Tag Archives: Local

Local ice cream heroes

By April 18 2013, 9:37 am Leave a comment

Every year, on 9th April, Ben & Jerry’s celebrates the opening of their first business by giving away free ice-cream for the whole day. To celebrate in the Netherlands this year, the brand asked people to vote for their local heroes via a social media campaign.

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Don’t get comfortable

By March 28 2013, 9:28 am Leave a comment

‘Don’t get comfortable’ might be an unusual request from a clothing company, but American Giant have other ideas. (Cheers Elliot). Unhappy with the fact that most of our clothes are made overseas, they’ve created a brand with an old American work ethic – without cutting any corners. Check out their brand film below:

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Love for local

By March 25 2013, 9:20 am Leave a comment

Supermarkets are convenient, but often source their products from all over the world – racking up carbon emissions and squeezing out local competition. As a reaction to this, Danish co-operative superstore SuperBrugsen are encouraging customers to suggest local products that they’d like to see on their supermarket shelves.

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McLocal

By February 26 2013, 9:24 am Leave a comment

McDonald is launching its latest ‘localised’ product – the McCamembert! (Thanks, Tim)

 

 

 

 

 

This isn’t the first time McDonalds have introduced local favourites. The Middle East enjoyed the McArabia, Japan experienced the Mega Teriyaki and Thailand chomped their way through Jasmine Rice Patties. McDonalds is set to open its first vegetarian-only restaurant this year in India, and elsewhere the restaurant doesn’t serve beef and pork out of respect for their Hindu and Muslim customers. Hopefully the Elmwood Leeds studio can look forward to the McYorkshirePudding arriving soon!

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More than a market

By November 13 2012, 9:21 am Leave a comment

How do you help a community feel more connected, whilst providing access to healthy food at a fair price? The answer – open a grocery store. The People’s Community Market in West Oakland is funded by the community and investors, who in-turn keep some of the profits. Once it’s built, the market will provide jobs, educate families about healthy living, and provide a space for people to get together. A cornerstone for this Californian community.

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Flash your cash

By August 23 2012, 10:41 am Leave a comment

You’ve already heard of flash mobbing, the craze that started way back in 2003 in Manhattan. People used social media to arrange to meet in a certain place and join in with an activity like dancing or pillow fighting.

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Levi’s uniform

By March 15 2012, 9:24 am Leave a comment

Levi’s has partnered with San Francisco’s acclaimed Saison restaurant to create functional workwear for its staff. The restaurant shares the pioneering spirit of the Levi’s brand with its unique open-kitchen environment and innovative approach.

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Putting the ‘market’ back into ‘supermarket’

By March 2 2012, 10:00 am Leave a comment

Dutch entrepreneurs, Quirijn Bolle and Meike Beeren, set their small supermarket chain Marqt apart not just through their select partnerships with local producers, ranging from regional farmers to artisan bakers, but by having products delivered directly. And here’s the biggy – prices are determined by the producers, with Marqt receiving a percentage of the profits. The idea is to put the ‘market’ back in supermarket, with a commitment to fresh and sustainably sourced products. Currently operating three stores in Amsterdam and Haarlem – and employing 140 people – Marqt is set to expand to 15 locations in the Netherlands by 2013.

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A moveable feast

By February 28 2012, 10:05 am 1 Comment

Fresh Moves Mobile Market have thought up a way to bring fresh produce to the parts of Chicago that lack them. Sparing the expense of the usual bricks and mortar grocery, Fresh Moves have repurposed a CTA bus into a one-aisle produce mart, carrying a mix of conventional and organic fruits and veg.

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Sewn Local

By October 25 2011, 10:20 am Leave a comment

Freemans Sporting Club is a men’s clothing retailer that pays tribute to the vanishing art of durable American handmade goods. (Tx for the heads up Elliot).

FSC offers a roughly hewn yet refined reinterpretation of this bygone era, when a man’s garments were functional and long lasting. “Made Local, Buy Local” are core tenants of the FSC ethos and nearly all of the collection is manufactured within ten miles of the NYC shops.

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