Doing good for your taste buds, your health, your wallet and the Planet is possible with Bene Bono. The young shoot offers to receive every week, via its website or applicationapplicationa selection of organic, French fruits and vegetables and seasonseason, as well as more than 500 food or (hygiene, beauty and maintenance) products. All saved from waste and up to 40% cheaper. Delivery is possible at home or free of charge to collection points in six French cities and their surrounding areas (Paris, Lyon, Marseille/Aix-en-Provence, Lille/Roubaix, Toulouse and Bordeaux), i.e. nearly 300 municipalities.
350 partner French organic producers and 150 committed manufacturers
Bene Bono thus makes good consumption accessible to as many people as possible, at a lower cost, since its customers save on average 200 euros over the year. To do this, the company works directly with 350 partner French organic producers and 150 manufacturers engaged to sell products refused by distribution for aesthetic reasons (caliber, weight, size, etc.) or logistical reasons (short date, overproduction, etc. .). A service which made it possible to save 2,100 tonnes of viable products in 2023, while helping to provide additional income to its partner suppliers.
A virtuous course of action
In order to be consistent with its values, the start-up Bene Bono has set a course of action:
- no product offered can be offered without a tasting procedure or prior validation;
- no defect tastetasteneither evolving defects (mold, wilting, over-ripeness, etc.), nor controversial ingredients, nor GMOs, nor out-of-season products, nor products grown above ground or in a heated greenhouse are accepted;
- there traceabilitytraceability is total from field to plate;
- maintain a long-term relationship of trust with its partners (no abusive promotion or excessive margin).
The company also wishes to reduce its environmental footprint by implementing a deposit system on bags and packaging or the delivery of baskets by cargo bike and electric vehicle.
A third of food is lost or wasted
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOFAO), a third of the food produced worldwide is lost or wasted every year. If just a quarter were saved, we could end world hunger. When we talk about waste, many think of expired expiration dates or unfinished plates. It should be noted that more than half of total losses are generated upstream of the marketing of products, that is to say during the production (32%) and processing (21%) stages, partly due to very strict specifications and aesthetic standards that large retailers impose on suppliers. Hence Bene Bono’s idea of intervening at the Source of the problem.
