Fresh Start Market

We're a new market in New England that actually was able to open during the pandemic because of national supply chain issues. We are a niche market that is 100% locally sourced New England and New York healthy food. We aren't having any issues getting food for our store because we only are buying locally made products. We spent the last 6 years building relationships with local producers who are working in local shared kitchens, and when we called upon these producers to purchase their products, they've all come through with ease. We don't need to work with national suppliers or distributors, and with buying local, many are able to self distribute or we can pick up so the trucking and driver shortage hasn't affected us. We also have the benefit of an in store kitchen; anything we can source from local farms, we're able to cook with. We have a formally trained staff who is able to produce healthy quality foods using all local ingredients. A year ago we knew, from working at a large food provider, when they started experiencing shortages, we called local farms. We were happily informed these local farms would raise livestock and grow produce specifically for our store, and have. They are unable to supply large Big Box Chains due to volume demand and corporate restrictions, but they can easily accommodate our store. It's local small business to business that will get (us) through these times, and it's the "buy local" health conscious consumer that will greatly benefit from stores such as ours. We're in a very unique position and are fortunate to have many great foods companies and farms throughout our area. Sadly, not all regions of our country have this ability. It's a cry out to rebuilding our nation and get back to our grass roots of family farms and manufacturing. We've let national and foreign countries have far too much control over our food supplies and we're seeing those repercussions now.