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Agruppa
Colombia
Agruppa is committed to improving access to cheaper fruits and vegetables and ensuring that more people have the chance to eat fresh healthy produce no matter where they live. Small Mom and Pop stores are the key to make this a reality.Agruppa aggregates demand of Mom and Pop shops in a given neighbourhood. By compiling larger quantities we generate economies of scale source produce directly from farmers bring it to our Distribution Outlets in the city and on to our customers shops. This way Agruppa provides small vendors with fresher quality produce at cheaper prices delivered directly to their shop.
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Mandela Marketplace
United States of America
The California FreshWorks Fund awarded a grant to Mandela Marketplace to support a comprehensive business analysis of its operations and potential expansion for the Mandela Food Cooperative (MFC) a worker owned fresh food store dedicated to increasing healthy food access and building assets for low income workers. MFC is the first retail outlet of any kind to focus on offering healthy food in West Oakland and Mandela Marketplace is working to develop local wealth and alternative direct from farmer food supply chains. Mandela currently has 8 employees.