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Larder Bytes Ltd 

Local Fresh Food Supply Chain 
Networks 

Sustainability 

www.larderbytes.co 

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(Scotland) winner best end 
to end Integrated Business 

Tele:: 07712 000413 




History 

• Supply Chain 
• Larder Bytes 

CUSTOMERS 
MERCHANTS
PRODUCERS 

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Courage 

– Commitment 
• Comfort zone - risk 
• New high-tec businesses 
• Collaboration / convergence 

– Issues / difficulties 
• Seasons 
• Logistics 
• Purchasing strategy 
• Volume 

Image:  child with wheelbarrow containing large pumpkins

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Image:  map of Scotland 

Volume 

• Developing new networks (number of businesses) 
• Cairngorms National Park 
• Highlands 
•Grampian 
• Angus 
• Perth & Kinross 

• Creating new markets (security & volume) 
• Food service 
• Retail / Home delivery 
• Government Procurement (school, NHS etc) 
• Disadvantaged communities (support poorer communities, volume) 

• Method (advantages commercial & environmental) 
• Standard web purchasing 
• Menu driven 
• Transit packaging v logistics 
• Local & environmentally friendly 

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Numbers 

• Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire 
– Population approx. 438,000 9% 
– Target home delivery community 4,360 1% 

• @ 500gm savings each = 2,2 tonnes per month 
• = a reduction of 26.4 tonnes per annum 

• Scotland = 5 mil. = 900 tonnes 

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What do we offer 

• Business benefits 
• Environmental benefits 
• Produce 
• Sustainability 
• Education 
• Health 
• Consumer 
• Visitor 

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Some Facts and Figures 

• Food waste 
– = 17% of the total household waste stream 
– = 25 to 30% collectable waste 
– = 15% GHG emissions (production / distribution) 
– = 5% methane gases from landfill 
– = DEFRA (80% avoidable 20% unusable) 
– Councils are paying large EU fines for failure to meet EU targets 

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How ? 

• Work smart (technology) 
• Business models 
•Convergence 
•Tools 
– The web application 
• Market needs (procurement & dynamic pages) 
• Different (time saving interactive fun) 
• Environment 
• Health 
• Education 
• Logistics v Packaging 
• Supply chain efficiency 
• Process not product - Structure not displacement 
• Commitment (our food, our environment, our business,) 

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(Scotland) winner best end 
to end Integrated Business