For grocers, butchers & specialty stores
Put your neighbours' food on your shelves
Your store is where a lot of people buy food every week. Carrying food from growers and makers near you is one of the most direct ways to keep a community's money in that community.
Ordering isn't open yet. Join the waitlist and say you want to carry food from the network.
Why you matter
Food that didn't cross an ocean
A vegetable grown down the road shouldn't cost more because of events on the other side of the world.
Labels that say what's inside
Every prepared item lists every ingredient, and a certification is shown only after it has been checked.
A storefront for small producers
Prepared food can go to a store or straight to a person. Your shelf is how many neighbours will find it.
Our rules for grocers, butchers & specialty stores
These keep the community honest and the food local. See what we accept for the standards each food has to meet.
- Ordering isn't open yet. Nothing is bought or sold on CFT today.
- You buy at the price the producer sets. CFT never sets, caps or changes it. Minimum orders are the producer's to set, and you agree pickup times with the producer.
- Keep the producer's name with their food on your shelf, and keep the full ingredient list with every prepared item. Don't relabel a producer's food as your own.
- Show only the claims the producer's listing shows. A certification counts only once CFT has checked it, and you may not add one.
- Food never touches plastic in transit. Don't accept or carry food that is packed in plastic: refuse it and tell the sender. A cooler is fine when the food inside is packed in something that isn't plastic.
- Pay producers on the terms you agreed with them, on time.
- Hold the licences your store needs to sell food, and store each food the way it needs to be kept.