purchased from other
local farmers. Beef is purchased and then delivered to a regional USDA facility
but could be picked up by a delivery van or
carried by another regional distrubutor.
Connections Local
Foods Market seeks
to use existing assets and services in the marketplace that can be used or
adapted by convincing existing distributors to take on refriger
ated box pick up
and delivery, building long-term relationships with local farmers and deploying
our own distribution service to fill the market voids. The resourcefulness,
knowledge of production and producers, and the credibility with farmers that
Connections Local Foods Market possesses will make this adaptable supply chain run smoothly.
Value Added
Market research shows that a majority of food ingredients –
including all beef, dairy, chicken, eggs, turkey, and pork year round, and
vegetables seasonally -- can be purchased from local farmers or producers.
Connections will pick up and deliver local goods from one end of its
distribution run to the other. We will develop pick up, drop points, and
negotiate fair and reasonable charges for the service.
The
Healing Connection Cooperative
