Company Name: Foodbomb
Announcement Date: 09/04/2019
Announcement Category: Investment
Announcement Content:
Foodbomb, the leading wholesale food platform for the foodservice industry in Australia, announced today a $1.4 million AUD investment led by EVP Fund II.
The financing will be used to significantly bolster the product and development team to further disrupt the wholesale food procurement and ordering process with Foodbombsâ ultimate goal being to own market share of Australia's $40 billion hospitality industry. (Source: Ibis World)
Following the investment, Justin Lipman of EVP II will join the Foodbomb board. After the completion of EVPâs fifth investment out of their second venture fund, Lipman noted, âFood and hospitality represents one of Australia's truly significant sectors and to date, is not a vertical that has adopted technology at a similar rate to other industries.
âWe spent a lot of time with food service operators within the space to understand how technology can help to improve margins, drive efficiencies across day to day activity and ultimately replace traditional pen and paper based practices.â
Foodbomb is well placed to become a key component of the requisite technology stack all food service operators utilise.â
Dubbed as the Webjet of the foodservice industry, Foodbomb is an innovative procurement platform that uniquely solves problems for both the businesses ordering through the platform as well as the suppliers selling through the platform.
Foodbomb wholesale suppliers receive more orders with ease by being exposed to a new marketplace of businesses as well as enjoying guaranteed payment. With the platform providing transparent pricing, more choice and next day delivery, foodservice businesses can enjoy a simple yet intelligent online ordering process saving valuable time.
Foodbomb currently aggregates over 50 food suppliers into a one stop shop. There are currently over 250 Sydney metro restaurants, cafes, pubs, clubs, caterers and clubs ordering off the platform, accounting for 2000 transactions worth $500,000 per month.
The platform was founded in 2017 by Paul Tory, who has over 20 years experience in wholesale and ran a home meat delivery business Butcherman for 8 years. Butcherman connected consumers with over 30 independent butchers throughout Sydney in one place, when cafes and restaurants began to approach his B2C operation, Tory saw the wholesale gap.
With over 85,000 hospitality venues in Australia (Source: The Drop) and more than 6,000 suppliers around the country (source: Ibis World), Foodbomb provides technology that can effortlessly bring them together with the potential to dramatically overhaul the way wholesale food ordering is managed in this 40 billion dollar Australian market. (Source: Ibis World)
Tory says âHospitality operators are under increasing pressure and expectations, they donât have the time to spend hours comparing ever-changing prices across a range of sites and ordering systems, which then all require separate accounts and lines of credit,â
Tory credits Foodbombsâ growth and success to creating a solid product that saves its customers thousands of dollars and loads of time, quickly earning trust. Many customers initially sign up to order a particular product and then begin to rely on Foodbomb for other needs, referrals are continuing to build both the customer and supplier bases.
âMarketing to date has been fairly limited, but word of mouth has been overwhelming. Weâve had several suppliers wanting to be listed because a restaurant asked them to.â Tory said.
While enjoying increased transparency and democratised prices, Foodbombâs users havenât had to compromise on quality or selection. Operators like Site Pizza Bar Little Bay, have access to a wide range of both specialist and big-name suppliers in one place, on one account.
âBeing a true Italian pizza shop, I didnât think Foodbomb would have all the products I needed. Not only is there more available, but Iâm saving money,â said Glen Mezei who runs Site Pizza Bar.
James Scarano of Fruitlicious Wholesale says âWe have been using Foodbomb for about 3 months now and the results have been better than we could have expected. Within 24 hours of going live on the platform we had received our first order. The platform is easy to use and the support from Paul and the team is second to none.â
With already strong results but avenues like marketing and interstate expansion yet to be leveraged, Foodbombâs steady, promising growth is just beginning. Having a firm foothold in the Sydney market, Tory and the team at Foodbomb now have their sights set on bringing their service to vendors and hospitality businesses Australia-wide.
Tory says âGone are the days of multiple frantic phone calls in the slivers of time between prep and service. Weâre looking forward to helping venues across the country modernise and simplify their ordering.â
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY TECHBOARD ON BEHALF OF FOODBOMB.
This funding round will be captured in Techboard's second annual funding report for the 18/19 financial year which will be published in September 2019 but look out for Techboard's report for the March Q 2019 out next week. Techboard funding reports include deals reported in the startup and more traditional press as well as transactions that are reported to Techboard. Techboard also now provides commercial subscribers with access to its funding data.
Announcement URL: https://www.foodbomb.com.au
About Foodbomb:
Foodbomb is an online platform that aggregates wholesale food suppliers into a single site, where hospitality venues can search, compare and order products. Hundreds of Sydney venues rely on it to streamline their operations while saving money and having access to a wider range of providores and vendors. In return, its registered wholesalers gain access to a dedicated database of customers, with credit already taken care of.
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