Pooling Power for Independent Kitchens
A group-buying marketplace that lets independent restaurants pool orders to bypass minimum-purchase labyrinths and access premium, imported specialty ingredients at wholesale prices.
A chef who's been using mediocre saffron for years because her $2,000/month order couldn't meet the $5,000 distributor minimum suddenly pools with three neighboring restaurants and gets genuine Iranian saffron delivered at 40% less than she was paying for the fake stuff—she opens the jar and the restaurant actually smells different.