OurHarvest

OurHarvest LLC
Private
Industry Grocery store
Health food store
Farmer's market
Founded April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)
Founders Michael Winik and Scott Reich
Headquarters Hicksville, New York, United States
Area served
 Select U.S. cities: New York City
Products 600 (April 2016)
Website ourharvest.com

OurHarvest is an online grocer and farmers' market that offers pick-up and delivery to the New York Metropolitan area. It has been featured by Uber, NBC New York,[1] The New York Times,[2] CBS New York,[3] FiOS1,[4] Newsday,[5] Edible Manhattan,[6] AM New York,[7] RFD-TV, and Patch.com.[8][9] Nassau County's Executive Edward P. Mangano honored[10] OurHarvest's founders on September 22, 2014 for their innovative business model.

OurHarvest's grocery delivery is through its partnership with Uber and UberRUSH.

History

OurHarvest founders

OurHarvest was founded in April 2014 by Michael Winik and Scott Reich.

Operations

OurHarvest truck

OurHarvest sources its products directly from suppliers, and stores them for short periods in refrigerated trucks for pick-up and delivery.

OurHarvest market

For pick-up, customers must place their orders in advance, and use transportation to go to their selected pick-up market. The company then places tents and banners at their pick-up locations, which resemble a typical Farmers' market image. For delivery, they use UberRUSH, in order to deliver groceries from the trucks throughout the week to customers. Customers must enter their delivery address and select a delivery time slot window in order to have their order delivered, and can optionally add delivery notes (e.g. "Leave outside front door"). The company uses custom-built software to process orders placed on their website, and run day-to-day operations from their small office in Hicksville, New York.

Products

As of April 2016, the company provides a variety of over 600 products to its customers directly sourced from local suppliers. These products include seasonal, healthy, kosher, sustainable, gluten-free, organic, grass-fed, grain-finished, and locally grown items — as well as other items in product categories of meat, poultry, seafood, produce, pantry, dairy & eggs, drinks, snacks, bread & bakery, and bakery & sweets.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Harvest: Farm Fresh Products To Your Door". NBC New York. 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Fried Guacamole an Appetizer Mashup at Abajo". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Changing Consumer Tastes Force Traditional Supermarkets To Evolve". Newyork.cbslocal.com. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Checking in with the founders of OurHarvest | Verizon FiOS1 News - Long Island". Fios1news.com. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Food retailers bring harvest from farm to kitchen table". Newsday. 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  6. ↑ Cosgrove, Emma (2009-05-29). "OurHarvest Is the New Kid on the Farm-to-Doorstep Block". Ediblemanhattan.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  7. ↑ "Food trends 2016: Udon, New Jew cuisine and more | am New York". Amny.com. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  8. ↑ Joe Vorbeck. "OurHarvest Schedules Second Pick-Up in Huntington Community". Patch.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  9. ↑ Jake Mendlinger. "OurHarvest Announces Next Pick-Up Date at New Hyde Park". Patch.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  10. ↑ "Mangano Salutes OurHarvest". LILocalNews. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
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