KCBreakfast spoke to Terri Harris regarding the Food Lover’s Market Seeds of Change Supplier Development Partnership

Food Lover’s Market surprises Seeds of Change Supplier Development Partnership finalists by announcing that they would all receive preferential trade agreements from the retailer. Neighbour Roots, a forward-thinking and innovative hydroponic farming business, has been announced as the top social enterprise supplier to Food Lover’s Market after a stringent boot camp and a day of pitching to senior Food Lover’s Market Executives in Cape Town. The Food Lover’s Market Seeds of Change Supplier Development Partnership, an initiative launched in April this year for the third consecutive year, was created as an opportunity for social enterprises to join the fresh produce retailer’s network as a supplier. Buttercup Farmhouse placed second, and TC Women in Action placed third. The top eleven businesses attended a week-long boot camp, culminating in a final “Fertile Ground” pitch to the Food Lover’s Market panel on 23 June 2023, with the top three applicants announced on the same day. In a break from the norm, the panel decided that while there were three clear winners, all the social enterprises were strong enough to be listed by the retailer in a surprise announcement from Travis Coppin, CEO of the Food Lover’s Market retail division.