Upcoming events & sessions
Throughout the year Kitchen Republic organizes interesting business-related events for starting and growing food entrepreneurs. We organize trainings, workshops and 1-on-1 meetings so that you can continue working on your business in an informed and inspired way. Keep an eye on our calendar for the latest updates, workshops and speakers.
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Meet the Buyer x Lokalist
Our Meet the Buyer sessions are designed to connect passionate food entrepreneurs with potential customers, buyers, and/or category managers. Monthly, we invite buyers from all different categories of the food scene, like supermarkets, online retailers, hotel chains, wholesale, restaurant owners, etc. These sessions offer exclusive sales opportunities, feedback, and/or professional connections that you won't get anywhere else. In this session, we welcome Lokalist!
About Lokalist
Lokalist is the ordering and transport platform for local food. Lokalist makes local food findable, orderable, and deliverable for everyone. They do this by directly connecting the offer of farmers, growers, and other food makers with customers, while smartly combining logistics flows. Their clients mainly include caterers, hospitality, retail, leisure, healthcare, farm shops, and education. Lokalist provides ordering platform, invoicing, and optional logistics services. Also, producers remain in charge of their own pricing and assortment.
Lokalist is already working together with some Kitchen Republic members: Max & Bien, Suboro, Fermi Foods and Veld 4.
Requirements Lokalist
- Origin: preference for Dutch products; if not possible (e.g., coffee), processing must take place in the Netherlands.
- At the moment, Lokalist operates in four provinces: North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, and Brabant. Producing within these regions is therefore a plus. Their ambition is to expand nationwide within one year.
- They are interested in all product categories.
- There's no minimum requirement; even a single product is acceptable (growth with customers is possible)
- Wholesalers: no preference; open to both direct collaboration and alongside existing wholesalers
Who will you meet during this session?
- Kim Koenders - Account manager
- Françoise Buitelaar- Commercial director.Françoise Buitelaar - Commercial director
KR's requirements:
- Be a member of the KR Community
- Arrive on time, assets prepared (tasting materials/presentation documents prepped) and ready to pitch
- As space is limited and time precious, please understand that KR and the guest buyer will select the most relevant food companies to see during each session as it relates to the buyer/companies focus.
- You can also leave your product(s) behind for the buyer, Kitchen Republic will collect your feedback.
How does it work?
- We offer time slots of 10 minutes per company. This might sound short, but it's definitely long enough to make a lasting impression.
- Applications for this MTB session will close on September 2. If selected, we will contact you the week prior with time slot details.