PORTLAND, Maine, June 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With New England's local food enthusiasts clamoring for spring's harvest of asparagus, fiddleheads, greens, spring onions and more, Forager (goforager.com) today announced several milestones in its efforts to accelerate local food sharing, as grocers, co-ops and farmers capitalize on a burgeoning market.
Just a year after launching an innovative digital procurement platform that removes barriers to sourcing these fresh, healthy foods, Forager is quickly growing sales, expanding usage beyond its home state of Maine, adding new food categories, and achieving national recognition for these accomplishments.
David D. Stone, a technology innovator who created the e-gifting category when he co-founded CashStar, launched Forager based on his passion to provide fresher, healthier food to consumers and to help small independent farms prosper. Across the US, the local food segment is expected to reach $20 billion by next year, and it is growing much faster than the overall food and beverage market.
"Local grocers and co-ops need to embrace technology more than ever in order to differentiate themselves in this expanding but competitive marketplace. Technology that makes it easier to offer an abundance of local foods, and to provide an exceptional in-store experience, will help them succeed in the face of the profound changes driven by Amazon, home delivery and other innovations," said Mr. Stone.
For Forager, offering a lifeline at this critical juncture for local food buyers and suppliers has led to:
For more information about the Forager digital procurement platform and how to help grow the local food economy, please go to goforager.com.
About Forager™ (Forager1, LLC)
The mission of Forager is to accelerate the growth of the local food economy and make locally sourced food more widely available to all. The company's online and mobile platform digitizes and streamlines the procurement-to-payment process, saving time and costs for grocers, co-ops, farmers, producers, and other buyers and sellers of local food. For more information about Forager, please see goforager.com.
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