Community Supported Grocery

What Community Supported Grocery does

Community Supported Grocery (CSG) is a subscription-based local grocery delivery service operating in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, founded in 2018 as a sister enterprise under the Lowcountry Street Grocery (LSG) social enterprise umbrella (LSG itself launched in April 2017 with its Mobile Market 'Nellbus'). CSG aggregates produce, dairy, eggs, baked goods, butcher cuts, and pantry staples from approximately 300+ regional farmers and producers, curating them into six weekly subscription tiers ranging from $24 (Staples, reserved for SNAP/EBT/GroceryRx customers) to $150 (Skrrt, including regenerative meats and seafood). Customers also access an Add-On Marketplace of ~500 local items for a la carte ordering during a Friday order window, with deliveries completed Monday through Friday across Charleston-area neighborhoods and on Tuesdays in Columbia for a $5.50-$6.25 delivery fee.

The underlying platform is a Shopify-based e-commerce storefront with subscription management, a curated weekly forecasted menu system that achieves 90-100% accuracy against actual seasonal availability from local farms, routing applications for delivery logistics, and email/SMS customer communication. CSG applies a 'Robin Hood Economics' model in which higher-tier subscription revenue cross-subsidizes 75-100 Neighbor2Neighbor grocery deliveries each week to SNAP-eligible and food-insecure neighbors, supplemented by donations through the SNAP BACK! program (launched after the September 2025 USDA termination of CSG's SNAP/EBT authorization). Companion enterprises under LSG include the Mobile Market retail bus and GroceryRx, a clinical food-as-medicine program employing a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist to deliver produce prescriptions to patients with diet-related illness.

CSG is a private social enterprise with no disclosed institutional investment, no disclosed revenue, and a lean team built around part-time, seasonal, and contractor roles including Mobile Market Driver, GroceryRx Associate, CSG & Mobile Market Associate, and Seasonal Couriers. Operating geographies are limited to two South Carolina markets, and the company faces an active regulatory headwind from the September 2025 loss of SNAP/EBT processing authorization, which it is working to restore.

Name

Community Supported Grocery

Legal name

Community Supported Grocery

Website

https://communitysupportedgrocery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Subscription-based local grocery delivery service in Charleston and Columbia, SC, aggregating produce from 300+ regional farmers into weekly home-delivered bundles ($24-$150 tiers) while subsidizing 75-100 weekly deliveries to food-insecure neighbors under a Robin Hood Economics model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local grocery subscription delivery

NAICS

Fruit and Vegetable Retailers (44523), Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Fresh Food Subscription/CSA & Produce Box Retail (CRAHAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm-to-Consumer Produce Boxes / CSA Delivery (AFAIANAC), Scheduled Delivery & Subscription Grocery (CRAHAIAC), Grocery & Pantry Inventory-led Online Retailers (CRAFADAF)

Keywords

• Local grocery delivery
• CSA subscription service
• Farm-to-door delivery
• Online farmers market
• Produce prescription program

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Weekly Subscription Bundles: Recurring weekly subscription revenue from six tiered bundle options ranging from $24-$150. Billing occurs automatically Sunday mornings for the upcoming week's delivery. Core revenue driver.
2. Add-On Marketplace: A la carte purchases of ~500 local products including pantry items, frozen goods, refrigerator items, specialty produce. Shopped separately from weekly subscription, charged separately. Upsell/enhancement to base subscription.
3. Delivery Fees: Delivery charges ranging from $5.50-$6.25 depending on proximity to warehouse and fuel prices. Applied per delivery.
4. SNAP BACK! Donations: Community-funded program where private dollars support food access for SNAP-eligible families. Funds flow through Mobile Market vouchers, Open-Air Market vouchers, GroceryRx patient waitlist, and Neighbor2Neighbor home deliveries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Community Supported Grocery delivers weekly curated bundles of local groceries (produce, eggs, bread, dairy, butcher cuts, pantry staples) sourced from 300+ regional farmers and producers directly to subscribers' doorsteps across Charleston and Columbia, SC. Customers select from six subscription tiers ($24-$150) and can supplement deliveries with a la carte Add-Ons from a ~500-item local marketplace. The offering combines CSA-style aggregation with online subscription convenience, dietary accommodation, weekly menus with recipes, and a cross-subsidized delivery program serving food-insecure neighbors.

