Solutions for Food Hubs

Increase Sales

Make it easy for customers to purchase products time and time again. Our streamlined and intuitive customer interface makes increasing sales and customer accounts a seamless experience.

Save Time

Our customers estimate LFM saves them an average of 16 hours each week. Streamline your fresh food business with our software platform designed to meet the needs of farms, food hubs, markets, and CSAs.

Scalable & Flexible

Whether you’re selling to five accounts or 500+, our platform has the flexibility and scalability to meet your needs.

Easy-to-Use Modern Interface

Provide an easy, intuitive, and modern interface for your customers, producers, and users. Designed to minimize time and maximize sales.

Our Services

Our comprehensive, flexible platform helps you plan, sell, and distribute local food. Adaptable and unique packages designed for farms, food hubs, markets, and CSAs of all scales.

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Ecommerce Storefront

Provide a professional and enjoyable shopping experience for your customers with a single site for managing your ecommerce and ordering system that matches your unique brand and image.

Harvest-to-Order and Warehouse Inventory

Keep track of inventory for harvest-to-order and warehouse items with our robust platform designed for food hubs, farmers, and markets.

All Sales in One

Whether you’re selling to one outlet or dozens, LFM’s robust software platform makes managing customer accounts of all types and sizes easy and efficient. Our features simplify selling to grocery and retail stores and organizing orders for chefs and consumers. We offer multiple invoice formats to manage each sale.

Mailchimp Integration

Integrate your Mailchimp account with your LFM account for powerful marketing! Use your granular contact data from LFM to send targeted campaigns, gauge customers’ responses, and more.

Unlimited Price Lists

Customize as many price lists as you need for all of your customer types. LFM’s dynamic and savable custom price lists help you tailor each customer’s buying experience with ease.

Recurring Orders

Simplify your ordering processes and increase your sales with automated recurring orders. Systematize your sales and decrease your administrative work with recurring orders.

Automated Producer Communication

Streamline communications with your producers using automated messaging! Send crucial invoicing, pick lists, harvest lists, and more through one platform.

Flexible Accounting Integration

Integrate your Quickbooks Online account with your LFM software platform to simplify your bookkeeping.

Robust Reports

Just like healthy soil is necessary for productive yields, robust reporting is necessary for a strong business. Analyze data easily and keep track of your business with reporting features for your sales, distribution, and more.

Bulk Invoicing and Payment Options

Save time and reduce human error using our bulk invoicing and payment options. Create, send, and process multiple invoices and payments all at once using the LFM platform.

Aggregation and Delivery Routes

Whether you have one truck or multiple trucks to manage, your drivers need clear instructions and paperwork to complete their product aggregation and deliveries. Setup your truck routes, organize your aggregation and delivery logistics for optimum efficiency, and print your customer packing slips and pick lists to match.

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Needs Assessment
We listen to the needs of your unique business to determine what will work best for you. Register for a free demo to learn more.
Onboarding
Our incredible Customer Support and Onboarding Team will train and guide you through using our platform.
Launch
Once you’re ready to go live, we can launch your site on your time and with our support!
Ongoing Support
Never feel lost or abandoned as an LFM Customer. Our next level Support Team is here to answer your questions and concerns quickly and accurately.

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