Stories From The Barn

Stories From The Barn Ep. 2: Katrina Couto From Flanagan Foodservice

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Local Line podcast, a show dedicated to sharing the stories, practices and lessons learned from everyone in the food industry. In this Episode we sat down with Katrina Couto, a marketing representative from Flanagan Foodservice. Flanagan Foodservice is the largest Canadian-owned foodservice distributor in the country. Throughout the podcast, we got to learn more about her work with over 6000 customers and a bunch suppliers at Flanagan’s. Also, she touches on everything from trends in the industry, different ways for suppliers to build their brand, and an interesting opportunity for food suppliers to get more customers. We hope you enjoy it!

Stories From The Barn Ep. 1: Vibrant Farms

Welcome to Episode 1 of Stories From The Barn, a podcast dedicated to sharing the stories, practices and lessons learned from farmers, food suppliers, chefs and everyone in between for all things food. This morning we have Kathryn from Vibrant Farms which is a certified organic farm located in Baden, ON just outside of Kitchener-Waterloo. They have been organically raising grass fed beef, pastured poultry & pork, and turkey for 30 years. Created by Local Line - An easy-to-use transaction platform for food businesses in North America. Local Line strives to help local food suppliers to grow and manage their customer base; working with farmers, distributors, foodhubs and more!