Product overview

Community Supported Grocery operates as a subscription-based local grocery delivery service combining CSA principles with e-commerce convenience. The core offering (CSG Subscription) delivers weekly curated hauls of seasonal local produce, pasture-raised eggs, naturally-leavened bread, and locally sourced pantry staples sourced from 300+ regional farmers. The service architecture includes five distinct products: the main CSG Subscription tiers (ranging from $24-$150 weekly), the Add-Ons Shop (offering 500+ a la carte local items), SNAP BACK! (emergency food assistance program), GroceryRx (clinical food-is-medicine platform), and the Mobile Market (bus-based retail operations). The products share a unified logistics network, inventory system, and 'Robinhood Economics' pricing model that cross-subsidizes community food access programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CSG Weekly Subscription Weekly subscription-based local grocery delivery service aggregating seasonal produce, eggs, bread, and pantry staples from 300+ local farmers and producers, delivered to subscribers' doorsteps across Charleston and Columbia, SC. Available in six tiers (Staples $24, Single $35, Double $55, Family $80, Baller $105, Skrrt $150) with weekly menus, recipes, producer info, and dietary restriction accommodation.
• CSG Add-Ons Shop Online a la carte marketplace of nearly 500 local products (specialty produce, dairy, baked goods, butcher cuts, coffee, pantry staples, frozen items, prepared foods) available to CSG subscribers during Friday-to-delivery-day ordering windows, charged separately from the weekly subscription.
• Mobile Market (Nellbus) Retro-fitted school bus mobile farmers' market that brings produce directly to communities lacking fresh food access across the Charleston area, complementing CSG home delivery services.
• GroceryRx (GRx) Food-as-medicine program pairing Registered Dietitian Nutritionist-led nutrition counseling, cooking demonstrations, and structured classes with weekly produce prescriptions redeemable through Mobile Market or CSG deliveries for patients with diet-related chronic illness.
• SNAP BACK! Emergency food assistance program using private donations to deliver Mobile Market vouchers, Open-Air Market vouchers, GroceryRx patient support, and Neighbor2Neighbor home deliveries to SNAP-eligible families in the Charleston, SC region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75-100 Neighbor2Neighbor deliveries per week subsidized through Robinhood Economics
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lowcountry Street Groceryflagship/parentStrategic or Co-development PartnerLSG is the flagship parent organization of the CSG family of social enterprises. Founded April 2017 as a mobile farmers' market. CSG and GroceryRx operate as sister enterprises under LSG, sharing logistics, inventory, and community relationships. All outlets employ 'Robin Hood Economics' pricing strategy. LSG began as single grassroots mobile farmers' market (Nell bus) and has grown to encompass three interconnected social enterprises.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FreshDirect: Large-scale online grocer with curated local offerings and scheduled delivery windows; comparable in fulfillment model but operates at far greater scale and broader product breadth than CSG.
• Instacart: Dominant online grocery delivery aggregator connecting customers to local stores; not a CSA but competes for the same weekly local-grocery-delivery spend in CSG's Charleston and Columbia markets.

Emerging players

• Blue Apron: Subscription meal-kit service with weekly delivery cadence; adjacent to CSG in subscription mechanics and weekly menu forecast approach, but focused on prepared recipes rather than local-produce aggregation.

Direct peers

• Good Eggs: Online marketplace for local groceries with scheduled delivery; comparable curated-local-grocery positioning and regional delivery model.
• Farm Fresh To You: Subscription farm-to-door delivery service sourcing from regional organic farms with customizable boxes; directly comparable subscription mechanics and CSA-style aggregation model.
• Hungry Harvest: Subscription produce box that rescues surplus produce and partners with hunger-relief organizations (one-for-one model); closely comparable to CSG's Robin Hood Economics cross-subsidy approach and weekly delivery cadence.
• Misfits Market: National subscription produce-box service delivering surplus/ugly produce and local goods to subscribers; comparable to CSG's weekly curated bundles and Add-On marketplace model, though CSG is regional/local-focused rather than national.
• Door to Door Organics (now owned by KeHE): Subscription organic produce and local grocery delivery service; comparable subscription tiers, weekly cadence, and curated local sourcing approach.
• Imperfect Foods (now part of Misfits Market): Subscription grocery service emphasizing produce and pantry staples with weekly delivery; overlaps with CSG's bundling, Add-On marketplace, and dietary restriction accommodation.

Others

• Lowcountry Street Grocery (parent): Parent social enterprise operating the Mobile Market bus and overall umbrella; not a peer in the commercial sense but the closest organizational sibling, sharing inventory, logistics, and the Robin Hood Economics model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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