How to order
Visit www.greenbeandelivery.com
A vegetable and grocery delivery company is expanding its base into Lebanon, promising to bring a year-round farmer’s market to its customers’ doorsteps.
Green BEAN Delivery is a new grocery subscription service. Founded in 2007 in the Indianapolis region by husband and wife Matt Ewer and Elizabeth Blessing, the service now delivers in Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and has branched into the city of Lebanon.
“Our main mission is healthy foods and providing year round healthy items for our customers,” said John Freeland, vice president of Green BEAN Delivery. “We are a service for people who have limited accessibility to or just don’t have the time to shop for healthy food. We bring the healthy food right to your doorstep.”
Despite the name, the company offers a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and other grocery products that consumers can chose through its virtual web store for home delivery. The BEAN in Green BEAN is an acronym for Bio-dynamic Education Agriculture Nutrition.
The company shops from local farmers and has warehouse hubs where they store and ultimately deliver the food from.
“Each and every week we go out and find the best seasonal, local products and put them in virtual bins for our clients,” Freeland said. “People struggle with getting fresh fruit and vegetables in their diet. We hope our service steers people into making the right decisions. We offer the advantages of convenience and accessibility.”
At 3 p.m. Thursday, Green BEAN’s virtual store opens for the weekend. Customers can chose what items to put in their basket for delivery and what to remove. The food is then delivered during the week directly to each customer.
“You can 100 percent customize your order,” Freeland said. “We offer 30-50 substitutions to create the best opportunity to minimize waste.”
The company requires a $35 minimum purchase every week, but offers vegetable bins ranging from $28 to $49 based on family size. People who order the $28 vegetable bin have to purchase $7 worth of other groceries to qualify for delivery, Freeland said.
The company has created 130 jobs, built four food hubs and works with close to 40 farmers in the region as well as more than 100 regional vendors, Freeland said.
Freeman said that the company strives to deliver 100 percent organic food,although sometimes market conditions dictate they offer conventional crops instead. To sign up for the service, visit www.greenbeandelivery.com.
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