myrealfoods - about

myrealfoods overview

myrealfoods helps you create a delivery network for your food organization. You can keep track of your customers or club membership, manage dropoff locations and volunteering, post important notices, offer the products of one or several vendors or farms, stay in touch with your customers and members and much more. Contact us for a private online demonstration!

myrealfoods includes an online shopping cart; it takes orders and creates useful reports as often as you require.

See the blog for recent info and tutorials.

example scenarios

single farm or vendor

For pre-ordering for on-farm sales, at greenmarkets, through a CSA and/or on a delivery schedule directly to your customer drop points. This is a common easy setup for one farm or vendor.

buyer club working with several suppliers

For a group of consumers who work with one or several farms and vendors. Your club administrators can manage all aspects of your operation.

history

The first system developed in 2004-2006 has proven highly successful for a club in a major metropolitan area working with multiple farms. While using the platform, the club increased membership by over 10 fold in a few years, using the system's sign-up form and member acceptance admin features.

The second release (2006) introduced new website content management and supported private pickup sites with site membership managed by administrators. This was highly successful in a large suburban area using private homes for pickup sites.

The MRF platform is now in its third release (2009-), with a whole new look, better user experience and security (now with SSL) and more useful features like related links, news posts with pictures, product browsing/search with images, and more. Features are added and improved on a regular basis, and we listen to your needs as you grow your business.

Shopping cart system
Private club with member-only referrals, or,
Customer sign-up with a customized questionnaire
Display and update your club guidelines
Post your changing news and alerts and upload pictures
Communicate with customers via bulk emailing
Volunteer Management customized by delivery site
Delivery/Pickup Sites management with mapping
Single farm or multiple producers and vendors
Search, View, Manage your members
Upload contracts or agreements for members to download
Paypal and Google Checkout support. Collect and track payments
Privacy: farms, delivery sites, products are hidden from non-members if desired
Members can maintain their own profile, past & future orders, pickup site preferences
Contact us for a private online demonstration!