Yellowbird Foodshed

Name

Yellowbird Foodshed

Legal name

Yellowbird Foodshed LLC

Website

https://yellowbirdfs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Food Delivery

akta.pro primary industry

Farm-to-Consumer Produce Boxes / CSA Delivery (AFAIANAC)

Keywords

• Local food delivery
• Farm-to-table service
• Subscription produce boxes
• Sustainable grocery delivery
• Ohio farm shares

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Vernon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Subscription Boxes: Weekly or recurring box subscriptions containing seasonal produce, pasture-raised local meat, dairy, eggs, grains and other products sourced from Ohio farms.
2. A-la-carte Orders: Individual product purchases available for orders of $25 or more, allowing customers to supplement their subscription boxes or order à la carte.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Yellowbird Foodshed runs a direct-to-consumer farm-to-table delivery service that aggregates NON-GMO produce, pasture-raised meat, dairy, eggs, grains, and wellness products from a network of small Ohio farms and delivers them via weekly subscription boxes (Food Shares) or a-la-carte orders with a $25 minimum. Customers collect orders from community pickup locations across Ohio cities or opt for paid home delivery, with full traceability of every item back to its source field and farmer.

Product overview

Yellowbird Foodshed is a farm-to-table food delivery service operating as a single unified platform that aggregates produce, meat, grocery, and wellness products from local Ohio farms. The core offering consists of subscription boxes (called Food Shares), which customers can customize with a-la-carte products. Featured Products are highlighted weekly as special offerings to complement the standard catalog. All products are non-GMO, sustainably farmed, and 100% traceable to their source farms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Subscription Boxes (Food Shares) Weekly or periodic subscription boxes containing curated seasonal selections of NON-GMO produce, pasture-raised meat, dairy, eggs, grains, and wellness products sourced from a network of local Ohio farms. Customers can choose box sizes and pick up at community locations across Ohio or pay a small fee for home delivery.
• Produce Fresh, NON-GMO, sustainably and regeneratively farmed produce offered individually or as part of subscription boxes, with 100% traceability back to the specific field and farmer of origin. Available for a-la-carte orders of $25 or more.
• Grocery (Meat, Dairy, Eggs, Grains) Pasture-raised local meat, dairy, eggs, grains, and additional grocery items sold as add-ons to subscription boxes or via a-la-carte orders with a $25 minimum.
• Wellness Products Health and wellness items sourced directly from local Ohio farms, sold alongside produce, meat, and grocery products through the Yellowbird storefront.
• Featured Products Weekly curated special products highlighted by Yellowbird to match customer calendars and wallet considerations, complementing the standard produce and grocery catalog.
• Gift Box (Gift Certificate) Gift certificates allowing customers to gift a Yellowbird Foodshed box subscription or a-la-carte order to another household in the Ohio service area.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% traceable products directly back to source

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Thrive Market: Large online membership-based natural and organic grocery retailer delivering sustainably sourced food nationwide; overlaps with Yellowbird on curated, sustainable grocery curation and DTC delivery.
• FreshDirect: Established online grocer delivering fresh produce, meat, dairy and grocery to households; broader assortment and geography than Yellowbird but serves overlapping health-conscious DTC grocery demand.
• Blue Apron: DTC meal-kit subscription service delivering ingredients and recipes to consumers' homes; broader incumbent in DTC food subscriptions that overlaps with Yellowbird on subscription delivery logistics and target customer.

Direct peers

• Misfits Market: Online direct-to-consumer produce and grocery subscription box that aggregates from farmers and food producers and delivers to consumers, mirroring Yellowbird's DTC produce-box distribution model at much larger scale.
• Good Eggs: Online marketplace delivering locally sourced groceries, produce and meal kits from regional farms and producers, with subscription/recurring order options — directly comparable business model.
• Farmbox Direct: Subscription-based farm produce box delivered to consumers, sourcing from a curated network of farms — directly comparable to Yellowbird's weekly Food Share delivery.
• Hungry Harvest: Subscription produce box service delivering surplus and rescued produce directly to consumers, with flexible weekly ordering and home delivery — a close analog to Yellowbird's Food Share model.

Others

• Barn2Door: Software platform that enables small farms to sell direct to consumers via online storefronts and subscriptions; ecosystem enabler rather than competitor, comparable to Yellowbird's farm-to-consumer e-commerce approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/yellowbirdfoodshed
• Xx.com/yellowbirdfs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yellowbird-foodshed

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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